Can cats eat cinnamon cookies?

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Sarah Johnson

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Can cats eat cinnamon cookies?

Cats cannot eat cinnamon cookies. Cinnamon cookies generally refer to cinnamon sugar cookies. Cinnamon sugar cookies are a snack made with coarse sugar and cinnamon powder as the main ingredients. For cats, the sugar and starch content is higher. Too much sugar cannot be absorbed by cats, which will cause a burden on the cat’s body and affect the cat’s health. Moreover, cats are carnivores and cannot digest too much starch well. If cats consume a large amount of starch, it may cause indigestion symptoms and affect their health, so cat owners are advised not to feed cinnamon biscuits to cats.

What to do if a cat accidentally eats cinnamon biscuits:

1. Pay attention to the cat’s condition. If you only eat a small amount of biscuits, there will generally be no big problems and there will be no abnormalities. If so, the owner doesn’t have to worry.

2. If the cat has mild diarrhea, you can feed the cat some pet probiotics to regulate the gastrointestinal tract. The probiotics contain Bacillus subtilis and fructooligosaccharides, which can maintain the balance of the cat's intestinal flora and enhance the intestinal flora. Cat's gastrointestinal motility promotes digestion and absorption.

3. If the cat has severe soft stools, you can also feed the cat some montmorillonite powder to relieve it.

4. Adjust the diet structure: The food and cat food fed to the cat should be mainly light. You can also change the cat to a cat food with a fat content of about 13% to 18%.

5. If the cat’s condition does not improve, take it to the pet hospital for treatment as soon as possible to prevent accidents.