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my cat won’t clean his butt. What should I do?
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If it’s dirty you can clean it for him with baby wipes or a warm wet wash cloth.
Can your kitty reach his bum to do his cleaning? Often kitties are overweight and can’t reach. It’s not that they don’t do it… it’s that they can’t do it.
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Do not use baby wipes!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they have a certain chemical in them that can hurt the cat if it is licked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I agree with Kat about the obesity part. Your cat's legs may be too short to reach its butt. But I also agree with hewittk. The chemicals in a baby wipe will make it worse by possibly causing a rash or poisoning your cat's tongue and encouraging him NOT to wipe his butt.
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wht a advice u r giving use a baby wipes gone mad it has chemicals that can even kill a cat if the cat licked that place never use baby wipes you can clean it witha wet tissue paper
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I fully DISAGREE with all three comments that baby wipes will harm the cat. It will NOT harm the cat... and that is why every single mother uses baby wipes to not only clean the butt of thier human baby, but to clean thier face, hands and body when they make a mess of themselves.
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It is not natural for a cat to stop grooming, as this is a survival behavior. Cats are such obsessive groomers in order to neutralize their scent when hunting for prey.
Reason why a cat would refuse to clean itself are various: weight issues, arthritis, illness, depression. Is this the only behavior that has changed recently?
This behavior can sometimes be a result of a cat that was taken prematurely from its mother. It learns how to groom properly from mom, so if it’s human mother replacement didn’t “teach” him to groom, he may just need to be pointed in the right direction.
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our fat cat cant clean his butt so we use baby wipes. then again he has 3 outher brothers that will do it for him.YUK!!
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make sure that it is not a health issue. you may need to bring him to the vet. how old his he? young kittens sometimes need you to rub the area with a luke-warm cloth, to stimulate the area, so that they can use the bathroom. if you dont do it, or if another cat doesnt do it, the kitten could die. if he is not a kitten, is he too fat? fat cats cant reach, so they would need you to change his diet and help him while he is unable to do it himself.
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The reaosn is because maby your cat can’t reach, It want to lick but it can’t. Like Kat said it could be its because your cat is over weight or maby because the body is to short for it ’s butt, it cou7ld be a disfromation
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Well for just the butt you can use baby wipes, but the fun way for me is to buy cat & kitten shampoo at the store and like clean his whole body for him. It helps the extra hair get off and stops him for shedding for 2 weeks! I useually get my mom to help me becuase my cat doesn’t stay still and sometimes my mom does it herself. it’s kinda fun. i make my mom use her hands to get the butt part of it but then she washes her hands with the cat shampoo. you don’t have to use or hand you could just use a paper towel or something.
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I think that if you took him to see more cats that he mite see them clean ther butt and he mite sart doing what they do I know that I like to fite he mite like to fite in to and if he does you can take him there a lot and he mite sart doing it all the time at home and clean his butt some times. anyway what I am trying to tell you is take him to pla with all cats were you live and let him see that they do it and he mite want to try it and he mite feel beder than he has be for
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Go to the pet store and get tush wipes. They are made for cats and have a scent and taste that cats like. Use these to clean your kitties bum. As he gets use to the smell and taste, he should start to clean his own bum. Otherwise, he and his brother’s may end up on Jerry Springer LOL!!!
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lost cats do not lick ther botum but they will whip there botums on the grass.
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Hey I hope this answer works for you. Some cats can’t lick their butts because ther are to big. Or maybe just for any reason! Try wipping your cats butt with a baby wipe. make sure you have an old mitt or something to protect your hands for being bitten. Also don’t hurt your cat!
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see here he might be facing tecnical difficalties its up to him to solve the problem
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Technical difficulties? Cats aren't machines!!! And if the cat is doing this, it's likely that it can't solve the problem itself.
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take your cat to the vet he might have a urinary infection or he is constipated when a cat is constipated their but is so sore that they cant lick it!!!! so check your cats litter box and see if your cat is having trouble pooping!!
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Try to teach the cat
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HOW WOULD THEY DO THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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How old is the cat, maybe it doesn’t smell the odor coming from its butt, and i would try to show him/her its butt and then clean it for him/her.
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TAKE HIM TO THE VETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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if your cat doesnt clean his butt,clean it for him!like my male cat.hes a little toooooooooo overweight.(thankfully his sister is normal!)take an old rag and dampen it with warm water.then clean it.that keeps the butt clean for quite a while.
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If your cat doesn’t clean his butt, clean it for him. you can fold up a tissue paper, wet it and softly clean it up. Or you can use baby wipes. But it’s a bit abnormal for a cat not to clean himself. Maybe he’s having some problem. You should take him to the vet and have it checked out.
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That’s kind of funny that your cat doesn’t clean his butt. But there are ways to fix it. Next time you see that her butt is a little dirty, clean it yourself. My cat used to have feces hanging out of her butt sometimes. But we always cleaned it for her and she doesn’t do that anymore.
If that doesn’t work, ask your vet for a solution.
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If your cat doesn’t clean his butt, clean it for him. My cat used to have her feces dangling out of her butt, and once we constantly cleaned it up, she