Cats can eat steamed pumpkin. Pumpkin is rich in water, vitamins and other substances. It can replenish water for cats who don’t like to drink water. The owner can feed the cat one to two meals a week. Sub-steamed pumpkin can be mixed into cat food for cats. Chicken and fish can also be added. An appropriate amount of pumpkin can help cats supplement nutrition and promote gastrointestinal health.
Precautions for cats eating pumpkin:
1. Some cats with fragile stomachs may vomit and become soft after eating pumpkin due to gastrointestinal irritation. Defecation, diarrhea, and even loss of appetite. At this time, the owner needs to feed some probiotics to help regulate the gastrointestinal tract.
2. Pumpkin is a vegetable, and cats are pure carnivores, so they should not eat too much pumpkin. Secondly, pumpkin contains a lot of sugar and starch. Excessive consumption may cause cats to suffer from gastroenteritis, gastric ulcer and other diseases, and even damage to liver and kidney function.
3. Do not feed pumpkin as a staple food to cats. Pumpkin is rich in sugar and has excellent palatability. It is one of cats’ favorite complementary foods. However, feeding pumpkin as a staple food to cats is likely to cause cats to lack animal protein and calcium. In severe cases, it may even cause malnutrition and developmental delay.
