AboutDear Tabbi Expertise I try to help people understand their cats and their cat's behavior.
I do not answer questions about pedigreed cats as mine are, and always have been, from questionable parentage. Please remember I am NOT a veterinarian.
Experience At the current time I have 13 cats. All are spayed and neutered!
Since I was a child I have been owned by lots of cats and kittens of almost every temperment, behavior, and personality. I have experience with neurotic, disabled, stray, feral, and 'problem child' cats and kittens. (A few normal cats too!) Plus all the things a lifetime of owning cats has taught me that I want to share.
Question Our cat was left out for several hours last night and when we found her, she was behaving quite
strangely. She cried if we touched her anywhere under her tail, and repeatedly tried to clean
herself in that area. Today she is listless and cranky, still very sensitive to any touch. She is 7
years old and spayed. We saw some kind of mammal leave our yard in a hurry when we went
looking for her last night. Is it possible that she was "sexually" assaulted, I say its not
possible, my family thinks otherwise. your opinion please. thanks.
Answer June,
I would say no, that she was not 'sexually assaulted'. But it IS likely that she was bit somewhere in that region. I would take her to the vet to have her examined, because if she was, it will abscess. She would need antibiotics and the bite cleaned. Puncture wounds are VERY painful and VERY difficult to find on a cat until they DO abscess. If a vet suspects one, and can't find it, he can shave the area.
