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Expert: - 8/30/2010


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Our newborn 'baby' :)
Hi there,
My kittens are currently living in the tack room of our barn. It is a large room and they are very comfortable, and safe there. when I went out this morning to feed and water them, %26 I noticed that one of the kittens' rectums looks as if it's on the outside of his body.#instead of inside and not visible like the others# It almost look like it's inside out. I hope you understand what I'm trying to tell you...I don't really know any other way to explain it. My first thought was that he may very well have gotten in to #the horses# oats, as they are stored in the tack room. The oats are whole w/seed hulls. I can't imagine that this is very easy for their tiny digestive tracts to process, but don't know for sure. What do you think the problem could be? Should I be concerned, or might it go away on its' own? I hope you can help me with my problem with my little kitten!!
Thanks so much for your time...I really appreciate it!!
~Miki~

Answer
Miki,

I am not a vet, but it sounds as if your kitten has/had a prolapsed rectum.  This is easily treatable and he should be seeing a vet as soon as possible to make sure there are no complications.  In the short term, normal white table sugar can shrink the prolapse, but a veterinary examination and treatment is manditory!

Please elt me know what happens.

Best regards... Norm.  

Norman Auspitz

Expertise

I can answer most non-veterinary questions about cats. My particular expertise is pedigree cats, breeding and showing. However, I am versed in feline behavior, cat breeds and their characteristics, general feline husbandry, and the like.

Experience

I judged for the Canadian Cat Association from 1975 until 1982. I am currently an approved allbreed judge for the Cat Fanciers'' Association (the world''s largets cat registry), and have been judging for them since 1991. I have been breeding pedigreed cats since 1971 and have been exhibiting pedigreed cats in shows since 1970. I obtained my first pedigreed cat in 1970 and have never looked back. In 1971, I obtained my first Abyssinian which has become my primary breed. In addition, I have bred Manx and Persians. Currently, besides the Abyssinians, I am also breeding Maine Coons.


Organizations
Cat Fanciers'' Association, inc. (CFA) and the Manx, Maine Coon, and Abyssinian breed councils. I am currently Abyssinian breed council secretary.

Publications
Cat Fancy Magazine, The Abyssinian Chapter in The Cat Fanciers'' Association Complete Cat Book, and Articles for various editions of The Cat Fanciers'' Association Yearbook

Education/Credentials
I received a B.S. from Drexel University in 1968, a M.Math from University of Waterloo, in 1970, a Ph.D. from University of Waterloo in 1975, and a MBA from McMaster University in 1980. I received my approved allbreed judging status in the Cat Fanciers'' Association in 1999.

Awards and Honors
We have produced a number of Cat Fanciers'' Association (CFA) National winning Abyssinian and Maine Coons. We have produced a number of Abyssinian and Maine Coon Distinguished Merit females (an award for a top producing cat), including the first Distinguished Merit Abyssinian in the red (sorrel) color. I am the CFA Abyssinian breed council secretary and belong and/or hold office in a number of cat clubs. I am also a member of the CFA Judges Association.

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