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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / June 2005Cats eating grass
My cat loves to eat grass! Is there a limit to how much I should let her have? The neighborhood kids get a big kick out of feeding her grass from our lawn through a grille-covered window. ___________________________________________________ Camilla Cracchiolo Registered Nurse Los Angeles, California camilla4@mindspring.com webpage temporarily down Depends how much sick you want on the carpet! My cat goes in the garden, eats tons of it and sicks it up on the carpet indoors, having emptied his stomach, he then goes to his food bowl and fills up. Apparrently, this is perfectly natural! >Depends how much sick you want on the carpet! My cat goes in the >garden, eats tons of it and sicks it up on the carpet indoors, having >emptied his stomach, he then goes to his food bowl and fills up. >Apparrently, this is perfectly natural! Yup, my cats also like to eat grass and puke. > >Depends how much sick you want on the carpet! My cat goes in the > >garden, eats tons of it and sicks it up on the carpet indoors, having > >emptied his stomach, he then goes to his food bowl and fills up. > >Apparrently, this is perfectly natural! > > Yup, my cats also like to eat grass and puke. I've never known a cat that doesn't like to eat grass, which is why pet stores sell those little grass plots for indoor kitties. Why should they miss the experience of binging and purging on your kitchen floor? Now what's really weird is that MY cat loves chives. He goes right for the chives and munches away like he's eating something REALLY special. Then he goes and lays down in the middle of his giant mint plant, which must be closely related to catnip (yes, mint and catnip are in the same family) and goes to sleep. > My cat loves to eat grass! Is there a limit to how much I should let > her have? The neighborhood kids get a big kick out of feeding her > grass from our lawn through a grille-covered window. How much does she throw up? >> My cat loves to eat grass! Is there a limit to how much I should let >> her have? The neighborhood kids get a big kick out of feeding her >> grass from our lawn through a grille-covered window. > >How much does she throw up? Not at all. Weird, huh? ___________________________________________________ Camilla Cracchiolo Registered Nurse Los Angeles, California camilla4@mindspring.com webpage temporarily down -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- From: Camilla Cracchiolo <camilla4@mindspring.com> >My cat loves to eat grass! Is there a limit to how much I should let >her have? The neighborhood kids get a big kick out of feeding her >grass from our lawn through a grille-covered window. I wouldn't worry as much about the cat eating grass as I would the "neighborhood kids" feeding her the grass. > My cat loves to eat grass! Is there a limit to how much I should let > her have? The neighborhood kids get a big kick out of feeding her > grass from our lawn through a grille-covered window. Hi Camilla, I would be extremely leary about feeding a cat grass from outdoors. Do you know for certain exactly where the kids are getting the grass, and whether or not this grass has been sprayed with chemicals/fertilizers? I think you'd be better off to grow your own grass. It's really not hard to do. I have a black thumb and have been successful in growing wheat grass for my cats. They love it. Lauren > I think you'd be better off to grow your own grass. > > Lauren I agree, home grown grass is safer, you know exactly what your working with. >> I think you'd be better off to grow your own grass. >> >> Lauren > > I agree, home grown grass is safer, you know exactly what your working > with. Are you feeding marijuana to your cat? For medicinal reasons of course. > Are you feeding marijuana to your cat? For medicinal reasons of course. ^GaSp^ Heavens no But I've never seen my cat each but a few blades of grass. Maybe it's like rolaids to them; something to soak up the acid. My family and I are readying ourselves for horses by next year, I've already installed a horse fence around 10 acres, and built a California, or "blind valley" onto the existing barn. Now, the next move is to disc up the entire pasture and sow new grass.We're going to sow oat, wheat, barley and rye grass; these are good grain grasses. (I just tell this maybe out of interest) I'm not sure what kind are best for cats. I imagine a tender grass is best, opposed to that ol' dark green wire grass (that mess would kill a horse, it will bloat and constipate them and make them sickly) HI, All cats will eat some grass. They need it to add fibre to their diet and to help their normal digestion. Some people also think it helps them to pass hairballs. My own cat will sometimes make a dash for nice fresh grass and nibble the ends off, however, he is never sick after eating it. As another posted has said, be careful what the grass has had applied to it, if you cant be sure, plant some in clean soil in little pots you can leave in the house or buy some from your pet store. The Hermit. --- Visit http://www.thehovel.com/bb for cat related chatter. The Hovel - Feline Friendly Internet. >Hi Camilla, >I would be extremely leary about feeding a cat grass from outdoors. Do [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Lauren Thank you. Yes, I do know where they get the grass: directly from the lawn in front of my little cabin. It's never sprayed with pesticides. However, once a year in the spring the gardener does lay down bull manure as fertilizer. Stinks for a few days but then is better. ___________________________________________________ Camilla Cracchiolo Registered Nurse Los Angeles, California camilla4@mindspring.com webpage temporarily down |
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