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Shannonmcn · 06-18-2019, 01:14 PM

Wet tail definitely doesn't smell like bacon. And the smell isn't even the most noticeable symptom, they just tend to look unwell (hunched back, listless, sometimes wobbly) and the "wet tail" is a euphemism for the diahhrea that make the infection dangerous so I don't think it's that.

Since it's periodic I would assume it's something to do with her heat cycles. I've never noticed much of a smell from my girls, just a stronger hamstery smell but some say it reeks so maybe people are sensitive differently or maybe they all smell a bit different? Wouldn't go to the vet with "smells like bacon sometimes" as the only symptom tho.

06-18-2019, 01:14 PM
Shannonmcn PM Fluffy for custom title Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 3,192	Re: Bacon smell? Wet tail definitely doesn't smell like bacon. And the smell isn't even the most noticeable symptom, they just tend to look unwell (hunched back, listless, sometimes wobbly) and the "wet tail" is a euphemism for the diahhrea that make the infection dangerous so I don't think it's that. Since it's periodic I would assume it's something to do with her heat cycles. I've never noticed much of a smell from my girls, just a stronger hamstery smell but some say it reeks so maybe people are sensitive differently or maybe they all smell a bit different? Wouldn't go to the vet with "smells like bacon sometimes" as the only symptom tho.