Will smelling cat shit affect your health for a long time? The pet owner can learn about it!

 9:11am, 15 July 2025

Will long-term smell of cat shit affect your health? Smelling the smell of cat shit for a long time may have some impact on human health, mainly including the following aspects:

1. Rhinitis and allergies: Cat shit contains a strong odor of ammonia and volatile organic matter. Smelling cat shit for a long time may cause respiratory diseases such as rhinitis and allergies.

2. Digestive system problems: Cat shit contains bacteria and parasites. Long-term smell of cat shit may cause digestive system problems, such as diarrhea, vomiting and other symptoms.

3. Neurological problems: Cat shit contains a parasite called "Toxoplasma". Long-term exposure to the smell of cat shit may cause neurological problems, such as headaches, insomnia and other symptoms.

4. Psychological impact: Long-term smell of cat shit may have negative effects on people's mental health, such as symptoms such as anxiety and depression.

Therefore, it is recommended that the owner clean the cat shit in time and pay attention to keeping the indoor air circulating to avoid long-term exposure to the smell of cat shit. At the same time, regularly cleaning cat litter for cats and avoiding cats being excreted indoors can reduce the impact of cat poop on human health.

It will not harm people if you smell cat poop for a long time, just clean it up in time. The owner can choose to deodorize cat litter, or put a cat litter companion in the cat litter to remove the odor. It is recommended to clean the cat litter once every 2-3 days and completely replace it once every 1 to 2 weeks.

Cat litter box is divided into open cat litter box, semi-enclosed cat litter box, and fully enclosed cat litter box. If you want to avoid cat pooping, it is best to choose a fully enclosed cat litter box.