Just wondering about flatulent cats.....

Tinned food often contains inulin which neither we, nor our pets, can digest but the bacteria in our colons can, do and produce the stench. It is the same as the Jerusalem artichokes do - because they store inulin.

Inulin is a carbohydrate so it is calorie rich and the bacteria love it - as they do baked bean starch.

If you look on the nutrient list it is usually mentioned - if not then add up the % carbohydrates and any unnamed is probably the inulin. We do need to keep our friendly bacteria healthy so it is useful!

For one so small, our very mini, mini schnauzer, Frank, is able to release silent gliders so deadly even he is offended. Our last cat, Roger, didn’t suffer with wind but had the most awful halitosis. Actually, that was the least of his problems, to be frank he appeared to have some sort of personality disorder (he was extremely bad tempered) and so when he was called to cat heaven I’m ashamed to say few tears were shed.

My cat was not windy but DD1 has a small dog that farts for England?

Our last dog used to do this then get up and leave the room leaving the smell behind.

Like others have said, it depends on what food she has had if my cat has wind! As most of the time she sleeps on the back of my chair, I can usually get warning with the gurgling sound coming from her tummy!
Happens most of the time when I have been out, late returning home and she gulps down her dinner and when it does happen, she just slumbers on !

Well you live and learn, I never knew that cats did that. DD had two and she never complained but there again she is a bit like the Queen herself and has never been heard to do anything so unsavoury

Giggled at that Kitty.

Kitty

Our cats are never flatulent that I have noticed - DH on the other hand

Activate Charcoal is available for both dogs and cats (and, incidentally, windy humans) so why not try that?

The beloved late Maurice even as a small kitten could have (on occasions) Mr P and I engaged in an unseemly scramble to get out of the room!

These 2 aren't often windy, well of course they may well be, but thankfully we are not always around to witness it, but by god, when they are it's awful!

Fortunately, we are yet to experience synchronised cat farting, but if you ever read of a couple found dead in mysterious circumstances in North Devon, please refer the relevant authorities to this thread.

Try worm tablets or a change of food----or both. They could also be eating grass which is a gut " medicine " for them either as an emetic or to help the bowels get rid of fur balls. .
Only one of my 3 cats is windy and sometimes the whiff could strip paint. He spends most of his day outdoors probably scoffing grass.

Maybelle we have friends with a dog who breaks wind quite loudly, and always seems quite shocked by it!

One of my dogs is the same Phoenix it's vile, we often have to open the window to air the room. Who would have pets ?

ethel does you cat just sort of generally smell, or is it What Mr P refers to as "windy pops"?

(How a large chap of over 6ft can be so twee is another of the mysteries in my life, sigh,)

My cats have had this problem mainly, but not solely, when I have changed their food. I have never noticed the others even glancing at the offending party. Unlike dogs who, in my experience look around baffled even if their are the culprit.

Silent but deadly

My cat stinks too. Im down to one now and i used to wonder the same when the other one was here. She was on lots of medication and used to stink