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Hi Anita,

If the cat ate a little of the petroleum based jelly, it shouldn't hurt him. I wouldn't feed it to him in large doses. Some owners give it to help with hairballs, though.

Have you tried switching food to help with the feces situation? It may make a difference. If the vet has given the cat a clean bill of health, it is likely the food or a medication the cat is on causing the smell.

However, if it does not clear up, you should definitely phone the vet and let him know. He may want to run additional tests.

-- Contributed by: LoriSoard

Our rescue cat has been thoroughly checked over by our vet, got a clean bill of health after she was treated for giardia. Her poop still smells like something died and rotted.

Our other cat, a Burmese mix, just goes crazy for any petroleum jelly based product (I first noticed this in the winter when I used Vaseline on chapped lips). Is this harmful to our cat?

-- Contributed by: anita

Hi Christy,

If the vet checked her over and she's fine, then I would take a look at her diet. Does she get any table scraps? Is she drinking enough water? What type of food do you have her on? You may want to try different high quality foods to see if that helps. Just be sure to transition her slowly to any new food you try. You should first give her 75 percent of current food to 25 percent of new food. Then, a few days later, switch to 50/50 and so on until she is completely on the new food. You may have to try several different varieties.

Hope this helps!

-- Contributed by: LoriSoard

My older female cat, 14, has also had extraordinarily bad smelling feces lately. It is so bad, that we leave the house! Horrific. But nothing showed up in exam or bloodtests to indicate a problem. Is this something that older cats just do sometimes?

It is truly and honestly, mind-blowingly bad!

-- Contributed by: Christy

Hi Steph,

That is a lot of stress for the cat all at once, however if you have not changed anything else recently, he should have adjusted to any water changes by now. I would go ahead and take him to the vet to be on the safe side. You don't want him to get dehydrated. I usually try to go ahead and get boosters or treatments while I'm there to sort of combine mine visits a bit and save money. Hope he's okay and it is just all the changes wreaking havoc with his system.

-- Contributed by: LoriSoard

I moved house 2 weeks ago and since then my cat has been suffering with diarrohea. Ive stopped giving him 'wet' food but his stools still look runny to me. Could he have an infection or do you think this is just him adjusting to a new house and different water (apparantly they notice the difference). We have also moved in with two people so i thought perhaps he's nervous becuase of them. I wanted to get some advice before unneccesarily causing him more stress by taking him to the vets.

thanks in advance, Steph

-- Contributed by: Steph

Hi Britt,

It is possible that your cat has an infection as well. Any foul odor is not a good sign. I suspect he may have an anal sac infection. This is very common in cats. I would go ahead and take him to the vet, when you are able, or perhaps your mother or sister could do this for you. Tell the vet about the odor and see if he needs to expel the anal sacs and treat with medication.

I don't think this is anything life threatening to the cat, but it would make him uncomfortable and cause a horrible odor.

There are a few other things that could cause this as well, but it sounds like he is in otherwise good health.

-- Contributed by: LoriSoard

i've asked a question here before and thought of this one. I've noticed my 1 year old cat Todd short hair, has a horrorible stench to his back end latley smells of a bad belly ache, not sure what it really smells of, it's just bad. This has been going on for about a month, well since I've been sick really. I gave him a nice long warm bath, that he hated and had him smelling so good for two days and now the smell is back. It's to a choking level I hate to push him off my lap but he stinks and my parents and sister have noticed it and asked me to give him a bath many times. It there something wrong. His solids doesn't smell any different then they did before. But they did use to have a strong order to them before when he was a kitten.

-- Contributed by: Britt

Hi Tamara,

I am concerned that your cat may become dehydrated from having diarrhea and throwing up. Although cats sometimes vomit to remove hair balls or just because, if it is extreme then it indicates an illness or that the cat has eaten something he shouldn't have. Some plants are highly poisonous to cats too.

My suggestion is to go ahead and take the cat to see your veterinarian as the dehydration can become serious quickly and he has already been throwing up three days. Be sure to take a sample of the vomit with you. This will possibly be helpful to the vet in determining the cause of the illness.

-- Contributed by: LoriSoard

my cat has been vomiting for 3 days and his butt has been looking like a reddish brown color and been smelling like feces. His vomit looks like a yellow,greenish spongy color. why is he doing that?

-- Contributed by: Tamara
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