Cat Safe Foods
Sharing food with your cat? Make sure it's safe first
Sharing food with your cat? Make sure it's safe first
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Read the tips below before sharing any food with cats
While a french fry, potato chip, chicken finger or two may seem like a harmless treat to share with your cat, even a small morsel of highly-processed fatty food can create a nightmare of digestive upset that spirals into more serious problems. Cats should not eat fried foods of any kind.
Caution: Processed foods are unhealthy for cats and can even conceal toxic ingredients. Read more.
Caution: Cats lack the enzymes required for digesting carbohydrates, therefore, their diet should not exceed 2% of carbohydrates or sugars. Read more.
Caution: Foods that are high in fat should only be fed in moderation, as the link between too much fat and pancreas problems in cats is still being studied. Read more.
Cooked shellfish, like shrimp, crab, lobster, clams, mussels, oysters, and scallops, is not toxic for cats, but contrary to popular belief, fish is not part of cats' natural diets, and therefore, they should not regularly eat fish or shellfish. Fish can actually destroy certain vitamins like thiamine, causing cats to have an unbalanced diet. Cats should only eat fish and shellfish as a treat or as an ingredient in cat food, in which ingredients are balanced properly. Raw shellfish can contain harmful pathogens and should always be cooked thoroughly before consumption. Shells should be removed completely, as they can be a choking hazard or cause a gastrointestinal obstruction. Cats should never eat fried versions of foods, like breaded and fried shrimp. Cats can eat bite-size pieces of plain, unseasoned, shelled, cooked shellfish.
Caution: Cats lack the enzymes required for digesting carbohydrates, therefore, their diet should not exceed 2% of carbohydrates or sugars. Read more.