Can You Feed Cats Table Scraps?

Video Transcript

"Let's talk about can you feed your cat table scraps. Now the answer to that is yes and no. For lots of different reasons, so let's discuss that. The first thing would be certain things can be OK like chicken let's say without a lot of spices on it or any spices and lean beef. Carrots can work as well. But we got to take in the overall picture here. One thing to consider is that that can create behavioral issues as in these cats wanting table scraps all the time and begging. So that's not necessarily a good thing obviously. It also could lead to obesity if they get too many table scraps. The other thing too is sometimes cats if they're eating table scraps are going to get more finicky as far as their regular diet is concerned. So they will want table food only. Dogs will do this very commonly too. So it's generally recommended that you don't because you don't need to. If cats get very finicky and want table scraps only, that's not good for them. So let's also talk about the other reasons and that would be toxicities. There are lots of things that cats cannot eat. Specifically things that contain garlic and onion that can cause problems with the bloodstream, avocado is not recommended, raisins and grapes are thought to cause kidney damage especially in dogs that we know, so anyway, if you have questions about specific things that you want to feed you cat from the table, always check with your veterinarian clinic first, but its generally recommended that you don't because it can lots of behavioral types of issues and other problems."