Help with stinky cat poop?
My cat has the stinkiest poop. I know he’s not ill (went to the vet and he’s perfectly healthy). Someone told me once of a supplement that you can give cats and dogs to help with stinky bowel movements. I think it was brewer’s yeast, but I’m not sure. I asked the lady at Petco tonight about it, and she recommended this 3 lb. bag of lah-de-dah organic cat food for $20… Does anyone know of anything I can give him to help him out?
He’s not a kitten…he’s 8 years old.
Hi there… if it is a younger kitten who are very active will evacuate more often than an adult cat. Their feces will also tend to be much stronger as their bodies are trying to break down their meals they eat. If your kitten hasn’t been dewormed this can contribute to the foul smelling odours as well.
Stinky poo is also caused by any of the commercially available cat food products such as Whiskas, Purina, Science Diet, IAMs sold in supermarkets and pet stores which contain corn, corn meal which ferment as it broken down within the digestive system leading to very stinky poo. Feeding human food as treats also can contribute to smelly poo as well. However, this also depends on the animal’s genetics as well. Like humans, when two people eat the very same thing one person’s business may stink to high heaven moreso than another (we can’t compare our own poo since we’d obviously be biased.) I have two cats who’s genetic makeup are quite different from one another (F1 Bengal –1/2 wild & 1/2 domestic — and Abyssinian). They both eat the same identical high premium quality foods yet the Bengal’s poo is so strong it would make a good substitute for chloroform, where the Aby’s isn’t so bad and is very tolerable.
Some of the high protein cat foods (which contains no corn based products or byproducts) found ONLY at specialty pet stores such as Innova EVO, Life’s Abundance, Nature’s Variety Prairie, etc may help minimize the stinky calling cards, but again it truly depends on the cat’s genetic makeup. They are quite expensive compared to the supermarket and chain pet stores brands, but if your intended goal is to lower the overall gas chamber effect you may need to experiment which works best.
Starting your kitten/cat on new food:
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Karma Organic Food for Dogs $24.99 Karma Organic Food for Dogs |
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PetGuard Organic Mature Cat Food $12.49 PetGuard Organic Mature Cat Food |
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Oxbow BeneTerra Organic Rabbit Food $9.03 Oxbow BeneTerra Organic Rabbit Food |