In October, I adopted a stray. It's a rather long story but he melted my heart, I had him checked out (and made sure he didn't belong to anyone) and adopted him. The vet believes he's between 2 and 5 and has lived out in the wild since he was very, very young if not his entire life.
Now, he drools when we pet him for a long time and he's excited but he's done that since he came close enough to pet him. Recently, his drool has begun to smell awful. It's nauseating. I read that it may be periodontal and he does have a chipped front tooth. He's getting his teeth cleaned in April (they said they had to wait 6 months after neutering him) BUT he's also recently developed terrible terrible stinky farts. lol. He passes gas mainly at night and it's worse than my golden retriever!
So I got to wondering... your gut and mouth and everything is all your intestinal tract. Could his food be causing both of these problems? I ask because he didn't have either of these at first. I feed him purina indoor and purina urinary tract (i have another cat who had very minor crystallization of her urine so i was advised to feed her that... and there's really no way they can eat separately) and he also gets a half a can of fancy feast in the morning and a half a can at night. I switched my other cat to purina from pro plan a year or two ago b/c it's really pretty much the same thing and the vet said it would be fine.
Is there something else I should maybe be giving him? Should I give him grass plants or lettuce or something? Does he need more canned food as opposed to dry since it's more protein? Should I give him chicken livers or something?
He really is very healthy aside from slight allergies (occasional stuffy nose) from being inside and in dust so i try to run a humidifier in a few rooms often. These things don't seem to bothe rhim at all; he runs, plays, eats really well, uses his potty EXCEPTIONALLY well and a few times a day. Just looking for a little advice.
Thanks!
Now, he drools when we pet him for a long time and he's excited but he's done that since he came close enough to pet him. Recently, his drool has begun to smell awful. It's nauseating. I read that it may be periodontal and he does have a chipped front tooth. He's getting his teeth cleaned in April (they said they had to wait 6 months after neutering him) BUT he's also recently developed terrible terrible stinky farts. lol. He passes gas mainly at night and it's worse than my golden retriever!
So I got to wondering... your gut and mouth and everything is all your intestinal tract. Could his food be causing both of these problems? I ask because he didn't have either of these at first. I feed him purina indoor and purina urinary tract (i have another cat who had very minor crystallization of her urine so i was advised to feed her that... and there's really no way they can eat separately) and he also gets a half a can of fancy feast in the morning and a half a can at night. I switched my other cat to purina from pro plan a year or two ago b/c it's really pretty much the same thing and the vet said it would be fine.
Is there something else I should maybe be giving him? Should I give him grass plants or lettuce or something? Does he need more canned food as opposed to dry since it's more protein? Should I give him chicken livers or something?
He really is very healthy aside from slight allergies (occasional stuffy nose) from being inside and in dust so i try to run a humidifier in a few rooms often. These things don't seem to bothe rhim at all; he runs, plays, eats really well, uses his potty EXCEPTIONALLY well and a few times a day. Just looking for a little advice.
Thanks!
