Feline Flatus

A cat owner asks

My family has recently expanded to include two young cats. The youngest, just 13 weeks old, farts a great deal. She’s very cute, but is an awfully smelly cat. What can I do?

Nov 21st, 2008

2 lacklustre pieces of inspiration on “Feline Flatus”

  1. Consultant K Says:
    November 23rd, 2008 at 11:00 pm

    I think you will find that if you keep the animals diet constant this issue should subside over the first 10days. It is to do with a change of diet.

  2. Assistant Consultant P Says:
    November 24th, 2008 at 6:06 pm

    This is because your kitten’s digestive system is getting used to solid food instead of a purely milk diet.

    It’s perfectly normal, but you may like to try him with some different food - are you using kitten-specific food? We had a tin of older cat food (1yr+) which we tried with ours because we didn’t want it to go to waste, and it gave him bad gas which he’d never had before. We switched back to kitten food and the problem went away!

    Some foods may be too rich, or just not sit well in his tummy.

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