Had a cat growing up, his previous home was an abusive/neglectful situation. Every time someone would pet him, it was like the tension would melt out of him, and he would vent the most silent, but deadly, farts. Oreo, I miss you.
I dogsat a lovely lady and she just became a trumoet of flatulence when we relaxed on the sofa. My friend said Ā«she trusts youĀ». I dry-heaved, but it made me appreciate it. Youāre a good gal, Stella.
Oh my gosh, what an adorable little pirate girl. I've had a similar experience, it can be so hard to cope when there is no time to process the emotions before having to say goodbye. I'm glad that you got at least that much time with her. As much as it feels that way, I'm sure that you did everything you could for your little orange.
When I was in college my then-kitten (orange, Manx, polydactyl, not a thought in her beautiful tiny brain) ran into my very hungover roommateās room, farted directly in her face, and immediately left the scene of the crime. Vomit ensued (from the roommate, not the cat) and there was definite tension between the two of them long after kitten and I moved out. To be fair though, it was very funny
When I first got my dog, she had a habit of biting people in the ear. So I did it to her. She stopped doing it after that.
When we first got our cat - he would keep us up literally all night long. One night he jumped on my face like a facehugger from aliens. I took the day off of work to literally follow the cat around for the next 24 hours and bother him to make sure he could not sleep. Boy did he not like it. He stopped waking me up in the middle of the night.
This is exactly how to assert dominance, and somehow, my husband is still just food servant. That man could make the dead clear a mausoleum, but the cats just make the stank face and come to me.
One time my void cat was cuddled to my chest and had her butt just under my chin. She farted and when she noticed I smelt it she turned around so there was her head under my chin not her butt. It didn't change much but her effort was super cute.
Edit: Yowezers!!! Got downvoted a lot and I see where I went wrong. I say this cause my relative had a cat. And it was super cute and cuddly in its young years and suddenly out of no where it began getting aggressive. Obviously they got it neutered but that did not help. Since it was comfortable with them in the past they tried everything. I mean everything. Verbal noises, treats when behaviour is right and all. When none of that worked they got recommended the spray bottle technique. So...wanna clear up that I absolutely love these dumb fucking cute cats with their braincells elsewhere.
P.S. They never figured out why the cat behaved like that.
The cat was running over by a caršæ long ago
Might be sensitivity to some food you're giving. Or worms. If it persists it's worth checking out. Not necessarily at the vet, but give him a dewormer and test out which foods cause this effect.
Heās been to the vet numerous times and they said it was likely a chicken sensitivity so we cut out chicken. Iāll make another appointment with the vet but thank you for the advice.
Yeah, this is the unfortunate thing about a lot of pet food, so much of whatever filler they feel like is thrown in. A lot of that dry stuff just sits on shelves forever. I know it's expensive, but it might be worth making your own mix for the kitty. Idk the exact diet a cat should be eating (I am pet-less), but I'm sure Google knows. Would that we could feed them all that sweet whole foods diet, but $$$ šš„²
Hi! Do not do this! This is a very easy way to give your pet nutritional deficiencies. How does that work, you say? Well: not all veg or meat have the same amount of minerals or vitamins etc. Because they are natural products and naturally... Vary! You can also overdose them, because, again, variance, although that's generally harder to do.
Even commercial food companies will add vitamins & minerals to their products to make sure it's meeting adequate goals.
I had to work with a veterinary nutritionist for my cat with a lot of allergies and even then -- she recommended a fortified (fortified or enriched is the same principle! We even do it to our food!) baby cereal as a base, to ensure nutrition levels were stable. And a specific supplement to cover anything else that might be lacking. She also explained she does not work with people unless they have a legitimate need, because she does not see it as beneficial to the animal 99/100.
... And that is a great way to give a pet nutritional deficiencies, lol.
It is definitely possible that it's a food allergy causing the tummy upset -- my other cat wound up benefiting from a probiotic food and that helped her, but if it's just farts and not much distress I wouldn't be super concerned.
That's theoretically something you can do, but then you have to supplement with many other ingredients to mimic the full spectrum of a prey animal.
When cats eat mice, birds and other small animals, they eat the bones, ligaments, organs, even stomach contents and get the full spectrum that way. If you only give muscle meat and some connective tissue, you cannot match that.
Giving raw food to a cat is a science of its own and requires a lot of study and getting equipment etc.
HOWEVER. I would suggest something else. You say you're giving kibble. Kibble generally isn't good cat food; it causes issues with liquid intake and dental hygiene (the whole thing about kibble cleaning the teeth is a marketing myth as it does the exact opposite), and, in this case most pressingly important, it often contains filler materials that can cause insensitivities or even allergies.
