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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / October 2003litter box odor question
I recently took in a homeless cat that someone dumped near my home. He's relatively young, probably less then 2 years Im told. I had him fixed and checked out by a local vet. He's in good health. My problem is, when he uses the litter box, which he does several times a day, it stenches up my whole home. The smell is unreal. And Im not talking about urine either. His waste has been solid, and he seems to have a gas problem as well. Ive tried all the different kitty litters, which Ive been completely changing twice a day I might add, and its not helping. I started out feeding him canned food and recently switched him to Purina Cat Chow. This didn't help either. Anyone have any suggestions before I resort to another vet visit? Thanks. Mike. You could try putting some "good bugs" into his system - I use Lactinex - it's OTC, but has to be kept refrigerated so you have to *ask* the pharmacist for it. Or you might try feeding a brand that is at least *mostly* meat - that *will* change the bacterial population so it *might* cure his case of the stinkies. > I recently took in a homeless cat that someone dumped near my home. > He's relatively young, probably less then 2 years Im told. I had him [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > him to Purina Cat Chow. This didn't help either. Anyone have any > suggestions before I resort to another vet visit? Thanks. Mike. As the saying goes - you are what you eat. What happens to you after you eat garbage. You fart, you sh.t and it stinks! > I recently took in a homeless cat that someone dumped near my home. > He's relatively young, probably less then 2 years Im told. I had him [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > him to Purina Cat Chow. This didn't help either. Anyone have any > suggestions before I resort to another vet visit? Thanks. Mike. How recent is recent? When I adopted a young cat (3 months old) from a shelter he had gas and stinky problems for at least a week until I got him settled on a good food. The problems went away. There is much better food than Purina Cat Chow. You won't find it in a grocery store. Here is a place to start your search: http://webpages.charter.net/katkarma/canfood.htm http://webpages.charter.net/katkarma/dryfood.htm  Signature"Its the bugs that keep it running." -Joe Canuck >From: mrbigeyedfreak@yahoo.com (Mike) >I recently took in a homeless cat that someone dumped near my home. >He's relatively young, probably less then 2 years Im told. I had him [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >him to Purina Cat Chow. This didn't help either. Anyone have any >suggestions before I resort to another vet visit? Thanks. Mike. Mike, I would highly recommend a better food, something like Wellness or Felidae and preferably a canned food. I would switch him to the new food slowly, adding just a small amount of new to the old food, increasing it daily until within a week or two, you have all new food. Congrats on your new kitty :) Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm >I recently took in a homeless cat that someone dumped near my home. >He's relatively young, probably less then 2 years Im told. I had him [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >him to Purina Cat Chow. This didn't help either. Anyone have any >suggestions before I resort to another vet visit? Thanks. Mike. This was the major problem when mySiamese adopted me in Aug. 1983. I was feeding her Friskies canned and dry. He coat was poor also. After going through this for a couple of months, I switched to Science Diet dry. In no time the stink seemed to disappear and her coat eventually became beautiful. She was about two years old when she came to me and I had her until she was 16. I do think that one of the higher quality foods will make a big difference. God luck. mLB >>I recently took in a homeless cat that someone dumped near my home. >>He's relatively young, probably less then 2 years Im told. I had him [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >came to me and I had her until she was 16. I do think that one of the >higher quality foods will make a big difference. God luck. mLB I agree. Lose the Friskies. That's probably why the cat smells bad. I've heard this many times, and seen it with donated Friskies we fed to shelter cats. It just makes a stinky and messy litterbox. You'll be amazed at the difference with a high quality food. Sherry >> I switched to Science > >Diet dry. In no time the stink seemed to disappear and her coat [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > just makes a stinky and messy litterbox. You'll be amazed at the difference > with a high quality food. I have to say, though I do not want to get into the catfood fight (!) that my baby had stinky poo until I quit giving her Amore and fed her on Science Diet dry (the stinky fish one!) exclusively. This is the girl who lived to be 20 and had all of her teeth when she finally passed on. That food did great things for her. The pellets were small and easy to eat, and it is a very oily dry food, and I think that helped her coat etc. I know that part of aging is hereditary, but her daughter lived to be 17 and had NO teeth when she died, and was fed wet garbage food her whole life. (Since reading this group I feed my current kitties combination