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Do you let your cat eat veggies?

1.6K views 11 replies 12 participants last post by  marie73  
#1 ·
My buddy Freyja loves to nibble veggies; she's always stealing off my plate. She loves brussel sprouts, broccoli, and beets. Is this normal behavior for a cat or should I be more strict in keeping her away from the plate? I was thinking of making a separate veggie bowl for her to keep her out of my food.
 
#7 ·
When Jitzu is feeling healthy (*sigh*) some of her favorite foods are veggies. She LOVES potatoes (gets that from me, it's the Irish in me ;) ), any sort of bread, and any food that has sauce on it; noodles, broccoli, peas, rice, if it has sauce she likes it.

lately she's been going crazy for bananas...no idea why, but we literally can't eat bananas without her begging for a bite. Silly kitty.
 
#8 ·
Not much nutritional value for (obligated carnivore) kitty but I don't see why a treat of it here and there would hurt. My only two concerns would be a) he's favoring gas producing veggies and b) if he eats more than a bite or two, he may fill up on it and not want his actual cat food. Otherwise a small bite passed to him shouldn't hurt.
 
#9 ·
My childhood cat LOVED cucumbers, apples, and watermelon/cantaloupe. The vet said it was fine back then, and she was getting a lot of water content, but it was hilarious how my parents conceded to Mocha's demands. She got first dibs whenever salad was made and my poor dad would sometimes eat his apples out on the porch if he didn't want to hold the pieces for her first. She'd come running from a dead sleep across the house once she heard the peeler in action lol.
 
#10 ·
I don't let my cats eat any vegetables from my plate, mainly because I don't want them to learn to beg or trying to eat off my plate. I do give them pumpkin on occasion, as the fiber helps my girl cat's digestive issues.

When feeding cats fruits/veggies, you want to make sure to avoid onion (also garlic) and grapes/raisins- those are toxic to cats.