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The litter tray

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Good god my cat has a REALLY smelly bum!

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TheBolter · 25/10/2010 22:09

He's only four months old, bless him, but he has always had a bit of a niff about him, all over, but especially in his backside area, which basically smells of poo.

I've had lots of cats before but have never known one to have a consistently smelly bottom.

Is there anything I can do about this? Change of diet? His anus also looks quite a sore-looking reddish-pink in colour but he has never seemed to be in distress.

Am off to have him vacc'ed this week so can ask the vet but was wondering if anyone has any RL experience of smelly-bummed kitties.

TIA.

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SecretNutellaFix · 25/10/2010 22:11

So there are no dangle-berries?

childrenofthecornsilk · 25/10/2010 22:12

change his diet-what does he eat?

SofaQueen · 25/10/2010 22:13

Wet wipes?

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TheBolter · 25/10/2010 22:17

No no dangle berries (mercifully he's a short hair ) and did try wiping his bum once (with dry loo roll) but it freaked him out a bit. Wet wipes might tip him over the edge.

Come on ladies I'm being serious here. I'm concerned that his smelly bum may become the source of much amusement for all the tough street-wise cats out in the mean 'hood.

He eats one or two small bowls of Iams and a sachet of kitten food each day. Same diet as my other cat who doesn't have a smelly bot.

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childrenofthecornsilk · 25/10/2010 22:19

maybe he's tooold for kitten food.I would speak to your vet.I have a house rabbit with bowel issues so feel your pain.

SecretNutellaFix · 25/10/2010 22:20

Vet may recommend changing his diet to more dried stuff

Maybe a bath?

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TheBolter · 25/10/2010 22:23

Hmm, it could be the wet food. He does love it though soI'd be reluctant to remove it from his diet, but that may be the solution.

I know dogs can sometimes honk when being given crap meat. At least, it happened to my mum's lab once, and putting him on dry food seemed to help.

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MadamDeathstare · 25/10/2010 22:23

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TheBolter · 25/10/2010 22:25

Secret, lol at a bath! He's such a nervous cat I don;t think he'd ever forgive me! He's only just started to come to me for cuddles. A bath would shock him beyond anything else!

Also, I do believe that cats are self-cleaning, and a smelly cat is a smelly cat. No sweet-smelling bubble bath is going to change that.

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TheBolter · 25/10/2010 22:29

Madam, he doesn't have diarrhoea per se but can have quite sloppy poo, and sometimes gets caught short . I have changed their biscuits around - I rotate them on Purina, Tesco posh stuff and Iams. Not sure if it's the biscuits...

I have to go to bed now but thanks for all your help. Will check back in the morning.

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TheBolter · 25/10/2010 22:30

P.S. No wiping bottom on ground AFAIK.

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childrenofthecornsilk · 25/10/2010 22:41

see your vet - he doesn't have to be smelly

MadamDeathstare · 26/10/2010 01:35

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TheBolter · 26/10/2010 03:45

OK, thanks for your advice. Poor thing, I'll try and get the vet to see to it.

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larahusky · 26/10/2010 22:37

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DontCallMeBaby · 26/10/2010 23:11

I would take him to the vet, just to be on the safe side. But it's worth mentioning that one of my cats was very whiffy at this age, having got over the diarrhoea he had when we got him, but seems to have grown out of it (he's 16 months now). When we got the two kittens a friend commented 'I'd forgotten how smelly kittens are!' so I guess it's not that uncommon.

larahusky · 27/10/2010 00:14

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TheBolter · 27/10/2010 09:11

THanks for the extra advice. It's a relief to hear it could just be normal. I'll look out for some of that Encore stuff at Sainsbos. I've never heard of it before so I hope I can get it...

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MassiveKnob · 27/10/2010 09:15

lol, at smelly arse. I have kittens who love to waft by after they have been in their litter and sometimes it is truly gagworthy .

My friend always uses a baby wipe on her cats arse.

larahusky · 27/10/2010 22:55

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ThistleWhistle · 28/10/2010 19:40

I wipe my kittens bum with wet wipes. As soon as he goes in the litter tray I am armed and ready for when he emerges. He doesn't seem to mind. If I don't wipe then he usually has a bit of poo on his bum still and it gets on the sofa/carpet/my cardigan. He seems to have a smelly bum too even when it's been wiped. I was hoping he would grow out of it.

It is true that cats love to shove their arses in your face. Not one of their better traits I think.

1Catherine1 · 28/10/2010 19:57

TheBolter what did your vet say? you said you were going this week..

When I first got my cat my vets told me to Never to feed my cat Iams again. He seemed convinced it was the cause of my cats upset stomach. I would recommend choosing another brand of food and sticking to it. Maybe the go cat indoor dry food. My little girl could always smell the house out but she doesn't seem to anymore.

MrsSchadenfreude · 28/10/2010 22:38

One, two, three,,,

Smelly cat, smelly cat, what are they feeding you?

[hgrin][hgrin][hgrin]

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