Hey all,

I have a great 7 year old male cat (Jaspur) who was born and raised on the
Science Diet dry cat food, and in that time, I have never had a problem with
his urine smell in my house (I empty his litter box as needed- once a day or
every two days max).

Now that I work all day at home, I get bugged for treats (i'd give him a
little tuna in the past when I returned from my 9-6 job). He meows like
crazy and drives me nuts wanting his treat now, and since I live in a small
house (no basement), I can hear him no matter where he is, and cannot escape
the constant begging.

Well, the cat now bugs me so often (and I have important website work to do
for my income, so being distracted all the time annoys me), that he gets his
way- tuna (packed in water, not oil) treats every 3 to 4 hours, the treats
being about two spoonfuls. That's when I noticed a really foul urine smell
coming from his litterbox- and it smells like that all the time now and
makes its way to the living room (even odor sprays don't get rid of it). Has
to be the tuna, i would think. I have the big litter box with the lid and
the charcoal filter and that seemed to have helped until he started eating
more tuna.

He eats less of the Science Diet dry food, and I suddenly remembered that
Science Diet has "wet" cans of cat food with meat and gravy. Does anyone
here use the Science Diet as a type of treat or a main source of feeding for
their cat, and have that had good experience with it in terms of odor
control?

I mean, all cats (as well as every living thing) have their own smells when
they relieve themselves, but Jaspur's litter box never smelled this
repulsive in all the 7 years i've had him. Any recommendations would be
appreciated. I know I spoiled the cat- I want the quality of his life to be
great, and he's a well-behaved, great companion. It's those treats that I
ended up giving him, I think, and now he's hooked, and I hooked him. He's a
junkie, and I was the pusher.  =)

John