So I have a question that's more a curiosity. Pia has been examined and is fit as a fiddle.
What is that terrible smell that cats sometimes excrete, and why do they do it?
I first noticed it on Pia shortly after I took her home. I thought she needed a bath, but then it was gone. And I noticed it would randomly come back again.
The vet said it might be her excreting from her anal glands, which don't appear to be blocked, so it's not really a health concern per se.
She's been doing it much less after she had been here a while. I read it is something that usually happens when they poop, but I always smelled it when she was around me getting pets. I also read a lot of cats have problems with them because commercial cat food makes their feces softer than it should be, thus not expressing the anal glands as effectively. Pia's on a raw diet and her feces are pretty firm -- much more than with the food she came with. So it's interesting that I smell it less.
But I smelled the exact same thing as I was walking to work. The yard I was walking by I know to be the home of a pair of outdoor kitties, who are sweet little things. I think they're still kittens -- maybe 6 months.
What is the meaning of that burning tires smell?
What is that terrible smell that cats sometimes excrete, and why do they do it?
I first noticed it on Pia shortly after I took her home. I thought she needed a bath, but then it was gone. And I noticed it would randomly come back again.
The vet said it might be her excreting from her anal glands, which don't appear to be blocked, so it's not really a health concern per se.
She's been doing it much less after she had been here a while. I read it is something that usually happens when they poop, but I always smelled it when she was around me getting pets. I also read a lot of cats have problems with them because commercial cat food makes their feces softer than it should be, thus not expressing the anal glands as effectively. Pia's on a raw diet and her feces are pretty firm -- much more than with the food she came with. So it's interesting that I smell it less.
But I smelled the exact same thing as I was walking to work. The yard I was walking by I know to be the home of a pair of outdoor kitties, who are sweet little things. I think they're still kittens -- maybe 6 months.
What is the meaning of that burning tires smell?