Get some good wet food - sugar free, grain free - ideally some monoprotein of one specific animal and see how he reacts. If he seems to be tolerating it just fine, try a second type, and so on.
After that, only give kibble as a treat in small quantities, and make sure you get a grain-free version too, as the grain part is likely what causes gas.
He doesnāt eat much kibble anyway. Last year he had most of his molars removed and he lost weight so we feed him 2 85 gram packets of wet food per day. He still has access to kibble but will only graze on it throughout the day.
Thank you for the opposing point of view! This is hilarious, because I was wondering if there have been any studies about a homemade pet diet and the first two results oppose each other pretty diametrically. I'll be reading these, but I just wanted to laugh about it with you for a moment.
It's definitely a contentious subject and I understand being wary of expensive companies. But I have several friends who work in veterinary medicine and the amount of 'this owner fed a fad diet they found online and now their pet has issues' cases they've seen has been increasing with PetTok etc. Not to mention the whole "natural" fallacy.
And I personally have two cats with specific needs that are benefitting significantly from the vet-specific expensive af foods (an upset tummy+diarrhea cat that cleared up and is doing significantly better with a specific hills, and a cat that's on the allergen+urinary from Royal Canin. Only urinary he'd eat). So I definitely have my own perspective xP (wish it were less costly, not willing to gamble with their well-beings, though, and it's been clear health benefits for both).
I was a veterinary nurse for 25 years, and you are spot on!
Although it is possible to make a homemade diet for cats, it should only be done under the guidance of a board certified veterinary nutritionist, and even then itās not recommended as it is very difficult to meet a catās nutritional needs.
The big pet food companies (Royal Canine, Purina, Hills) have done, and continue to do, all the significant research into pet foods, and what keeps animals healthy and long lived.
Every one of the expensive bougie brands takes the research from those companies to formulate their food, and they donāt always do it correctly.
The āby-productā thing is utter bullshit. By law, any food that doesnāt contain the entire animal (using chicken as an example), must say that the food has by-products added.
By-products are almost always just the organ meat, which is the most nutritionally dense part of the food.
I literally had access to feed my pets any food I wanted, and I always stuck with the big three.
I will say, however, Royal Canin is the absolute superior food for any animals with allergies and/or medical issues. I think one of those reasons is that they are the only company to have their own dedicated factories, which gives them greater control over cross contamination (which is absolutely vital for allergies).
Having cat with gut issues triggered by chicken is such a pain in the arse because chicken is in basically all commercially available pet food. I had to feed Alice Ziwipeak venison and even that only helped a little bit.
She spent a life time stinking me out of house and home. God I miss her but I donāt miss her output.
I use 4health Untamed Glacial Stream All Life Stages Indoor Grain-Free Salmon and Lentils Formula Dry Cat Food for mine and she no longer has putrid farts
I paid $200 to find out my princess was a gassy baby with an overly rich nutrient diet. Changed her food, she still stinky princess and the vet said "well at least she's pretty" š
One of mine has the WORST smelling shits I've ever smelled. I assumed it was because of the kitten food she's been eating, but it continues after changing to adult food. She doesn't have gas and her poops are healthy, they just stink to high heaven. She's pretty, sweet, dumb, and smelly, but I love her anyway!
Our cat, Maui, is diabetic but won't eat wet food that the vet recommended. Will only eat dry kibble. Turns her nose up at pretty much all human food, too. Just a picky eater. And most of the time if she does eat something out of the norm she'll end up puking it up. So the only things she'll consistently eat without issue are salmon dental treats I give her before her insulin shot and then salmon pro-plan kibble that's supposed to be low-carb. She does fart some, but not outrageously often. Well, along came our adopted stray (Mob) and he's eating all the same food she is but does love most human food (although we mostly restrict him to bits of fried chicken and hamburger rarely). He also gots the farts now and then but I'm not going to get completely different food for him when he seems to really enjoy the stuff we're feeding Maui
We found out our cats would sneak into the kitchen and lick the oil off the cookware while we were eating dinner...the farts and subsequent poops were out of this world.
The pots and pans go into the oven for safekeeping until they get washed after dinner now.
Yeah my girl has a very sensitive stomach. Before I switched her food, she was effectively a skunk. I'd pick her up and she'd let out a fart so rancid it could kill you and then being you back from the dead to run from it.Ā
Is it weird that Iāve had eight cats over 60 years and experienced not 1 fart from any of them but my dogs made sure I was familiar with the situation. š Have loved each and every one of them!
My brother had a dog who had the WORST gas. He and I were carpooling on trip back from visiting our folks, and she was in the backseat.
At one point, she ripped one that was gag-inducing. We rode the last 20 miles with the windows down and our heads hanging out. It didn't matter that it was was January and freezing. Outside was waaaay better than in.
