Loose cat stool with horrible smell

Hi, I've seen a few posts about this but decided to make my own as my cat is a little different. He's a Neutered male Sphynx named Creature and for the past 3-5 weeks has had loose, the only way I can put it is like a cow pie but still has some form. It's soft and wet-ish and not fun to clean up when he has an accident outside the litter box (He's a clean freak and wont go if theres so much as one turd in the box) We got him from a Cattery in May of this year and his stool was fine aside from some giardia. His sister is as healthy as can be and her poop is perfectly fine. They were on Purina one healthy kitten dry food but when Creatures poop changed we decided to switch as I thought the grain could be contributing to the looseness and horrible smell. We switched to a grain free, chicken and salmon dry food (the brand name escapes me as I put it in a container) and they don't get wet food as it effects their stools aswell. I'm not sure if this could be a cause but he likes to tear up paper, he doesnt eat it just destroys it. We also have two dogs but they haven't eaten their food in awhile (they used to if they were impatient with their feeding schedule)   There really isnt anything else that he eats/has changed that I can think of right now but if I can think of anything else I will post it.   

It could be food related, but you also said he had some giardia, so it could be something medical as well. I would bring him back to the vet with a stool sample to rule out any medical issues. If that's all clear you should switch him to better food. No grocery store kibble, no kibble with fish. In my opinion cats shouldn't eat any kibble, but if you insist on feeding kibble try some on this list. I would encourage you to put him on good quality wet or raw food. I like this list of foods. Cats are obligate carnivores and biologically obtain most of their water intake from their food, so dry food can cause chronic dehydration. 

http://www.naturalcatcareblog.com/2010/12/the-7-best-natural-commercial-cat-foods-so-far/

http://www.naturalcatcareblog.com/2011/08/best-dry-cat-foods-so-far/

If you abruptly changed his food, that will cause diarrhea and such.  With dry food, it's best to gradually transition to the new food over a period of time.  Also, you might ask the vet about a food for sensitive tummies. I have a cat who cannot tolerate a strictly grain-free diet.  He has been on Royal Canin Gastrointestinal HE (dry) for about 6 years and just recently, we've added the Science Diet prescription food for digestive problems (canned).  He does get grain-free mixed with his prescription food and does great with that, but when he's on strictly grain-free, we get soft, smelly poops.

My babygirl kitty is on natures variety dry food .but cant food the wet and dry same brand what should i do .i lije my kitty to have at least a xan a day

Hi there! I am not sure how much help I can be, but I adopted a kitten (3mo) in November. And I had the same problem! The smell was horrible, and all I could say was his poop looked like a steamy pile of cow dung. Lol..

It was going on for about a week, and I decided to take him to the vet. 

They said it was most likely the food change (literally within one day from adoption my food was different than what he was getting)

So they gave me 4 cans of wet food, (Hills Veterinarian Wet food) and pills ("TYLOSIN TARTRATE 50MG") With instructions: Give one teaspoon of wet food every hour or 2 for 4 days. And as for the pills, Give 1/2 (half) tablet every 12 hours for 7 days.

It cleared him right up and his poops are great now! No more horrible smell and all is solid! Also, he is on Hills Veterinarian special kitten food (hard)

Hope this helps. And good luck!   

When my dad died, i 'Inherited' his two cats: a 16 year old male, and a 10 year old female. I don't know if it was the stress of moving into a new place, or the change in their diet, but the male had really smelly diarrhea. My vet, who doesn't believe in commercial or specialty -vet pet food, told me to add a bit of pureed pumpkin (you can buy this at the grocery store - just make sure it's not the pumpkin pie filling stuff, but just plain pumpkin) to his food. It worked! Pumpkin has a way of adding just enough fibre to help cats who are constipated AND cats who have loose stools.

Just add 1/2 tspn to whatever you're feeding him (try 1/2 tsp twice a day)... My kitty's issue cleared up within two days!

I posted this in a couple of other threads- could be helpful??

"One of my cats had bloody diarrhea for a long time from right when I got her and we could not figure out why. Finally the vet thought it could be a food allergy, but the 'special' diet she was given by the vet (Hills) was pretty crappy with a lot of ingredients that cats would not normally eat. It could be anything- fish, beef, corn, milk, wheat, soy, etc. The only way of knowing for sure is to do an 'elimination diet'. Start with a single protein that your cat has never had. I started with rabbit- canned from Natures Variety and raw nuggets from Primal. Use commercial products to ensure your cat is getting adequate nutrition- taurine, vitamins, etc. Feed her only this food, no treats or anything else, until you see her improve. Once the symptoms have cleared up (should take a few weeks) start adding one more single protein at a time until the symptoms come back- then you know what is causing it. So start with rabbit, then add chicken, if she's fine then add fish, and so on. I found out my cat is allergic to fish, so I now feed her chicken and turkey, and never dry food! I read all ingredients carefully as many foods have fish added for flavour. I found that Friskies Chicken Pate or Chef's Dinner flavours work for her, and President's Choice chicken if you can find it where you are. There are of course many good high-end foods as well in better pet stores. I avoid 'chunks in gravy' as those are almost always made with wheat gluten, soy flour, and corn. Weruva is good also and there are many good brands that contain only one protein such as chicken; my cat however is very finicky and won't eat many types of higher-end canned foods. Go figure.

Many people do not realize that cats would not eat fish in nature, unless they found one dead on the shore or something. Cats don't catch fish. They also don't kill large animals like cows, nor do they drink cow milk, or eat corn or soy. They do get some vegetable matter in the stomach of their prey, but this material has been partially digested and broken down by the mouse or bird or squirrel, whatever they are hunting. Cats do need a bit of plant fibre in order to keep their gut microflora healthy- their digestive bacteria."

I give them cat grass or a bit of canned pumpkin mixed into heir food- NOT spiced pumpkin pie mix- just pure pumpkin. Pumpkin is known to help some cats with digestive issues. You could also try Fortiflora, a digestive enzyme packaged powder available at the vet; many people have had good results.

-The other thing i would say is to make sure you cat does not get any milk. Cow's milk is NOT digestible by most cats. Also, an interesting thing is that she was fine on Nature's Variety Instinct rabbit in the can, but when I left them for an overnight trip and left out Nature's Variety dry rabbit, she again had diarrhea. It seems that she has a very sensitive digestive system due to her food allergy, so now it's strictly the few types of wet food that she tolerates, pretty much only chicken or other poultry, occasionally rabbit. I haven't tried beef or other types like venison or kangaroo. But no fish for sure.

Good luck!

CatDaddy007 said:

They also don't kill large animals like cows, 

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This isn't necessarily true. In the wild packs of cats can and do attack large animals like a cow, so beef isn't really a protein cats wouldn't eat in the wild. In fact I feed a lot of beef, and venison, both of which my cats love and are good proteins for cats as long as they work for your particular cat. 

missmimz said:

 
This isn't necessarily true. In the wild packs of cats can and do attack large animals like a cow, so beef isn't really a protein cats wouldn't eat in the wild. In fact I feed a lot of beef, and venison, both of which my cats love and are good proteins for cats as long as they work for your particular cat. 

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I totally agree- beef, venison, kangaroo, ostrich, and many other proteins can be fine for most cats. I simply meant that some cats may have allergies as these are not really a natural food source for domestic house cats. Large wild cat species might take down a cow, but I'd be very surprised if house cats could- their teeth and claws would not be long enough nor their jaws open wide enough to inflict fatal wounds on animals that large. Although it would be pretty interesting if a pack of cats could slay an elk...