Asked on the Cat Forum by breesmommy on 2/17/2006, 12:45 pm

Q: Is sugar good (or bad) for cats?

One of my cats, (Brooklyn) ws watching my daughter intently as she was eating a donut, I left the room for a minute and she comes running in and said Mom..guess what? Brooklyn likes dounuts! Well..if you saw Brooklyn...Brooklyn likes EVERYTHING but I told her not to give her anymore sugar. Sure enough evertime my daughter comes into the room with a cookie or anything sweet...she will start to meow, beg...wrap herself around my daughter...sometimes I give in..but not always. Is sugar bad for cats? sometimes we do scrub their teeth.
Thanks!

Answered by tuphi on 2/17/2006, 3:05 pm

A: Is sugar good (or bad) for cats?

> One of my cats, (Brooklyn) ws watching my daughter intently
> as she was eating a donut, I left the room for a minute and
> she comes running in and said Mom..guess what? Brooklyn
> likes dounuts! Well..if you saw Brooklyn...Brooklyn likes
> EVERYTHING but I told her not to give her anymore sugar.
> Sure enough evertime my daughter comes into the room with a
> cookie or anything sweet...she will start to meow,
> beg...wrap herself around my daughter...sometimes I give
> in..but not always. Is sugar bad for cats? sometimes we do
> scrub their teeth.
> Thanks!
>

Hello there:),

Yes actually sugar for your cat is not recommended. It is not because of the fact of them developing diabetes. And can cause tooth decay and obseity. Brushing your cats teeth is good but I will suggest going to the vet or to the pet store and getting a cat toothpaste. Some suggestions for the tooth taste is St. Jon Petrodex. This is fairly cheap. Also by brushing your cats teeth can also help Brooklyn's teeth from decaying for when she gets older. Remember chocolate is toxic to kitties and sugar is strongly not recommened. If your cat likes treats try giving her some Pounce, Tempations.

Tuphi:)

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Answered by babyfuzzylove on 2/17/2006, 6:25 pm

A: Is sugar good (or bad) for cats?

> One of my cats, (Brooklyn) ws watching my daughter intently
> as she was eating a donut, I left the room for a minute and
> she comes running in and said Mom..guess what? Brooklyn
> likes dounuts! Well..if you saw Brooklyn...Brooklyn likes
> EVERYTHING but I told her not to give her anymore sugar.
> Sure enough evertime my daughter comes into the room with a
> cookie or anything sweet...she will start to meow,
> beg...wrap herself around my daughter...sometimes I give
> in..but not always. Is sugar bad for cats? sometimes we do
> scrub their teeth.
> Thanks!
>
Dear breesmommy,

I would like to stress what the previous expert said. Sugar is very bad not to mention can be deadly to cats. There are a lot of foods that are toxic to cats that people commonly feed cats. Milk, onions, tomatoes, and chocolate. These are all toxic to your cat.
I am not sure how old your daughter is but you must get her to understand that people foods are very bad and can maybe even kill the cat. It’s so important that you don’t leave any people foods left out for the cat to get when no one is looking. I realize it is so tempting to give into that sad little face when the cat is acting like it will die unless it gets your food. But you must not ever give into the cat for her own health. As long as you stick to not letting her have people food she will eventually get the point and she will not beg as often but you must stick to it.
Wendy.