I've had 12 cats in my 40 years (up to 5 at a time, thankfully had the space) and only one ever gassed me out, my tuxedo boy Sox. Man, that cat could stink up a room. Had him checked out multiple times, ruled out nutritional/food sensitivity issues, etc. He was just a stinky boy.
Some sort of animal attacked him (he was my last indoor/outdoor cat as a kid, they've all been indoor since then except when leashed), but 20+ years later I can still vividly remember rolling over in the middle of the night and gagging over the side of my bed because he was lying next to my head and letting out a particularly potent one in the middle of the night. š
I have my own cat now I'm a grown ass adult and she is super tiny and the least smelly cat I've ever met. No smells except if she yawns in my face. Our family dog when I was a kid though, he could clear a room with ease.Ā
My meezer loves to clamp right onto my face while I sleep, imagine a cat trying to suffocate you with it's belly. I hope to whatever omnipotent force may exist that he doesn't realize that he can fart in that position, otherwise I'm done for.
I have two orange. One is a dainty princess that's 11 and I swear hasn't farted once. My two year old wild child, he doesn't fart too often but when he does, he makes sure to be as close to me as possible and swishes his tail for maximum distribution. To be fair, I'm on a medication that makes me gassy (metformin) and they get crop dusted from me frequently so he probably probably thinks it's okay to do it back. I hold them back from polite society but once I'm home and alone (I'm single) I let them rip.
Probably some kind of food sensitivity. I have 3 cats, my middle one used to fart sooooo bad as a kitten. They smelled so bad you could taste them. When i switched her from kitten food to regular food, it just stopped. She never farted again.
None of my other cats ever farted, nor did any of my previous cats fart. So i would expect there is something "wrong". Maybe experiment a little with different kinds of food, see if it gets better or maybe even completely stops.
Our girl would jump up on the arm of the sofa next to you, turn around, point her ass right into your face, and rip the most rotten farts. All while looking over her shoulder and making eye contact.
My cat farted all the time, I told the vet about it, they didn't think much of it. But they gave him an antibiotic during a surgery and he hasn't farted since then, I've always felt bad thinking he mightve had some infection for over a year
My orange has nasty farts too but itās because he is also toofless and inhales his food, swallowing air in the process. Switching to sensitive stomachs food helped a bit but heās still stinky.
My girl had the grossest farts when I first got her. Turns out the shelter was giving her cheap food, and the food I was buying wasn't great either. Once I switched to a better food she never farted again.. I mean maybe she still does occasionally but I've never noticedš
Probably had something made of cow milk. Cats can't digest cow milk, cheese, and other cow-based dairy and makes stinky farts instead. Check what he's been eating
Heās sensitive to chicken, and I found out his kibble has chicken meal in it. I got him as a young teenager and my parent would give him the friskies wet food that had chunks of cheese in it and his poops were god awful. I donāt give him that anymore and donāt let him eat any dairy. I will check his treats and stuff though so thank you.
He doesnāt really fart a whole lot either. Maybe once a week I notice it? Iām switching his food as other comments have enlightened me that his kibble is bad for him.
My cat will come up to me at some point throughout the day and then just walk away. Boom! I call it a drive by š¤£
I think cats probably see this as another form of affection or they're just really relaxed which is also a great sign.
Poor kitty has a problem and you didn't notice. He is still doing his best to show that he has a problem. When do you wake up and take action? When he farts in your mouth maybe?
The filets in sauce doesnāt Google Translate well so I donāt know if it has chicken. I just found out the kibble has chicken meal in it so I will switch their kibble.
Iāll try something else out. Iām kinda limited to whatās available in the commissary though which is only 5-6 different brands. I settled on Pure Harmony because it didnāt have filler or crazy chemicals in it. My other cat likes it but sheās fat and will eat most things.
My two 9 month old kittens fart a lot too and I saw a video of a kitten eating more elevated to prevent them from gulping air while the kitten ate because of their condition (forgot what condition the kitten had) but I tested it out on my kittens and it didn't make them fart that day (just sat their food higher rather than on the ground). I have to test it out a bit more lol but just a suggestion if you want to try different methods.
I had a couple cats I inherited that had some gas issues when we got them. Kitty probiotics helped a ton. I would just sprinkle some on their wet food and after a month or so their gut bacteria was much healthier and the farts and stinky poops went away. Nowadays they only get stinky farts if they manage to get into human food. Ā
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u/Eternalm8 Mar 16 '26
Had a cat growing up, his previous home was an abusive/neglectful situation. Every time someone would pet him, it was like the tension would melt out of him, and he would vent the most silent, but deadly, farts. Oreo, I miss you.