Thursday, July 14, 2005

I've gotten my cat addicted to dog treats.

It could be worse. He could be addicted to starbursts.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

after having 3 packs in one day, ive strictly limited myself to a pack a day...

Anonymous said...

Occasionally, a cat eating dog treats can lead to pancreatitis, or inflammation of the pancreas. The pancreas produces digestive enzymes and insulin, which are necessary for the utilization of nutrients by the body. Inflammation of the pancreas can lead to vomiting, diarrhea, and a whole host of other problems that can be life threatening. Also, you should monitor or feed the treats to the pets seperately to avoid confusion in the future to which treat each animal is getting, usually, the dog may think the treat belongs to it and will attack if it sees the cat receiving one.

Just a little heads up..

Anonymous said...

Starburst are bad, MMMKay!

Rich said...

Just a little heads up..

I appreciate the advice, and of course you're right. I shouldn't have done it in the first place--but that ship has sailed. I just won't give them to him anymore.

We ran into this when our cat was trying to get at our dog's 'dog ice cream'. After calling the company they said it was 'specially formulated for dogs' and cats shouldn't eat it.

The aggression problem hasn't happened...luckily, our dog and cat just 'agree to disagree' on most things instead of fighting with each other violently.

Anonymous said...

why you gotta pick on all the stuff we like!