Okay, so I looked up "warm bowl of milk for cats" because that's the image!
While cats enjoy the warmth of milk and it can soothe their throats, milk is generally not healthy for cats and can cause gastrointestinal problems:
- Lactose intolerance: Most cats are lactose intolerant and can't properly digest milk.
- No. It may seem like a good idea, but “milk can cause GI upset, and adding it to your cat's food can cause them to fill up on milk alone and not consume enough food to meet their nutrient needs,” says
Purina nutritionist, Karina Carbo-Johnson, MS. So I don't add milk to Eleven's food and she doesn't fill up on it. I just let her lick the whipped cream when I buy key lime pie, which is like 6 times in my life. She has never gotten sick: no diarrhea or vomiting.
- Offer in moderation: Limit milk to a couple of sips at the bottom of the bowl. That's what I do.
If you want to give your cat milk, you can try these tips:
- From reddit user equivalent-cry-5175 1yr ago
Look at it as a treat and don’t do it often.
Back in the day when there were a lot of farms feral cats used to hang around because there was an abundance of food for them. When a cow milker would spill milk they would lap it up it has a lot of fat in it and they developed a taste for it. However they are lactose intolerant still and it plays havoc on their digestive system but if you only let em have a lil bit occasionally and he gets a regular proper diet I wouldn’t worry too much.
That's exactly what I do.