There are many factors that cause bad breath in cats. If you want to treat cats, you need to check what causes their bad breath.

First, check the cat's bad breath.

1. If the cat has bad breath and drools, the cat's bad breath may be caused by oral infection or gum disease, especially if the discolored old teeth can't fall off automatically during tooth replacement, which will also lead to bad breath, so be sure to ask a doctor to pull out the old teeth.

This cat has bad breath. The owner can check the cat's teeth. If the cat's teeth are found to be dirty, it may be caused by tartar.

3. If cats are found to have oral ulcers, it may be an oral infection.

4. A cat's stomach trouble can also lead to a cat's bad breath. It can be judged by observing whether the cat vomits.

If the cat's bad breath often appears, it is probably a vitamin deficiency.

In other words, the cat's bad breath can include the following reasons: oral infection, dental caries, indigestion and vitamin B deficiency.

If the pet owner really can't tell the cause of the cat's bad breath, it is better to find a suitable time to go to the pet hospital to find a professional pet doctor for diagnosis, to understand the real health status of the cat, and to follow the advice of the pet doctor for treatment.

Second, the treatment and medication of cat halitosis

1. Dental calculus (tartar)

In order to prevent the cat from getting dental calculus, the owner needs to help it develop a good habit of brushing teeth. When brushing your teeth, you can gently lift the cat's upper lip with your index finger and thumb. If the cat doesn't cooperate, it's necessary to ask an assistant for help. The owner can put his index finger into the cat's lower incisors, gently press his lower jaw, and brush his teeth with a cat toothbrush soaked in light salt water.

2. Oral ulcer

Maybe it's an oral infection. Feeding cats soft food and canned food can easily lead to dental caries. These foods can easily produce tartar around cats' teeth, causing gingivitis, and bacteria entering the alveoli can cause gingivitis. Lekouning oral spray can be used for cats. This spray is very effective in relieving cats' bad breath, swollen gums and other symptoms. It is a commonly used medicine for oral diseases of cats. It is suggested that cats should be kept regularly, and the bad breath caused by excessive internal heat, stomatitis and vitamin deficiency can be alleviated. It can be used 1-2 times a day, with 3-5 sprays each time, according to the cat's bad breath.

In addition, oral metronidazole tablets are used to control oral inflammation and relieve halitosis and gingival swelling and pain. This is an anti-inflammatory drug for anaerobic bacteria, which has a good inhibitory effect on anaerobic bacteria that cause bad breath in cats. If the cat's teeth are loose and the tooth nerve is necrotic, it must be pulled out at this time.

3. Food problem

If the food that cats eat smells delicious, such as eating heavy meat and fish, the taste will not disappear for a long time. At this time, you can give the cat some pet-specific mouthwash or brush your teeth directly.

4. Dyspepsia

If the cat's bad breath is caused by indigestion, it can be slowly replaced with fresh and high-quality cat food at the doctor's suggestion. Or you can give active probiotics to cats, and you can also promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, improve indigestion, and have a certain effect on improving cats' bad breath. It would be better to take a course of probiotics.

Constipation and diarrhea can cause bad breath.

Maybe it's vitamin deficiency. There are many kinds of vitamins that cats need very much. Eating too much over-processed food can lead to vitamin B 1 deficiency, convulsion and stroke. Excessive processing will destroy the vitamin B6 in the processed food itself, and cats will lose weight, anemia and convulsions if they eat it for a long time. If bad breath is caused by vitamin deficiency, cats can be supplemented with multivitamin tablets, but the treatment of cat bad breath needs to be confirmed by doctors in pet hospitals, and then treated according to doctors' requirements.

Tips from Dr. Paw Paw: If the cat has bad breath, you need to pay attention to the oral hygiene of the cat. It is estimated that you still want to know the reason for the cat's loss of appetite. You can click on "Cat's loss of appetite, emaciation and lethargy" to understand.