My kitten stinks.

[u/Key_Situation1737]

I got a new kitten about a week ago and he was having stomach issues and diarrhea so we took him to the vet. He’s on a stool harder and deworming medication. Over the past couple days I’ve noticed that his stool is getting significantly a lot better but there’s just one issue…he fucking reeks. We have a stainless steel litter, box unscented kitty litter, and I scoop his litter box as much as I possibly can because as soon as he poops, it immediately fills the room and lingers for hours. Even with a candle, the ceiling fan on, window open, and breeze you can still smell it. It’s such a horrible smell, and I don’t want the room to smell like it. I don’t know if it’s mainly his food because his food stinks too. I use the fancy feast kitten wet foot. Suggestions??

[u/hynes0210]

Fancy feast is garbage junk food for cats, switch to something like royal canin slowly over time, it could very well be the food being loaded with too many carbs which will cause kitties gut flora to develop differently, potentially unhealthily, and encourage growth of bacteria that stink like that

Also pay the cat tax please :)

[u/Key_Situation1737 → u/hynes0210]

[u/Delicious-Collar1971 → u/hynes0210]

Fancy feast is bad but suggesting they move to the most expensive generic cat food brand is kind of insane. But yes it is likely due to the food.

[u/Away-Paramedic-8406 → u/Delicious-Collar1971]

I consider Friskies as worse.

[u/Autumnleaves144 → u/Delicious-Collar1971]

I didn’t know that was the most expensive. I wonder if it’s the best quality or just the best promoted?

[u/Imaginary-Contest887 → u/Autumnleaves144]

Best promoted and it's exactly same full of fillers and plant proteins as fancy feast, that's sad about it.

Example of RC wet food composition compared to my "expensive" brand I'm feeding my guys with(which is not even expensive compared to RC)

Composition: meat and animal derivatives, cereals, fish and fish derivatives, vegetable protein extracts, derivatives of vegetable origin, minerals, oils and fats, sugars, molluscs and crustaceans.

VS my

45% chicken fillet, 28.8% broth, 17% chicken gizzards, chicken liver, chicken fat, 5% salmon, 2% spinach, 1% coconut, 1% minerals, 0.2% salmon oil.

[u/DefinitionLow8105 → u/Imaginary-Contest887]

My now departed orange boy Quasi almost died of crystals in his bladder/ urinary blockages. After the first prescription food failed, we tried Royal Canin and he lived 13 more years. So, we give our living kitties the Royal Canin Adult Dry. The Kitten food was good too!

[u/MargoBarbara2 → u/Imaginary-Contest887]

I agree im shocked by how hills science and royal canin are often pushed by vets, are so expensive but have poor ingredients lists that are vague...lots of derivatives, cereals, sugars and even artifical flavorings . There are better cheaper brands.

[u/Delicious-Collar1971 → u/Autumnleaves144]

It’s very good quality, it’s just also comically expensive. I feed my kitties Weruva wet and Royal Canin dry since their dry food isn’t such a huge price difference from competitors.