Another reason why cats are superior to dogs.....

[LynneSin]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_glands

I will never EVER have to worry about that!

[MiddleFingerMom]

1. Uh-oh...

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From Wikipedia: Discomfort (of the anal glands) is evidenced by the dog
scooting its posterior on the ground (commonly referred to as "butt-dragging")
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Now I'm starting to worry that I may have anal glands, thankyouverymuch.
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[madinmaryland]

6. We had a mainecoon cat that did that too!

Skidmarks on the carpet.

:puke:

[GoCubsGo]

7. My dearly-departed kitty did that on the arm of my white love seat

She looked like a little gymnast on a balance beam as she dragged her ass along it. The thing is, gymnasts don't leave a brown streak on the beam.

[Kali]

8. so that's what that was, last time we met

I thought you were trying out some new break dance
:o

[MiddleFingerMom]

12. I was crunking my brains out. Old-school refers to it as "The Fox-Trots". n/t

[grace0418]

2. Uh, actually, my cat had his anal glands become infected and burst. TWICE.

It was not pretty. And he had to wear a cone for two weeks. Ugh.

http://cats.about.com/cs/healthissues/a/analglands.htm

[LynneSin]

3. well I've never had to have my cat's anal glands squeezed

I'll keep my fingers crossed though!

[grace0418]

4. Pray you never do. Actually, I didn't even know what was going on until it was

too late, so I've never had the vet "express" them either. *shudder*

[GoCubsGo]

11. Conversely...

The one sitting on my lap is sometimes a bit, shall we say, "drippy." Every once in a while, she'll express on her own--excessively. For some reason, I don't think she'll ever have blockage issues.

[Withywindle]

18. Sometimes, the vet HAS to tutch the but. n/t

[grace0418]

19. Better the vet than me. I've been warned. DON'T TUTCH THE BUT!

LOL!

[tandot]

5. My dog just had surgery to have one anal gland/sac removed

almost $1500. He suffered from at least one abscessed and often ruptured gland almost every year for years. During the surgery, they found that there is actually no anal sac left but only scar tissue. So, the fluid that was supposed to collect in the anal sacs, just festered underneath his skin until it got infected. Poor guy was in awful pain.

I've heard that cats can get it, too. So far, my cat has not had any problems with it.

[proteus_lives]

9. Dogs shit outside.

Dogs win-Forever!

[LynneSin]

13. My cat doesn't wake up at 3 in the morning on a cold rainy night so they can go outside and shit

SLAM!!!!!!

[Blue_Tires]

10. my dog had that during her last year or two...

by the end it had grown to the size of a tennis ball

[applegrove]

14. I can't believe someone put up an actual picture on that topic. Not all wikipedia entries need a

picture you know.

[Kali]

15. careful

he'll view that as a challenge :rofl:

[applegrove]

17. LOL!

[kimi]

16. I have a 20 lb. Norwegian Forest Cat who does just that very thing

when he does not have access to toilet paper. Which of course is not stocked by the litter box. Which of course is why he is rushed to the groomer's when he begins to make trails on the living room carpet. Because a big long-haired cat can make quite the impressive public and malodorous trail when he so pleases. And, oh, does he please.

ETA: although I do realize that it's not anal glands which are his problem, though, and I do sympathize with those of you who have pets with that particular malady. At least, I don't think that's the problem. I do think I recognize the odor.

[struggle4progress]

20. Another reason not to have pets

:D