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
Cats can eat bite-size pieces of plain, unseasoned, boneless, cooked red meat, but should avoid meat bones. Any meat that is high in fat or cooked with butter or oils or seasoned with salt, pepper, herbs, or spices can be a recipe for digestive upset. Cats should not be given raw meat or meat bones. Not only can they carry bacteria like salmonella or e-coli, meat bones can also be a choking hazard and cause cats digestive upset, fractured teeth, or gastrointestinal obstruction or perforation, especially if they splinter.
Cats should never be given bones. Not only can meat bones carry bacteria like salmonella or e-coli, they are also likely to splinter and crack when your cat chews on them—regardless of whether they are cooked or uncooked. They can become a choking hazard and cause also cats digestive upset, fractured teeth, or gastrointestinal obstruction or perforation. Though giving cats the most natural option always seems like the best choice, in the case of meat bones, it's best to opt for a high-quality dental bone as an alternative. Cats should never eat any type of meat bone—cooked or uncooked.
Caution: Cats should avoid canned versions of foods due to their high sodium and/or sugar content, and opt for the fresh or frozen version instead. Read more.