Smelly cat top tips please

[orenisthenewblack]

I have done a search on this topic for some advice on smelly poos and decided to start my own thread if you don't mind.

So, I have an elderly lady cat. I'm guessing around 15 years old. She's been with me for at least 14 of those.

I let her out in the morning and if I'm working she'll be out all day, she mostly stays in our garden, well, as far as I know anyway.

She comes in when I come home from work. (She has shelter in the garden in poor weather.) When I go to bed, she sleeps in the sun room with a car litter tray. Every morning, I can smell her poo from upstairs, and the sun room is quite a way away really. It's getting me down.

I've been doing a little research on the internet this afternoon, and people have mentioned grain free food is better for less smelly poos. Has any one tried this?

The cat litter I buy is meant to be 'fragranced' or whatever, but I've read on MN that Bicarb work to eliminate smells too. How does this work, do you just put a few spoons on top, mixed in or what?

I love my cat lots and lots but as it's my job to clean the cat litter box (family members not interested and I don't blame them.) I can't put a cat flap in either which might have been one solution and she really doesn't want to sleep outdoors during the colder months.

Also, I think she eats too much. She's always asking for food. I only have to get up and she follows me thinking I'll feed her. She will lie to my face and tell me she's hungry even though my DH has fed her an hour previously.

I'd like to change her diet, but it seems cruel at her age bless her. I don't give her milk but will give her cream every now and again as a treat.

Any advice? What's worked for you? Or rather, what's worked for your cat.

Bump

Do you mean they are runny as well as smelly? What does she eat? My two kittens eat a high meat grain free food (both wet and dry). If changing food then do it gradually or you risk diarrhoea

And avoid dairy as they can't digest lactose (the sugar in the milk)

At the moment I'm feeding her Lidl wet food or Felix AGAIL, with some dry biscuits on occasion.

Her poo ranges from sausage to gravy. Both stink.

I think I'll pop into Pets at Home tomorrow and see what they have there.

Pengirl is a mature rescue girl who came to us with very variable bowel habits all of which stank to high heaven. She now has a grain free diet and has improved beyond measure. We shop at Pets at Home they seem to have a good selection of grain free ranges. Pengirl like the Country Hunter range but avoids the beef variety as it doesn't suit her tummy.

Thank you, really useful. My cat is showing her age now bless her.

So far, so good. She 's enjoying her new food, and no poo smell this morning

My cat eats raw pet food and there is no smell at all with his pee and poo. However, if I feed him any cooked cat food regardless how quality the food is, his poo and pee stink the whole place. I use purrform.co.uk, and also my cat eats less with raw food too. So may worth a try.