Back when one of my cats was too fat to groom herself adequately, I basically had to get a wet rag occasionally and give her a scrub back there. I had to do that for about two years. Wasn't fun, but you gotta do what you gotta do.
I don't think we're talking about the same condition exactly -- not sure -- but it wasn't pleasant during that time. Wherever she decided to sit, there would be a stain whether it was my bed covering or my pants.
I'm going to go eat a truffle now. Check ya later.
extensive supply of latex gloves and Astroglide
Don't tease the kona....
Thanks for the update.
So, anyone want my lunch now?
Glad it was nothing more sinister than anals!
Personally, I'd try the more frequent bum-washing, and then hopefully that would reduce the need for squeezing. (Blech - and I was a vet tech for a while, and I STILL hate anals!)
In the middle of the night I awoke to find the business end of a cat pointed at my face. I reached up to push her out of the way and inadvertently expressed her anal sacs all over my face and pillow. Within a few days, this comic went up. Total cosmic alignment.
I will never again complain about my cat dragging his behind across the carpet. Never.
I've always complained about how my cat throws up a lot. Now, that really doesn't seem so bad.
The neighbors would be calling the police because I'd be shrieking so damned loud if I had an anal sac express in my face, particularly first thing in the morning.
Tart, I don't have a Blogger profile yet, so I'm gonna have to answer your question over here: my favorite awful movie is Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man.
Quotable lines galore that routinely get passed between my brother and I.
Thanks to all the Shakers who participated in an educational and stomach-turning discussion about cat stench and Girl Scout Cookies.
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God, I love your sense of humor! 
My stepdaughter has the same problem with her sweet part-Dalmatian, and it requires fairly frequent vet visits. Whenever she starts the butt-dragging, we know it's time. Yuck!
I'm glad you got a diagnosis and it wasn't anything really bad. Even if it is gross.
God, I love your sense of humor!
Sweet. 
"He explained that this happens to cats who are not good groomers, and that I can do it myself at home whenever I notice a smell."
Oh, my dear woman, if you want to lick your cat there then that's your business, but I'd go with the $27.
And I compalin about Stranger's foot-humping. Even though the foot-humping is kinda unpleasant. Gack.
And our cats presents their butts to us all the time. I'm glad they're both good groomers...
As a vet tech who, surprisingly enough, never "learned how" to do anal glands, I have one suggestion for you. If you're going to do it yourself, do it in the bathtub. Not to be disgusting, but those little suckers can squirt that stuff farther than one would think. Another tip, this one from my coworker, Kelly: keep your mouth closed. I'll let you figure that one out on your own.
Oh, my dear woman, if you want to lick your cat there then that's your business, but I'd go with the $27.
That picture from the original post was great. I wish that it was what I carried away in my mind's eye. Fat chance. I haven't been able to get that fucking thread out of my consciousness since reading it. It was like a train wreck that I couldn't stop myself from reading one gross entry after another.
Oh, you poor thing. Wimsey went through that for weeks, in his case it was due to an anal gland infection, so they were being expressed weekly and I had to apply hot compresses to his butt. Fun times!
Shakesville...What the poop!?! Weeping anal glands!?!
A veritable buttload of new ways to react to rightwing idiocy!
Ok, I was doing ok, reading the update, going through the comment thread - half a dozen punchlines competing with one another in my head, . . . Bur Good Fucking FSM..
PATRICIA!!!!
Did you have to say keep your mouth closed???
Tart, Honey . . . I'll send you 27 dollars a month for your cats ass if I never have to read that statement again in a thread about anal glands.
Really, next time she needs it just drop me an email.
Fuck. eewwwww!
Tart, I'm glad everything came out alright at the end.
Yes indeed, "keep your mouth closed" is the first rule of anal gland expression.
And yes, the stench is unique. Animals will also express their anal glands when they are scared. As they often are at the vet. Which is why I am SO familiar with their properties.
Regardless, I'm glad to hear that AG's were the culprit -- a relatively easy fix.
Mentioned on the other thread as well, might try giving her a dose of Silicea 6C. Can't do harm.
We had an enclosed back yard, and a place where we could put a heater in the winter.
Dash became an outdoor cat, except when he came in for some snuggling.
No money, no Astroglide, no smell.
so good that they figured out the problem.
ask the vet if dry food is worse for the condition. it's kinda like human digestion and fiber and water so wet food may be better.
the key is to use flushable wipes, wipe often, if they get filled keep a wipe behind as you express, look before you express, then look away!!!
good luck to the kitty.
AGs, eh?
So now it stands for three things:
Attourney General
Alberto Gonzales
Anal Gland
Or maybe just one thing.
Tart, I'm glad everything came out alright at the end.
BWAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA!
Arkades wins the thread!
Tart, if it's any comfort my cat Miso needs her glands expressed only once every 12-18 months. Perhaps you won't need to do the deed all that often.
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