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Foods which cause least/most foul smelling poop?
I am wondering what your experience is concerning the correlation
between food type (dry or canned), protein source (chicken, beef, fish, etc), or brand (fancy feast, whiskas, friskies, iams, etc) and how bad smelling the cat poop is? |
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Foods which cause least/most foul smelling poop?
"AlexZ" wrote in message ... I am wondering what your experience is concerning the correlation between food type (dry or canned), protein source (chicken, beef, fish, etc), or brand (fancy feast, whiskas, friskies, iams, etc) and how bad smelling the cat poop is? Great news: the higher the quality of the food, the less they poop. No kidding. Why? Because they actually use more of what they eat. Feed your cats canned food with meat (not byproducts) as its first ingredient (beef, liver, chicken, turkey, keep the fish to a minimum) and few grains and you'll see what I mean. I feed Fancy Feast and the food actually smells worse than the poop probably does. However--I never actually smell any poop, I use a good quality scoopable litter and keep the box clean. Do you live in a very small place? Inviato da X-Privat.Org - Registrazione gratuita http://www.x-privat.org/join.php |
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Foods which cause least/most foul smelling poop?
I wonder if this is really true. One of my cats is on a special diet food
that I get from the vet....limited ingredients....we're trying to determine whether he has a food allergy or not. The food is rabbit and peas...IVD....made by Royal Canin. He gets a combination of canned and dry. I assumed this is a higher quality food. However, my cat poops at least twice a day (we've started calling him "Sir Poop-A-Lot")and the poop really smells. Maybe it's because it's rabbit rather than chicken, beef, turkey, etc. My other cat gets Wellness or Petguard canned and the special diet dry (easier to give both cats the same dry). He doesn't poop nearly as much and it doesn't smell as bad. Sue "cybercat" wrote in message ... "AlexZ" wrote in message ... I am wondering what your experience is concerning the correlation between food type (dry or canned), protein source (chicken, beef, fish, etc), or brand (fancy feast, whiskas, friskies, iams, etc) and how bad smelling the cat poop is? Great news: the higher the quality of the food, the less they poop. No kidding. Why? Because they actually use more of what they eat. Feed your cats canned food with meat (not byproducts) as its first ingredient (beef, liver, chicken, turkey, keep the fish to a minimum) and few grains and you'll see what I mean. I feed Fancy Feast and the food actually smells worse than the poop probably does. However--I never actually smell any poop, I use a good quality scoopable litter and keep the box clean. Do you live in a very small place? Inviato da X-Privat.Org - Registrazione gratuita http://www.x-privat.org/join.php |
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Foods which cause least/most foul smelling poop?
"blkcatgal" wrote in message . .. I wonder if this is really true. One of my cats is on a special diet food that I get from the vet....limited ingredients....we're trying to determine whether he has a food allergy or not. The food is rabbit and peas...IVD....made by Royal Canin. He gets a combination of canned and dry. I assumed this is a higher quality food. However, my cat poops at least twice a day (we've started calling him "Sir Poop-A-Lot")and the poop really smells. Maybe it's because it's rabbit rather than chicken, beef, turkey, etc. My other cat gets Wellness or Petguard canned and the special diet dry (easier to give both cats the same dry). He doesn't poop nearly as much and it doesn't smell as bad. Sue Sue, I don't think your cat needs peas. I think the higher the carbs, the stinkier the poo. And rabbit? Have you tried feeding Sir Poops-A-Lot Fancy Feast varieties that have no wheat gluten and meat as a first ingredient? It got my allergic and asthmatic cat off of Depo shots. First time I noticed the difference in poop? Was years ago when I switched from cheap dry to Science Diet dry. Lower volume, lower stink. Cats are carnivores, they need meat. "cybercat" wrote in message ... "AlexZ" wrote in message ... I am wondering what your experience is concerning the correlation between food type (dry or canned), protein source (chicken, beef, fish, etc), or brand (fancy feast, whiskas, friskies, iams, etc) and how bad smelling the cat poop is? Great news: the higher the quality of the food, the less they poop. No kidding. Why? Because they actually use more of what they eat. Feed your cats canned food with meat (not byproducts) as its first ingredient (beef, liver, chicken, turkey, keep the fish to a minimum) and few grains and you'll see what I mean. I feed Fancy Feast and the food actually smells worse than the poop probably does. However--I never actually smell any poop, I use a good quality scoopable litter and keep the box clean. Do you live in a very small place? Inviato da X-Privat.Org - Registrazione gratuita http://www.x-privat.org/join.php Inviato da X-Privat.Org - Registrazione gratuita http://www.x-privat.org/join.php |
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Foods which cause least/most foul smelling poop?
