My cat didn't cover his stool and I noticed it looked like black tar. I was medium sized, not small like which can sometimes be seen in raw fed cats. I didn't notice the smell as I covered my nose with my shirt when I went to put litter over it. I read that I could be a sign of stomach or upper intestinal bleeding, or possibly an infection or virus.
My cat stays inside all the time so there is no way he could have caught something or ate something weird outside. No other animals in the house either. He is 4 years old.
His diet used to consist of Friskies canned chicken half mixed with boiled chicken thigh or sometimes boiled chicken gizzards and hearts. I switched him over to pure boiled meat about 5 weeks ago just as an experiment. Depending on what I can find at the store he either gets chicken gizzard and hearts or plain thighs.
I know cats need certain vitamins and minerals like taurine and others which you can add to their food yourself if you find them all and buy them regularly, or you can just get premade cat food from the store which is supposed to have all or at least most of them. This is the reason I was just experimenting when I switched him over to pure boiled meat, I knew I'd have to return to that commercial cat food because of the lack of essential vitamins and minerals.
I will switch him back over to half Friskies chicken and boiled chicken thighs tomorrow. Maybe its possible the straight gizzards and hearts are disrupting his stomach or upper intestines?
I guess I'll find out in a few days.
Now, what might be the cause of black, tar like stool in a case like this?
My cat stays inside all the time so there is no way he could have caught something or ate something weird outside. No other animals in the house either. He is 4 years old.
His diet used to consist of Friskies canned chicken half mixed with boiled chicken thigh or sometimes boiled chicken gizzards and hearts. I switched him over to pure boiled meat about 5 weeks ago just as an experiment. Depending on what I can find at the store he either gets chicken gizzard and hearts or plain thighs.
I know cats need certain vitamins and minerals like taurine and others which you can add to their food yourself if you find them all and buy them regularly, or you can just get premade cat food from the store which is supposed to have all or at least most of them. This is the reason I was just experimenting when I switched him over to pure boiled meat, I knew I'd have to return to that commercial cat food because of the lack of essential vitamins and minerals.
I will switch him back over to half Friskies chicken and boiled chicken thighs tomorrow. Maybe its possible the straight gizzards and hearts are disrupting his stomach or upper intestines?
I guess I'll find out in a few days.
Now, what might be the cause of black, tar like stool in a case like this?