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we recently rescued an outside cat and gave her our garage for a home, last night I was outside playing with her and noticed she smells sour. We have been concerned that she is pregnant because her belly has gotten poochy, but now I am wondering if something is wrong because of the smell? I am taking her to the vet on Monday but just wanted some opinions on whether I should deworm her or not, is it safe if she may be with kitties?
Keywords: pregnant, sour, worms
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I would not give her any worming meds until you see the vet. You should take a stool sample with you so the vet can check for worms and what type she has if she has them. Not all products are safe for a pregnant cat.
After birth, the mother can be safely treated for worms, and the kittens should be given worming treatments starting soon after birth. Treatment of all kittens at 3, 5, 7, and 9 weeks of age should be effective against common intestinal worms. This regimen should be followed even if stool samples do not indicate the kitten is currently infested with worms.
Is it her breath that smells sour? If it’s her breath, it could be a number of things such as stomatitis, Gingivitis (inflammation of the gums) or Periodontitis (inflammation of the tissue surrounding the teeth).
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Bad breath can also be a sign of liver disease, diabetes, skin disease or kidney disease.
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There's a difference between normal cat breath & BAD cat breath.
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Thanks, no it isn’t her breath, more of a sour bowel smell. She didn’t smell like it at all yesterday or today, so I am thinking that maybe she just got into something from another animal or from herself. I have cleaned her up with kitty wipes and am just patiently waiting to take her to the vet on Monday. It is just so frustrating, when my husband found her the collar her previous owners had on her had grown into her skin and we were in the process of moving and funds just weren’t there to take her to the vet, so we gently removed the collar along with some fur and skin, cleaned it up and applied neosporin to the wound daily. It is all healed up nicely, and she is now ours. For the moment we are keeping her in the garage and letting her out during the day while we are home, she stays in the yard,(we have an acre) but it still bothers me to have her outdoors, whoever had her before had her declawed, but I just can’t risk bringing her inside with my other two babies until she has been checked out and cleared by the vet, I know that I need to have a feline leukemia test and shot for her but does anyone know of anything else that I should have tested before I expose her to my other two? Any help will be greatly appreciated….
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A sour bowel smell makes me think of my cat's abscessed wound... Are you quite certain that the wound is healed?? It isn't poofy, red, or oozing at all? When a wound gets abscessed, it seriously smells like... well, a sour bowel smell. It's immensely foul.
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