AlexZ wrote:
I am wondering what your experience is concerning the correlation between food type (dry or canned), protein source (chicken, beef, fish, etc), or brand (fancy feast, whiskas, friskies, iams, etc) and how bad smelling the cat poop is? Generally, given a healthy cat, there are two factors... 1) The cat's digestive system. 2) High quality food. You can pick the highest quality food; however, if the cat's digestive system balks at this particular food the end result may be bad smelling poop. In that case it will be necessary to try another food to see what works well for your particular cat. It is also necessary to give the cat time to adjust to the new food. Once you do find something that works stick with it. |
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Foods which cause least/most foul smelling poop?
cybercat wrote: "blkcatgal" wrote in message . .. Sue, I don't think your cat needs peas. I think the higher the carbs, the stinkier the poo. And rabbit? Have you tried feeding Sir Poops-A-Lot Fancy Feast varieties that have no wheat gluten and meat as a first ingredient? It got my allergic and asthmatic cat off of Depo shots. The reason that vets prescribe the IVD rabbit and peas for cats that are suspected to have food allergies (at least, the reason my vet did so for my cat) is that the cat has to eat a novel source of protein -- a meat that he has never been previously exposed to. Most cats have had chicken, turkey, fish, etc, so when the vet is checking for allergies, they tend to put the cats on rabbit or venison. I don't think Fancy Feat comes in venison -- Jennifer |
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Foods which cause least/most foul smelling poop?
Joe Canuck wrote:
: It is also necessary to give the cat time to adjust to the new food. : Once you do find something that works stick with it. I do believe in changing anything slowly, but are you suggesting the cat eat only one kind of food? Then we would be "hostage" to that company either remaining in business, and not dropping or substantially chaning that formula. |
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Foods which cause least/most foul smelling poop?
Yes, that's exactly why my vet recommended the limited ingredient food.
Ernie developed ulcers on his mouth (not real bad, just one or two) and my vet wanted to rule out food allergies. For the most part, while I fed him the IVD he didn't develop any more ulcers. I began feeding him regular food again and he got another ulcer. I switched back to the IVD. But it has been very difficult keeping Ernie out of the regular food (I feed my other cat regular food because he's not thrilled with the IVD ) and Ernie also gets into people food (actually grabbed a raw chicken breast that I was planning on grilling right off of the kitchen counter; I got it away from him). He hasn't had any ulcers lately, though, so I'm not sure if the ulcers are caused by food allergies or not. But I'm still feeding him the IVD. Sue "Jennifer" wrote in message oups.com... cybercat wrote: "blkcatgal" wrote in message . .. Sue, I don't think your cat needs peas. I think the higher the carbs, the stinkier the poo. And rabbit? Have you tried feeding Sir Poops-A-Lot Fancy Feast varieties that have no wheat gluten and meat as a first ingredient? It got my allergic and asthmatic cat off of Depo shots. The reason that vets prescribe the IVD rabbit and peas for cats that are suspected to have food allergies (at least, the reason my vet did so for my cat) is that the cat has to eat a novel source of protein -- a meat that he has never been previously exposed to. Most cats have had chicken, turkey, fish, etc, so when the vet is checking for allergies, they tend to put the cats on rabbit or venison. I don't think Fancy Feat comes in venison -- Jennifer |
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Foods which cause least/most foul smelling poop?
cybercat wrote:
: "AlexZ" wrote : I am wondering what your experience is concerning the correlation : between food type (dry or canned), protein source (chicken, beef, fish, : etc), or brand (fancy feast, whiskas, friskies, iams, etc) and how bad : smelling the cat poop is? : : Great news: the higher the quality of the food, the less they poop. : No kidding. Why? Because they actually use more of what they : eat. Feed your cats canned food with meat (not byproducts) as : its first ingredient (beef, liver, chicken, turkey, keep the fish to a : minimum) and few grains and you'll see what I mean. I feed Fancy : Feast and the food actually smells worse than the poop probably : does. However--I never actually smell any poop, I use a good : quality scoopable litter and keep the box clean. Do you live : in a very small place? My space is medium size and I also can't prentend that we have a serious smell problem, but still the less the better. Basically I am experimenting with various canned food varieties in an attempt to locate a few that are not too expensive, high quality nutrition, and she'd like them. Then I thought I may as well get some education about poop smell issue from the experienced owners, if certain types of food, good as they may be in other ways, are to be avoided for this reason. Only thing I don't like about fancy feast is that it comes in 3oz cans and gets artificially expensive. I do use it but tend to prefer brands that offer 5.5 oz cans. |
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Foods which cause least/most foul smelling poop?
AlexZ wrote:
Joe Canuck wrote: : It is also necessary to give the cat time to adjust to the new food. : Once you do find something that works stick with it. I do believe in changing anything slowly, but are you suggesting the cat eat only one kind of food? Then we would be "hostage" to that company either remaining in business, and not dropping or substantially chaning that formula. Unlike humans, cats don't appear to be interested much in food variety. This is why it is important to not only pick a good food, but also a manufacturer that will be around for a while. |
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