My Kitten stinks and farts a lot. How do I minimise the farts and body odour?

Question

I have a Persian Tom and would like to know how to stop it farting, its 7 months old and has long hair. Hes had his innoculations but is not yet spayed, would that explain the smell? We feed him felix good as it looks, in the silver foil packs. And we bath him once a fortnight.

Answer 1

Cats should not be given milk or too much fish. Causes a calcium build up.

Answer 2

You can actually make the smell worse by over bathing. Switch to dry food. It is better for the teeth and the breath. Cats actually couldn't care less about the taste of cat food- it is all about smell. So you give him the felix that the pet food company has absolutely plastered the horrible stuff in strong smelling gak so people think their cats enjoy it. This makes the breath smell, well, like rancid meat (which is what canned cat food smells like). He then grooms himself and spreads nasty smelling dribble all over himself. Seriously, gradually wean him onto a good dry diet, like Royal Canin Feline. The breath improvement will be very quick, but it will take a little longer for his coat to start smelling less. His teeth will last longer on dry food (we had a 21 year old cat with all of his teeth left), and if he won't eat it, try adding 1/2 tsp or cod liver oil to it, to give it a little bit of smell, but not so much it stinks him up again. Instead of bathing so often (which will remove the protective coat oils that will stop the smells soaking in) use a grooming wipe especially for this purpose. I know it's difficult with persians as everything gets mangled in with their fur, but try to bath less. Also, do, do, do get him neutered- now is the right age. If he starts spraying and stuff, it will be difficult to get him to stop even after he is neutered. And he'll roam less and won't contribute to all the unwanted kittens. And it can only help the smell!

Answer 3

Maybe the food you're giving him is too rich, hence the gaseous odours that emanate from him. Try varying his diet. Those foil packed foods can be too moist for some cats. Also, do you give him water or milk? Water is better.

Believe it or not, but cats, like humans, can be intolerant to cows milk.

Dry foods such as Go cat and Iams are worth looking at; tinned varieties of Kit e kat and whiskas also.

If you bathe him once every fortnight and he still washes himself, that's a clean cat you have.

Answer 4

Cats are naturally clean animals, they love to spend hours licking and grooming themselves.

If you are not going to 'breed' him I suggest you have him spayed this will stop the smell. Bathing the cat will not combat the problem.

As for the wind lol, you should try a food that is lighter on his tummy. In the summer you should feed them more of the meat variety as this supplies them with much needed liquids to help stop dehydration.

Consult a vet or large pet store such as Pets at Home (if in the UK) for advice.

Good luck

Answer 5

There is no need to bath him that much. You can definitely try changing the food to a higher quality one. It sounds like he has been to the doctor so everything else is in good working order? Sounds like a diet problem and remember no people food.

Answer 6

I had the same promblem with my Cat. He smelled so bad that he would run you out of the room. I was feeding him the soft food, then changed him to Puriana Indoor Cat food. it totally took care of the gas. It also helps with hairballs. I haven't noticed them as much either. Good Luck .

Answer 7

I used to breed and show Persians. They are great cats! The odor is caused from the food. Try another food that is higher quality. There will be less odor and less waste left in the litter pan.

Answer 8

feed a high quality dry food like Science Diet or IAMS ...avoid giving him table scraps at all and cut way back on tinned food . converting his diet to dry foods will cut down on the smell coming from the catbox too.
ps...bathing a cat that much is not good...just brush his fur to keep it matt free. honestly, changing his diet to dry,gradually decrease the amount of wet food over a 2 week period,then keep him on dry...you will see and smell the difference.

Answer 9

We had a smelly cat - changed her food and the stink went away. His diet could also contribute to the gas problem.

Answer 10

Dry food is the answer and maybe some cooked chicken breast. My cat stank on Whiskas - her poos, her breath, now I give her one of those little sachets of Gourmet Pearl cat food (it's just meat fillet in gravy) and dry food, and she's fine :)

ps: vet will tell you dry food only - it's better for their teeth.

Answer 11

Feed him small meals. Generally cats fart too much when they are younger because they bolt their food down.

Your cat should grow out of this at some point.