A molecule contained in this fruit is responsible for digestive, cardiac or respiratory lesions in cats. As a precaution, it is therefore recommended not to let them play with it.
Certain foods should be avoided in our pets, who must mainly stick to food adapted to their needs, such as kibble or mash. Certain products which, of course, please cats or dogs at the moment, put you at risk of ending up in veterinary emergencies. For Charlotte Devaux, veterinary nutritionist, this is particularly the case for “chocolate, grapes, garlic, onion, macadamia nuts or even leek“, details the specialist in the magazine 60 million consumers.
The specialist also warns pet owners about gnawing bones.which break and can perforate the digestive tract of the animal”, she warns. Sometimes we don’t realize it, but some houseplants can also be toxic to our four-legged friends. And there would be no less than 700 containing this type of substance including: aloe vera, croton, cycad, dieffenbachia, hydrangea, kalanchoe, lily, poinsettia, apple tree and spathiphyllum.
The veterinarian also recommends paying attention to a particular fruit, “which contains a fungal toxin harmless to humans, persin, but which causes necrosis and edema in cats and dogs affecting various organs, including the heart and the lungs,” reports the magazine. It is in fact the avocado and this dangerous molecule can be found both in the flesh and in the stone.
Even if we do not know precisely the dose not to consume, it is of course advisable not to let your cat or dog taste it, and even less play with the kernel which they could confuse with a small ball. chew.