My two male cats who are brother/litter mates both occasionally suffer from impacted anal glands that need to be squeezed by the vet every so often.

The way I know it's time is that one of the boys will start dragging their 'heinne' across the carpet in an effort to itch his anus. Sometimes their heinne isn't clean and a stripe appears on the carpet. EWWWW.

So today, I and my son took the boys to see the vet. Both growled and hissed on the car ride to the vet... I can only imagine what they were saying to each other..."It's your fault we are going to the vet"

The vet puts his gloves on and then applies a lubricant to his index finger and then squeezes the two glands. Wow, does that stink!!!!!!!! The vet then spays some sort of deodorizer on the hind end. and zip the cat goes back into his carrying box. The drive home is accompianed by hisses and growls. Again they are blaming the other guy for this indignity. And once we're home they both disappear to sulk. I'm sure they'll eventually 'forgive' me for this day.

The male cat I had before these two never had this problem...I asked the vet..he said it doesn't affect all male cats. There's nothing I can do to help prevent this...just be aware and ready to take the boys to the vet @ $30.00 for the two of them.