Farting Kitty

[Kai09]

Hey everyone,
Just a quick question. I'm kind of stumped. We have a 10 week old kitten. We brought here home when she was 8 weeks old. We had her on the Wellness kitten formula, for both wet and dry food. Ive been feeding her the wet food twice a day, and leaving out the dry food for her to snack on. When I went to the petstore last week, the Wellness kitten wet formula was NOWHERE to be found. So i decided to switch up to Science Diet. So she has been on that for a week, really enjoying it, her poo is fine. Just this weekend however, she has been farting non-stop. It happens mostly when we pick her up, and BOY are they smelly.
Now I'm reading online that Science Diet isnt a good brand. Could it be this brand, or is this a normal kitten beahaviour?? please help. I want to stick to a good brand, and one that I can easily get at a store near-by, since we do not have a car.
ANY help or suggestions would be great!

[Stansmom]

It could be the brand. I think SD is pretty heavy in nonmeat ingredients. Grains and veggies can lead to farting in almost every type of creature that generally eats meat (ask any of my vegetarian brethern ).

OTOH, some critters are just gasy. Sometimes it doesn't matter what you feed them, they're just little farting machines. I ad a dog like this, led to some very funny situations where she'd look at her bottom and then get up and move like she hadn't done it.

[Heidi n Q]

Originally Posted by Stansmom

I had a dog like this, led to some very funny situations where she'd look at her bottom and then get up and move like she hadn't done it.

Was she a Boxer? (Our family had 2. Great breed for "blowing kisses")

My two foster kittens had bad gas the first few weeks I had them. I think it was a combination of parasites (worms) and diet change.

[Sabala]

I think you should put Fartin' Kitteh up on you tube!

[Stansmom]

Originally Posted by Heidi n Q

Was she a Boxer? (Our family had 2. Great breed for "blowing kisses")

She was a boxer. Sweet as could be, but with a few strange noises

[Heidi n Q]

Oh! The sweet music of "singing Boxers"! Bartholomew would let one 'rip' and my stepdad would say: "Speak again, your pearls of wisdom, oh Great Toothless One!"

[nanook]

Clears throat. Back to the topic at hand.
Yes it absolutely could be the food. It could also be the sudden food change. Kittens are notoriously sensitive to that. OR it could be parasites.
I'd start with getting her back on the Wellness. It's a WAY better food anyway. SD is full of garbage (IMHO). If your local pet store carries Wellness (or sometimes even if they don't) I'm sure you can order a case or two ahead to make sure it's there when you need it.

[Huge]

Originally Posted by Heidi n Q

Oh! The sweet music of "singing Boxers"! Bartholomew would let one 'rip' and my stepdad would say: "Speak again, your pearls of wisdom, oh Great Toothless One!"

LMAO!

[Fletcherkitty]

after 8 years my cat had gas for the first time (it was the first time I could smell it anyway!) Apparently lamb gives him gas, hehehe.
Anyhow, yeah from what I understand Wellness is much better than SD.

[Kai09]

Thanks everyone..
seems the gas problem has been reduced down to one SMELLY fart a day. Ya, I think I want to put her back on wellness, since it seems like her litter was also less smelly!
*heading over to the behaviour forum to post more adventures with Kai*