wet and dry, since that is what many find beneficial. I do limit the wet food to half a small can a day per cat.) >I have to say, though I do not want to get into the catfood fight (!) >that >my baby had stinky poo until I quit giving her Amore and fed her on >Science Diet dry (the stinky fish one!) exclusively. This is the girl >who >lived to be 20 and had all of her teeth when she finally passed on. What amazes me at the shelter is the sheer *volume* of poop when they're fed Friskies as opposed to Science Diet or something comparable. Sherry > >> I switched to Science > > >Diet dry. In no time the stink seemed to disappear and her coat [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > to > half a small can a day per cat.) Mary, despite what some on here say, I and others do not lambast people who feed SD. I just don't like having the food *I* feed being denigrated because it's *not* SD. But I'm going to shut up because I don't want to start it up either. :) All's I have to say is this - dog food creates stinky poops in kitties, as I can attest to ever since Ernie started raiding my dog's food bowl!! Blech! ;) "Karen M." <misskittymcgill71@yahoo.com> wrote in message > > Mary, despite what some on here say, I and others do not lambast > people who feed SD. I just don't like having the food *I* feed being > denigrated because it's *not* SD. That makes sense. I have not used it for years because both the vet and the people I talked to at the PetSmart I go to told me they felt it was overpriced in that other foods had similar nutrition but a lower price. (When Nell died I thought maybe I should see what the current thought was in dry food, since it had been at least 10 years ago that I had decided upon SD for her!) I think the price has come down now. (This was about two years ago when I brought my newest baby home, two months after my 20-year-old died.) Cheeks really loves Purina One "Active Health Management" in the bluegreen metallic bag, tuna and salmon. She hates Iams everything. Why was this really important? (I am often of the"put it down, when they get hungry they will eat it" school of thought about young finicky eaters.) Because she is tiny and has asthma and I adore her and want to keep her up to about eight pounds because that is the weight at which she seems to feel great. But I'm going to shut up because I > don't want to start it up either. :) All's I have to say is this - dog > food creates stinky poops in kitties, as I can attest to ever since > Ernie started raiding my dog's food bowl!! Blech! ;) Ha! Of course I want to ask if Ernie started chasing cars, etc. ;) > "Karen M." <misskittymcgill71@yahoo.com> wrote in message > > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > pounds > because that is the weight at which she seems to feel great. To show you how different kitties can be in how they do with food - My friend and I over 8 years ago both adopted a kitten from the same litter. Both females, similar build, etc.. She's pretty much fed SD to her cat all this time (dry, not always wet). I fed it to Audrey for quite a while (+ other cats), then switched to Nutro then tried SD again for awhile before giving up. Her cat has always done well on it (except for vomiting but the hairball formula took care of that pretty much). Audrey did not. Wierd. :) > But I'm going to shut up because I > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Ha! Of course I want to ask if Ernie started chasing cars, etc. ;) No, he just chases everything else - other cats, the dog, me, my boyfriend, bugs..... He's quite a little devil! :) > >>I recently took in a homeless cat that someone dumped near my home. > >>He's relatively young, probably less then 2 years Im told. I had him [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Sherry Oh, tell me about it! We had a cat once in the shelter with really bad diarrhea from the being de-wormed. As if that didn't stink enough, they were feeding this cat Friskies!! I asked the tech if she were trying to kill off the volunteers (she has a good sense of humor). She switched the cat's food... :) Hmmmm.....I actually thought Purina was a quality food. Ill have to try something else. Thanks for the help. Mike. > Hmmmm.....I actually thought Purina was a quality food. Ill have to > try something else. Thanks for the help. Mike. Mike--my cat loves it. On the other hand, as I have posted elsewhere, I fed a cat on dry Science Diet for 10-15 years and she did great. There were times when I could only afford "grocery store" food for her, then she got stuff not nearly as good as Purina! I would say that for a grocery store food, Purina is probably pretty good. But I am interested in the new "vet" foods, too since I do want my cats to have every advantage toward long and healthy lives. I think love and play are at least as important as food. By the way. > > Hmmmm.....I actually thought Purina was a quality food. Ill have to > > try something else. Thanks for the help. Mike. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > I think love and play are at least as important as food. By the way. For sure!! :) > Hmmmm.....I actually thought Purina was a quality food. Ill have to > try something else. Thanks for the help. Mike. Purina Cat Chow isn't very good food. Purina *does* make other cat food that is better. Signature"Its the bugs that keep it running." -Joe Canuck |
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