CATDOLL : Can cats eat sweets? Can cats eat sweets?

Cats can eat sweets, but it is recommended to eat as little as possible or not at all. This is because cats do not use carbohydrates as energy, but rather proteins as energy, which is why you need to buy cat food with a high meat content. Feeding a large amount of sweets will increase the burden on the cat's digestive system, and some cats will experience gastrointestinal discomfort, and in severe cases, vomiting, diarrhea, etc.

Reasons why cats are not recommended to eat sweets:

1. It is easy to cause diabetes. Cats lack a certain enzyme that breaks down sugar in their bodies, so after eating a lot of high-sugar food, they cannot convert sugar into other nutrients for absorption, and these sugars accumulate in the cat's body. When the sugar in the cat's body accumulates to a certain level, it will increase the workload of the cat's pancreas and increase the burden on the pancreatic organ, thereby greatly increasing the risk of cats suffering from diabetes.

2. Cats are not sensitive to sweetness and cannot taste sweetness, so they tend to consume too much sugar. This will not only make cats more likely to gain weight, but also increase the burden on the kidneys, easily causing kidney disease and symptoms of renal failure.

3. There are many types of sweets, and cream and chocolate are also sweets. Cream-like substances can easily cause cats to suffer from diseases such as pancreatitis and fatty liver. In addition, the theobromine and caffeine contained in chocolate can cause cats to have poisoning reactions, so it is best not to feed cats sweets.