Why can t cats eat salt, why can t cats eat salt

Because the cat's stomach is difficult to digest to the eyes, if the cat eats too much salt, it will hurt the cat's kidneys.

A cat's digestive system is different, so she can't eat too much salt or too much sugar.

If you eat too much, you will get sick and feel uncomfortable, but you especially like to eat dried salt fish larvae (the more the better).

Cats are not allowed to eat salted food, not only cats, but also dogs should not eat salted food. Long-term consumption of salt food will cause kidney failure, stones, and serious tear stains in cats. In daily life, it is recommended that the owner should feed the cat mainly with cat food, and do not feed too much food for human consumption, such as rice, steamed buns, leftovers, meat, etc., which are not recommended to feed the cat for a long time.

1.Cats can eat salt. Because cats' metabolism is inseparable from salt. But salt here does not only refer to the edible salt we call in our lives, but also refers to chlorine-containing compounds, such as chlorine-containing compounds in food.

2.Cats must be supplemented with sodium and chloride (the two elements that make up salt) to survive, and salt is necessary for the proper functioning of the cat's body. The right amount of salt is not only good for health, but it's also essential for feline life!

Cat's body cells are essential for sodium and chloride (the two elements that make up salts). These two minerals play a key role in regulating the fluid concentration inside and outside the cat's cell membrane, keeping every cell in the cat's body properly hydrated but not completely ruptured.

These minerals also have other functions, such as regulating the pH in the blood, producing hydrochloric acid in the cat's stomach, bringing nutrients into the cells, and transporting waste out of the body before waste production problems.

3.Cats have very low daily salt requirements. Because they eat less salt, unlike people who excrete a lot of salt through perspiration.

The cat's body is able to preserve sodium (mainly** salt), and adult cats have very low sodium losses, according to the Journal of Nutrition, an average-sized cat needs about 21 mg of salt per day. The concentrations found in many cat foods are higher than this. The National Research Council recommends no more than 42 mg per day.

4.Cats should not eat too little salt.

Too little salt can suffer from a serious or even fatal electrolyte imbalance, leading to symptoms such as depression, lethargy, muscle weakness, confusion, seizures, vomiting, anxiety, behavior changes, coma, and ultimately death.

5.Cats should not eat too much salt.

Too much salt can wreak havoc on a cat's body, leading to electrolyte imbalances, sodium poisoning, and dehydration of cells, leading to serious injury. If the cat consumes too much salt, it may experience vomiting, diarrhea, decreased appetite, lethargy, ataxia, muscle cramps, extreme thirst, water retention in the face and legs, fever, rapid heartbeat, muscle weakness, disorientation, drunken walking, excessive urination, tremors, seizures, coma and even death. If left untimely**, cats can die within 24 hours.

Therefore, if you suspect that your cat has too much salt, take it to the vet hospital in time. The veterinarian will give it intravenous fluids to condition the electrolytes.

6.A little salt is not a big deal.

While salted potato chips should never be given to cats on a regular basis, there is no harm in feeding them a small amount of salt from time to time. If you cook chicken breast, beef and other meats for cats by yourself, it is recommended to use plain water and add a little salt. It is recommended to feed with cat food, the nutrients in cat food can fully meet the needs of cats, and there is no need to worry about excessive salt.

Cats should not eat too much food with high salt content, as this will cause cats to have symptoms of hair loss, as well as a lot of eye droppings and severe tear stains, and the sodium chloride in the salt is either excreted through the sweat glands or through the kidneys. However, the sweat glands of cats are underdeveloped, so eating salt will increase the burden on the cat's kidneys. If you give the cat too much salt, the salt in the cat's body will exceed the standard, and too much salt will lead to the aggravation of the cat's skin gland dystrophy, which will make the cat's hair fall out and cause a large area of hair loss.

The sodium chloride in salt is mainly discharged through the sweat glands, otherwise it needs to be excreted through the kidneys, but the sweat glands of cats are not developed, so eating salt will increase the burden on the kidneys of cats. Cats don't sweat, so the consumption of salt is very small, and their kidneys and urinary tract system are very fragile, so it is easy to get urinary stones and other diseases after eating salt.

Cats eat too salty, salt can not be discharged, the body left excess salt, can only be discharged through the tongue and eye glands, over time, eye secretions will accumulate around the cat's eyes, will produce a lot of eye feces and particularly heavy tear stains.

Cats are generally not recommended to eat salt, cats have no sweat glands, and the salt in the body needs to be eliminated by the kidneys, so it is not recommended to eat too much, so as not to increase the burden on the kidneys.

Cats have very little demand for salt, and should not eat food with high salt content in the diet, eating too much will cause problems with the cat's kidneys, causing cats to metabolic disorders, and will be prone to hair loss, which is very bad for the health of cats.

Cats are not unable to eat salt, proper salt, can maintain the penetration of body fluids and electrolyte balance, generally speaking, professional cat food already contains a variety of nutrients and trace elements, so there is no need to add additional salt, some canned cat food with high salt content is still as little as possible to eat.

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