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Cat poops out something that looks like snot

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This article is provided by Veterinarian Dr. Emma Watson
Stool refers to feces. Cat feces that look like snot may be caused by improper diet, enteritis, parasitic infection, hairball disease, feline distemper, etc. It can be treated with general treatment, oral medications, and physical therapy. If you eat improperly, you need to adjust your eating habits in time and avoid overeating, which will help the symptoms gradually subside. If the body is accompanied by other symptoms, such as diarrhea, abdominal pain, lack of appetite, etc., through active and effective treatment, the shape and color of the stool can return to normal. If the condition continues to worsen, it is recommended that the owner take the cat to a regular hospital for treatment in time.

1. Improper diet

If you overeat for a long time, it may affect the normal digestion of food, causing undigested food to be excreted through the feces, and the shape will be like snot. You need to adjust your eating habits. Eat small meals frequently and avoid overeating.

2. Enteritis

Usually caused by unhealthy eating habits and bacterial infection, it can cause damage to the intestinal mucosa, causing symptoms such as increased bowel movements, severe abdominal pain, and pus. Sexual discharge appears white, like nasal mucus, and needs to be treated with antibiotics and antidiarrheal drugs as directed by a doctor.

3. Parasitic infection

It is mainly caused by intestinal infection with parasites, and the color of the parasite is white and will be excreted through the feces, causing the parasites in the feces to look like snot. Likewise, you need to follow your doctor’s advice and take deworming medication.

4. Hairball syndrome

Mainly caused by licking one's own hair and entering the gastrointestinal tract, causing it to be excreted through feces. However, the cat's hair appears white and looks like snot after being excreted. In this way, you can feed the cat hair removal cream to improve it, or you can follow the doctor's advice and treat it by inducing vomiting.

5. Cat Distemper

It is a viral infectious disease. After getting sick, it will cause intestinal damage, cause diarrhea, abdominal distension and pain, lack of appetite and other symptoms, and it will also cause feces If there is a foreign body in your nose, like nasal mucus, you can take antiviral drugs as directed by your doctor.

During the treatment period, the cat’s physical condition needs to be observed at any time, and the cat needs to be regularly taken to a regular pet hospital for review to understand the specific conditions of disease development and recovery, and then adjust the dosage of medication according to the examination results to promote disease recovery. Some help.