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Why does my kitten's breath smell bad after eating? Is it her food?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed | 2 months and 28 days old

Goldiee(approx 10 weeks) eat whiskas wet and dry food and with rice and small mix amount weet bread. 5 times a day. Sometimes when Goldiee playing with us, her food burp smell comes out very bad from her mouth. I don't know why this is happening. Do we need to change her food or eating habits

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Answered By Dr. Strydom, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on September 14th, 2019

I would assume, based on your description, that the smell is dietary related. I suggest you feed the Whiskas only and stop the rice and bread. Cats are carnivores and don't need all those carbohydrates.

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