Odd case?

Re: Odd case?

Kerry Spain — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 00:46:25 GMT

I saw a cat years ago which ate it's own faeces straight from it's rectum and displayed other very odd behaviour (tremors, twitching, vocalisation), that turned out to have a brain lesion and was PTS.

Re: Odd case?

Pippa Louise — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 22:40:54 GMT

sadly the poor little fella was pts =( it was hard to tell what was what due to the amount of blood but the little guy had been doing it for 2 days apparently before it was brought to the vet! he hadnt been eating but he was drinking excessively. other than that there were no other problems he was alert and seemed rather happy to be held! x x

Re: Odd case?

dinny_06 — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 22:32:26 GMT

I am thinking to myself does he have any pain receptors!!! You would imagine that it would be seriously painful- ouch :(! Was the tissue necrotic or possible nerve damage etc?

It is definately a strange one!!! Please keep us informed :)

Re: Odd case?

Claire Cameron — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 22:23:53 GMT

Self mutilation is often linked with pain and distress

"Pain may preclude rodents from being able to access food and water, and may lead to self-mutilation"

^{http://www.alnmag.com/article/fundamentals-pain-assessment-rodents}

Interesting article...http://www.aclam.org/print/position_pain-rodent-rabbit.pdf

Re: Odd case?

Steph Phillips — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 22:22:08 GMT

OMG!! you'd think he would of stopped once he realised that it actually hurt!!! - how wierd!! I wonder if it's stress related? you can get tiny protective collars for rodents.. might be worth putting one on the little fella to prevent him from doing any more damage. If you do find out, I'd be interested to know why they do it. Hope he makes a full recovery xx