Jun
26
Why do my cat's farts smell?
So I'm working on the computer the other night and my cat Maddy jumps on my lap for loving. Nothing unusual here, this happens every night. So I'm petting her and she's purring and everything seems to be all right. Suddenly, a strong sulphuric scent ruined the moment. My cat farted! I've had Maddy for about six years and she's probably farted a handful of times that I know of. This led me to wonder, why do cats fart? Is this a sign of a greater problem?
Here's what my research turned up:
Having said all of this, if your cat is having a consistent issue with passing smelly gas, you might want to take your cat to the vet to have his/her stool examined more closely. My cat rarely farts so I'm not worried about it and I don't think you should be either if it rarely happens. It's always a good idea to talk to the vet just in case though.
Another way to look at your cat passing gas is that he or she is so comfortable with you that it simply flows out of them without any resistance. I've noticed that my cat has only farted when we've been cuddling. I'm squeezing her gently so that might be the issue too! Either way, I look at it is as a compliment.
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I found your article to be informative. But I still have questions regarding my cats flatulous problem.
Hello :-)
I came to your page because 1 of my kittens has been farting a lot. Thanks for the information, i will check her food.
your article is soooo wrong...
Cats fart because of wet food not dry.
When meat is being digested through the cats digestive system it releases methane. Just like rotting meat that releases methane, meat in stomach of a cat does the same.
The key to reducing the amount of gas in a cat is as follows:
Day 1
1 cup of dry food per day
.25 (1/4) cups of wet food
Day 2
1.25 cups of dry food
Try it, it works and you cat will be at a healthy weight as the meals are portioned.
I was kind of wondering this myself! I have had cats before and I don't remember any of them passing gas but I have this new 3 month old kitten who seems to passing gas at least twice a day!
Thanks so much for this info. I'd always given my cat a choice of dry food and fresh meat (in seperate dishes) which he'd eat a combo of each day - without the slightest untoward whiff. In the last week or so, however, he's been trumping like a cow! The smell is awful. I just now googled "cat farts" and happily found my way to this site. Without reading this piece it never would've occurred to me that the new dry food I'd introduced to Casper's diet recently might be the cause, but it actually all makes sense.
And the likely culprit is...? You guessed it; IAMs. Needless to say I've eliminated it from his diet as of this minute. I'll continue to monitor the situation to see/smell whether or not the problem clears up - but it seems too much of a coincidence.
So anyway, once again - I thank you; my cat thanks you; my entire household thanks you.
CH
My cat is a little over a year old and she recently had kittens (they're 6 weeks old). From the beginning of her pregnancy she began to have really bad gas that made you leave the room. We give her Friskies dry food. Even though she's had the kittens, her farts are still terrible. She passes gas at least 4-5 times a day. What should I do?
I is the type of cat food you give them. I have a 16 years old cat, and he has been on Science Diet since he was 2 months old. His farts nerver smelled.