It’s tempting to let your dog or cat eat Christmas leftovers, but certain foods, while delicious for humans, can be toxic for your pets
The digestive process supplies your pet with the nutrients and energy he needs to live and stay healthy. His digestive system is similar to your own. Once food enters your pet’s stomach, it mixes with digestive enzymes and acids, and digestion begins. Food then passes into the small and large intestines for final absorption and waste elimination.
Cats are carnivores. Their digestive tracts are short and geared for digesting a high-protein diet. Gastric juices are very strong to break down meat and soften bones. Herbivores and omnivores have much longer digestive tracts, as it takes time to digest plant matter and carbohydrates. Cats don’t do well on diets that are high in carbohydrates, as they do not have the right enzymes necessary for the digestion of plant matter. Foods that are perfectly safe for human consumption may be harmful to your cat. In dogs, rich Christmas foods such as gammon or roasted lamb may cause stomach upset or even an infection of the gut.
1 Alcohol
It’s definitely not good to give your cat beer. Any alcoholic drink, from wine to various spirits, can be dangerous for pets.
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