You may have heard a cat owner you know talk about their pet's strange taste preferences and almost be moved by how the animal eats pasta with gusto, sometimes even seasoned with some kind of sauce like ketchup.
Let's figure out together what's wrong with this situation.
The thing is that any food from the human table is the reason why pets suffer from gastrointestinal, kidney and liver diseases, which, in turn, affects their life expectancy.
Objections like “But my Barsik lived until he was eight years old, ate whatever he could, and nothing happened” are not worth listening to – 8 cat years translated into human age is about 40 years, so we can safely say that Barsik left us in the prime of his life.
But let's get back to our lambs, that is, pasta - there is nothing useful or nutritious for a cat in their composition.
The spices that are often added to the paste are actually harmful to cats.
A shocking amount of salt, as well as all kinds of dyes, flavors, thickeners, stabilizers and preservatives, will not be good for your cat.
And onions and garlic, as well as eggplants, which may be part of the dish or the sauce served with it, can generally cause poisoning.
