My sweet boy spent a day at the animal hospital last week. I noticed he was over grooming himself for two days and decided to take him to his vet assuming it was a urinary blockage or UTI.

And I’m sure I appeared frantic/terrified to the vet but I TRULY WAS. I lost my first cat child last year to urinary blockage so I’d say I’m now hyper aware of the signs.

Anyway I was not able to stay because I had an interview at the hospital and just as I arrived I got a call from one of the nurses saying he DID NOT have a blockage or UTI but instead his booty hole was the issue. I was so relieved. Turns out his anal glands were impacted. Once drained, they applied steroid cream and started his round of antibiotics.

Carter was very angry with me when I picked him up(3rd slide). He then spent a couple of hours laying in bed with his legs open(2nd slide). There have been a few occurrences where he is grooming his booty for too long but I have been stopping him. He also now has daily booty wipes.

I pray my boys booty fully recovers!

Victoria is the most intelligent and affectionate cat I’ve ever had, and I have 3. She’s super active and playful, extremely well behaved for no reason, and just overall the love of my life. I’ve never met another cat like her and up until recently I didn’t know there was such thing as flame points. And never saw another female until I discovered this place. Soooo nice!

I hope to introduce my 3-year-old flamepoint to a new female cat around his same age. Has anyone had a difficult time transitioning a flamepoint with other cats? He is such a high energy, playful cat that I’m concerned only certain personality types would mesh well with him.