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Is it normal for poop to smell SO BAD?

5.5K views 26 replies 15 participants last post by  lilasmom  
#1 ·
I was told cat's pee smelled awful.
But no one ever told me that their poop smelled even worse.

I've been giving a wet-food diet for the last two days and every time he goes to the litter box to poop, the smell is terrible. It smells like the canned food going bad, horrible bad. I've been thinking about stop the wet-dry food -although, it has done wonders in his coat- because I think the food might be the reason it smells so bad.

Could I be right? Is the canned food 'Whiskay' giving his poop such a terrible smell?

Has anyone of you passed by this before?
 
Discussion starter · #12 ·
I think it might be the food, as most of you said. And also the fact that I'm new, LOL. I haven't found any different brand -except Fancy Feast Gourmet and Friskies- but I believe Byakko is just adjusting. I found out his previous foster home only gave him dry food so it might just be the adjusting, since the wet food has made an improvement in his hair.

Also, it might be that I'm just getting used to the poop's smell. LOL.
 
Discussion starter · #26 ·
Amm...Nice topic, passing from smelly poop to worms >x<

Fortunally, Byako was de-wormed (its that the word?) before he was given to me, so worms are not the problem

I think it was Whiskay, since I stopped giving him the wet-food and gave him a similar diet to the one he used to have (dry-food) and smelly poop seemed to stop. I also made a test with my RM's cat and feed him some Whiskay wet-food and puf! smelly poop all over his litter box as well.

So, I'm going to reduce the Whiskay canned food (I didn't wanted to, but I believe food that makes poop smell that bad is NOT good for any kitty) and keep on searching for a better wet-food.

Thanks all for your opinions, and I will be de-worming my cat often since I don't want him getting sick♥