Cats wiping butt on carpet

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First off, i know this is not a "Is it normal" question because i know it's not.
he has been wiping his butt on the carpet for over 6 months, just took him to the vet, they said nothing is wrong with him. I JUST noticed today that he has leftover poop when he is done pooping and he wipes it on the carpet, it is light colored green and stringy, almost like he ate a string, we gave him a de-worming thing about a year ago, could he have worms again? And i have a niece who crawls on the carpet all the time. I do not want my baby niece crawling all over his feces, so why does he have (quite a bit) of left over stringy light green poop when he is done? i literally just pulled it out of his butt-hole with a rag, it was long and stringy. and it seemed to hurt him because he kept hissing at me when i pulled it out and wiped him haha (very gross i know, for my niece) please, help??
I took him to the vet to see if he had an anal gland problem, they shoved somehting up his butt..very hard and akward to see that, they said nothing was wrong with him so should i go to a differant vet?

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  • MRmr
    11 years ago

    Wipe your butt on the cat

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    • thischick1234
      11 years ago

      thats an awesome idea haha

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    • [Old Memory]
      11 years ago

      ^^^This hahaha, this will most certainly teach it a lesson.

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  • RinTin
    11 years ago

    I don't know much about cats but I would see another vet for a second opinion. Better safe than sorry.

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    • JustDave
      11 years ago

      I agree. Get a second opinion.

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  • floodimoo123
    11 years ago

    He secretly wants to be a dog. Try to convince him that he is a cat and he needs to accept it.

    Step 1: Get him to play with a toy, preferably something with cat nip.

    Step 2: While playing, repeat telling him that he is a cat. This will hypnotize him into believing in his feline nature.

    Step 3: This is where the cat nip comes in. Have him walk into the kitchen, where you will place a bowl of tuna fish and a bowl of doggy kibble in front of him. He should go for the tuna.

    Repeat these steps until he eats the tuna. If successful, he should stop dragging his butt on the carpet.

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  • robertarauza
    10 years ago

    my 10 year old niece pulls her panties down and rubs her butt on the carpet and she smells it 1 time she rubbed her butt on the couch and the carpet or rug and the couch sometimes smell like ass because of her

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    • ruguinguyishere21
      9 years ago

      Haha my 9 niece don't do that but 1 time she was sitting on the floor naked waiting for her little brother to finish taking a bath and she would sit on the bed also with her smelly dirty butt on it before she bathes she always scratches her ass and her hands smell like ass and she laughes about it

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  • Lomns
    11 years ago

    Umm this is normal. When i first seen my first cat do this, (god bless his soul)I got freaked out and said, "are cats suppose to do this?" But its fine. They usually do this when there is extra feces they couldn't remove. Maybe you should change your cat's diet if this is a problem that occurs more than often and bugs you.

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    • thischick1234
      11 years ago

      there are no extra feces except one time, and he has no anal gland problem, vet said he does that out of habit because he likes doing it

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  • disthing
    11 years ago

    Worms?

    Or perhaps he's eating something strange, something resulting in digestive problems?

    As the other people say, another vet is a good idea. IIN is not a collective of experts on cats, even though I'm sure a lot of people here spend all day in front of their computer surrounded by cats :P

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  • GreenTree
    11 years ago

    Take your cat to see a different vet. I assume not a small vet place, but a big vet place. Training would not help.

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  • kyanviado
    11 years ago

    Sit the cat on the toilet

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  • myownopinions
    11 years ago

    Try training him not to drag his butt. Give him positive reinforcers (like a treat) every time he stops wiping his butt, and negative reinforcers (like a spray of water to his face) whenever he does start wiping. Hopefully, this wil teach him better. Also, take your cat to another vet, you never know.

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  • Angel_in_a_Glass_Dress
    11 years ago

    could be worms.

    bring a stool sample (poop) to the vet.

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    Start feeding him cat nip daily. He could probably use a bit of fibre in his diet. And make sure he's on a good quality food that is easy to digest: wet food is preferable for cats (it's a myth that it's too rich for them) because of the water content in it. Cats don't naturally drink a lot of water because they tend to get what they need from their food. Constipation could be a sign that he needs more moisture in his food.

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    • thischick1234
      11 years ago

      how much cat nip do you think? i don't want to over feed him either

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      • [Old Memory]
        11 years ago

        A few tablespoons is probably all that he would eat in a sitting before he goes loopy.

        And a few tablespoons of wet food is all you need to supplement with.

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        • thischick1234
          11 years ago

          :D thank you!! I hope this works :D

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