She likes to lick marshmallow fluff and marshmallows and I let her. She doesn't do anything but lick it, and loves it. I know dogs can't have chocolate, what about cats?
Thanks in advance.
2006-09-22 08:46:39 · 20 answers · asked by Mimiat41 5 in Pets ➔ Cats
That's too funny, my cat begs when my son eats marshmallows. She'll bat one around like a toy then eat it.
I feel an occasional treat is harmless. She also has this thing for my White Peach Rice Ice cream. If I'm eating it, she'll get up in my face until I give her some. I'll give her 1/4 tsp of it and she thinks it's super good stuff. (Won't do it for any other flavor.) She also likes pumpkin, watermelon, dry oatmeal, and spinach. If I make a spinach salad, she wants me to tear some up for her bowl as well. My childhood cat had a thing for corn on the cob.
Cats in the wild eat more than just meat too. They get nutrition from plant sources as well. Read the labels on some of the higher end dry cat foods. I get my cat Chicken Soup for the Cat Lover's Soul. It has apples, carrots, rice, etc in it.
About the only things I've heard they shouldn't have is chocolate, dairy, and onions.
2006-09-22 09:04:31 · answer #1 · answered by B 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Marshmallows (and that marshmallow spread stuff) are mainly corn syrup, which really isn't that good for your cat. A tiny bit can't hurt her, but too much of it can lead to problems, including diabetes and kidney failure (it IS sugar, after all).
If your cat likes a sweet treat occasionally, try giving her some honey. It contains only natural fruit/plant sugars, and your cat won't have any problem digesting it (or metabolizing it). Plus, it has the added benefit of aiding her digestion.
2006-09-22 20:20:58 · answer #2 · answered by jvsconsulting 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My female cat loves Doritos, and my male will steal raw potatoes out of a crock pot, but I've never seen them eat anything sweet. My mom has a cat that was sick and had to take pills and the vet told her to cover them in canned pumpkin to get the cat to eat them. Apparently they love the stuff and if the vet suggested she feed it to the cat it can't be bad for them.
2006-09-22 16:08:01 · answer #3 · answered by OrianasMom 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dairy products are bad for cats so dont let him eat chocolate. Try finding some Pounce or Wisker Lickens. My cat likes spaghetti sauce. Maybe some fruit would be good.
2006-09-22 15:51:04 · answer #4 · answered by JENNIFER B 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If a cat is male it cant have dairy products. It is healthiest to feed your cat cat food, but human food once in a while for a treat is okay.
2006-09-22 20:41:44 · answer #5 · answered by ilovehedgie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't recommed letting her eat much of anything besides cat food and not too much of that either you dont want that cat to get over weight and have any health problems!
2006-09-22 15:51:50 · answer #6 · answered by unknown 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cats also should not have chocolate, i also have a cat that likes apple fritters, but have stopped that now, as i want him to live a long life, and by contributing to bad eating will cut his life short
2006-09-22 15:50:54 · answer #7 · answered by darlene b 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Milk, my cat loves milk so I gave it to her in plently, but we then had to fork out hundreds of pounds (not really that much, about £110) on vet bills and had to take her in three times because it's so bad for them, it takes seven months to digest apparently. And she's 'morbidly' obese... such a lie she's just got a little bit of kitty fat!
2006-09-22 15:55:55 · answer #8 · answered by floppity 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cats can't have chocolate either
2006-09-22 15:53:40 · answer #9 · answered by GD-Fan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cats are not designed to eat sweet things, they are predators and carnivores. You might be messing with their blood sugar levels by feeding them sweet stuff! Messing about with blood sugar level is dangerous - if I was you I would feed him/ her a nice piece of meat!
2006-09-22 15:56:37 · answer #10 · answered by Helen C 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