My wonderful head engineer on DOG TALK®, Kyle, recently adopted a gorgeous cat he named Pagoda. He was feeding the poor thing kitty crack – even though he heard me talk about the dangers of dry food, he didn’t think he could afford canned food. To Kyle’s credit he ordered a whole bunch of cans from Pet Food Direct with the special discount – but he didn’t pay attention to which are the approved FLAVORS of the brands I recommend (available on the printable list on my website). So his switch to canned food kind of backfired- quite literally!
Hey miss Tracie. I always check out The Cat Bible before I ask you but I couldn’t find anything on my question. Pagoda’s butt smells horrible when he uses the litter box and it lingers out of him while he cleans himself. His poops look normal and I’m almost certain his worms are gone because I took care of that awhile ago. He seems to go to the litter box about 10 minutes after each meal he has and then maybe once or twice after that in between meals. I’m guessing it’s his food? I give him a total of 2 cans of Friskies a day. I figured it would smell a little but he clears the room (which is pretty funny SOMETIMES). Change of food I guess? Thanks mucho and Pagoda thanks you
I assumed it was the food that was causing this horrific stench, but checked with Dear Sally about Pagoda’s ability to clear a room of people. She said, “I’d second the food issue — the smellier the food the smellier the poops. Something like Wellness or Weruva smells like real food. How much poop is he making? A lot of frequent bowel movements indicates that the food is not being absorbed very well. Also check for impacted anal glands — that can be pretty smelly. And there are some foods that contain Yucca, which is supposed to minimize odor, but I’d go with higher quality more digestible ingredients.”
