Daily Cat Lesson #19: Does Your Cat Have a Sweet Tooth?

🐾 Daily Cat Lesson #19: Does Your Cat Have a Sweet Tooth?

Macaron the Cat apparently enjoys his jam served in crystal. But here's the strange part:

• 🐾 Cats can't really taste sweetness.
  Cats lack a functional sweet-taste receptor. They're obligate carnivores, and evolution apparently decided dessert wasn't necessary.
  So why do some cats go crazy for ice cream, cake or other sweets? They may actually be attracted to the fat, protein, texture or smell, not the sugar.
• 🐾 Can cats eat sweets?
  A tiny lick of plain jam isn't likely to hurt a healthy cat, but sugary foods offer cats no benefit and can upset their stomach. They're best left off the menu.
• 🐾 And chocolate? Absolutely not.
  Chocolate contains theobromine and caffeine, which are toxic to cats. Dark chocolate and baking chocolate are especially dangerous.

Cats can have some wonderfully strange food preferences. Melon. Corn. Bread. Olives. Cucumber. Pumpkin. Beets. Avocado. Cheese. Peas. Apparently jam!

❓ What's the weirdest food YOUR cat is obsessed with?

🐈📸 Top Tropicals rescued cat Macaron at PeopleCats.Garden.

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