What does your cat smell of?

@hezoid (2144)
April 11, 2008 2:37pm CST
Whenever i pick my cat up for a hug (which is quite often as she's really soft, fluffy and huggable, plus she demands a lot of attention!) i can't help noticing that her soft fluffy fur smells lovely, it's got a kind of sweet natural cleam smell about it, despite the fact she eats stinky cat food them washes herself (you'd think her fur would smell of the cat food!). Of course her breath stinks of the cat food, but her fur always smells lovely. What does your cat smell of? Is he/she swett or stinky smelling?
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cvrmom
@cvrmom (181)
• United States
11 Apr 08
I have seven cats. Whenever I pick one up and get close enough to smell, it's usually a nice clean smell like you mentioned. However, if the cat has just been in the litter box, ugh, I smell the litter dust smell on them. I don't smell the other smells you would expect from a litter box, just the litter smell. And cat breath after eating canned cat food, icky. I don't know if icky is a word, but it describes what I smell.
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hezoid
@hezoid (2144)
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11 Apr 08
Icky is most definately a word (well i use it a lot anyway!) and it does describe pongy cat breath quite well. I tend not to pick my cat up if i know she's just used the litter tray, for obvious reasons, lol!
cvrmom
@cvrmom (181)
• United States
11 Apr 08
I don't have to pick them up. They jump up with me in my chair or on my bed. With seven of them, someone is always near. Just bad luck if one has just been the the litter box.
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tinkerick
@tinkerick (1257)
• United States
11 Apr 08
Cats do seem to have a nice smell about them. Indoor and outdoor. Although outdoor cats do tend to absorb a nice outdoorsy odor which is unique from indoor cats. Indoor cats kind of have a "homey" or "cozy" smell to them - I think anyway. Now the dog on the other hand - as much as I love her she distinctly smells like DOG! And then of course during rainy or humid days she smells like WET DOG which is even worse! BTW the cat in your avatar looks alot like our cats.
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hezoid
@hezoid (2144)
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11 Apr 08
Mine is an indoor cat and i think you're right about her having a homey/cosey smell to her. The cat in my avatar is my real cat, i think she looks gorgeous, i love black and white cats (who am i kidding i'm cat-obsessed so i love all cats!).
recycledgoth
@recycledgoth (9894)
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11 Apr 08
Moomin usually smells quite pleasant, the only time I've ever noticed him getting a bit smelly was when he took a drive into our little pond in the garden. He smelt of wet fur and mud until I got him cleaned up and dried off.
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dierdre
@dierdre (2207)
• Philippines
12 Apr 08
oh luckily for me, my cat has no smell! although his fur may smell of fish for a while after he ate them when he cleans himself, after a while the fish smell from his fur will be gone.
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fifileigh
@fifileigh (3615)
• United States
15 Apr 08
my cat looks clean, soft and pretty. but his fur smells like his saliva...he bathes himself too much.