7 Foods You Should Never Feed Your Cat
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Published 2015-11-18
Onions and garlic
All members of the onion family (shallots, onions, garlic, scallions, etc.) contain a compound that can damage cats' red blood cells if eaten in sufficient quantities. Some of these are more toxic than others, and cooking does not destroy the toxin. While most cats probably wouldn't eat raw onions or garlic, even products that contain small traces can be dangerous. A particular caution applies to baby food, which is often used to entice sick cats to eat: some brands contain onion powder to add flavoring. Read labels carefully before feeding.
Alcohol
Alcohol can be extremely dangerous for cats, leading to intoxication, coma and even death. Due to their small size, cats are far more sensitive to the effects of alcohol than humans. Cats are often attracted to mixed drinks containing cream or milk, such as eggnog.
Chocolate
Even though cats don't have a sweet tooth, some cats will eat chocolate as part of nibbling on a cookie, candy or other baked treats. Chocolate contains caffeine and theobromine. The darker the chocolate, the higher the theobromine levels.
Moldy or spoiled food
Some molds can produce multiple toxins that can cause vomiting, diarrhea and neurological symptoms. Spoiled food can contain bacteria that can cause intestinal problems.
Raw fish
Eating raw fish can result in a thiamine deficiency, which can lead to loss of appetite, seizures, and in severe cases, death.
Raw dough
Dough made with live yeast can be extremely dangerous for cats. The stomach provides an ideal environment for yeast to multiply. This will lead to the dough expanding in the stomach, which can be severe enough to cut off blood flow to the stomach wall and affect breathing. It can also cause the stomach to rupture. As yeast metabolizes the sugar in the dough, alcohol is produced, which can lead to alcohol poisoning.
Cooked bones
Gnawing on Raw bones can be a great way for kitty to keep her teeth clean, but never give cooked bones to your cat. Cooked bones can splinter and cause intestinal perforations.
All Comments (21)
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Anyone else watched this and went "Oh SHit!.." ??????
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Those who read my comments may god bless you My cat eat salt today? Now she is so sick😢😢😢😢 Vomiting 😢😢😢 Pray for my cat please!
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“milk” me: OOOooOOooHhhHhh SsSsShHhhHHhhHhIiIiIiIiIiIiIiIiIiTtTttTtttttTtTtTTTTTT
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Anybody’s heart pounding as the list went on? :X
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I saved one of my kittens one time it got into some cleaning supplies. She was less than 4 months. I forced heated milk down her throat with a baby bottle. While rushing to a vet, she was already turning cold looking all blue. I prayed as I made her drink the hot/warm milk. She threw up and I continued to feed her the milk, It took like 30 mins or less that her color and eyes started getting life back into her. I was so thankful she came back but it was the milk that saved her.👍
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what cats shouldn't eat onions garlic eggs any type of grapes milk fat trimming and bones mushrooms yeast dough salt garbage caffeine chocolate when did I comment this? (Also some cats are lactose intolerant, obviously their mom's milk is different from milk that humans make, in which they just get diarrhea) most of these if given in small amount won't be affected, others will... Remember each cat is different, like humans.
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Bruh My cat has been eating Bones and meat and eggs for 3 Years and still he's doing fat
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I feed my cat almost everything I eat and he is ok
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Bro I don't even have a cat idk why I'm here
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13......or 7......??
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I fed my cat milk his whole life since he was a kitten and he’s now five and he’s been acting fine his whole life ..
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I’m a cat and I’ve eaten a lot of these...
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thank you so much for this, I have a tiny kitten and I don't want her to get any more sick.
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cats cant drink milk?? then why in the show tom and jerry tom has a bowl of milk in some shows
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Thank you for the straight to the point, informational video! For those who wants knowledge, watch it, it's shorter than my comment. 😁 But here's the list for those who just want wisdom. 1. onion 2. garlic 3. raw eggs 4. grapes 5. mushroom 6. yeast dough 7. salt 8. garbage (food) 9. caffeine 10. chocolate
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There’s a kitten in front of my house and we’ve been giving it warm milk 😭
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I have 3 cats and one of them loves watermelon; i'm glad it's not dangerous.
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When you come across this video and have fed your cat every one of these foods.
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In Africa, our cats live on milk!
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In my country cats and dogs often roam around households and people give them rice with stew,and leftovers and they are pretty fine eating that... I never knew they were not supposed to eat dirty food or food from garbage I have been planning to adopt a cat and I am glad I found out about this information
