• sunsofold@lemmy.zip
    31·
    12 days ago

    My old neighbor was a vet tech. One thing I learned from her is to keep in mind relative size in treats. For a normal size cat, a single slice of salami is analogous to a pound of salami for a normal sized person. Giving kitties treats is fun, but they aren’t that bright and will absolutely eat more than they can handle if given the chance. Even if it doesn’t kill them, it can cause them pain, and it’s on us to do what we can to keep them from hurting themselves.

    • ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org
      13·
      11 days ago

      they aren’t that bright and will absolutely eat more than they can handle if given the chance

      Second this. Had a cat that learned how to open cabinets. He found his dry food and ate everything. All of it until he had a bowel obstruction.

      And even then, at the vet, he very willingly gobbled down his medication.

      Cat tax

  • actionjbone@sh.itjust.works
    3914·
    12 days ago

    I don’t understand the haters.

    One or two bites isn’t going to hurt them.

    One of my cats loves cheese. But it has to be sharp, stinky cheese. I know it’s not good for him, but a tiny little piece every few weeks isn’t going to hurt.

    • FoxAlive@lemmy.zip
      352·
      12 days ago

      Not even hating. Literally only gave my male cat two bites of perschuto and he got a bladder blockage.

      Was painful, he almost died, and it costed 6 grand. We didn’t have pet insurance then so that was a lesson I did not forget.

      I seen my cat in intense pain and almost die, I am almost slightly offended you would call me a hater for trying to warn another person of what could happen. If anyone doesnt know yes over salty foods and fatty foods are bad for cats, especially male cats. You can call someone a hater for sounding passionate but I think you should understand where that passion comes from, and its a one of concern. Its not someone telling you what to do, it’s someone warning you.

      • Stinkywizzleteats@piefed.socialEnglish
        96·
        12 days ago

        your cat had 2 grams of a meat product that is 6% salt by weight and that is the only cause of the blockage? a perfectly healthy fully grown cat with no pre-existing conditions? the vet specifically told you “the only cause of this bladder blockage is the milligrams of sodium contained in two house cat mouth sized bites of prosciutto”?

        • FoxAlive@lemmy.zip
          71·
          12 days ago

          We dont fully know what cause the blockage, it could be litter, stress, food, etc.

          The vet never told us specifically what could of caused it because she had no way to know. We assumed it was the meat snacks we gave him because that was one of the few variables that made sense to us that the vet listed. Could of even been the food brands we where feeding him at the time, could be the dusty litter.

          Regardless we didn’t risk any variable and changed to his prescription diet, the litter, and the works and we havent had a issue sense. I still think it was the meat but honestly could of been the liter, or various other things. Certainly not going to start testing to prove my hypothesis.

          Also he’s 5-6 years old with 4 of those years with us. From those years before the bladder blockage yeah I would say he was a normal healthy cat with no issues before that. Most of the time you don’t get a cat with preexisting conditions, you just end up with a cat and you presume its healthy until proven otherwise. He could of had this before but it took a long time for the issue to surface.

      • dingus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        77·
        12 days ago

        Ok. Your experience is valid. But you have to admit that what happened to your cat was an uncommon scenario and it is flat out just not going to happen like that a majority of the time. The person you responded to was not calling you out directly for speaking on your experience.

        • FoxAlive@lemmy.zip
          101·
          12 days ago

          Its more common than I thought. The vet said it effects 1/10 male cats, and more and more it seems to be a issue these days. Our vet says its the cat food everyone gets these days doesnt help.

          And I know the person wasn’t calling me out directly, I didn’t make a single comment until I read that one and decided to reply. I was more pointing out how this does happen and I would say is something to be concerned about, and how I see that same concern in a few other comments. Those are warnings of experience, and I wouldnt of known that if I haven’t gone through the same thing.

          Listen man I just don’t want someone to feel like I did. We had to drive 2 hours at mid night to the nearest emergency vet and they had to keep him there for two days. I had to do sidejobs every weekend to pay off the bill. Thankfully they didn’t start charging interest until maybe a year after and we got it payed off before that no problem.

          What makes it worse is cats dont show pain. My wife did not seemed concerned what so ever that he wouldnt get out of bed for the whole day, and was really dismissive when I pointed out he acts like he doesnt want to sit down or lay down. It wasn’t until I googled the symptoms said its deadly before she decided maybe it was serious. I just dont think most people “get” cats, or are expecting them to communicate to you like a dog.

          • dingus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            6·
            12 days ago

            You know another big thing I learned that a lot of people probably don’t know is that a lot of cats just like flat out…don’t drink water for some reason? Most of us are used to any given animal drinking water when thirsty. But a lot of cats just like… don’t. I guess a wet food diet helps a lot with this because it’s got water in it. Sure it’s a little bit more hassle and expense over dry food, but not that much. Def gonna keep my guy on wet food for the rest of his life.

            • FoxAlive@lemmy.zip
              2·
              12 days ago

              He always got wet food with free feeding dry food. But we started watering it down now days just to make sure.

    • Signtist@bookwyr.meEnglish
      11·
      12 days ago

      The cat my family had growing up loved cheese so much that we’d jingle our metal cheese slicer to draw him out whenever we couldn’t find him. He lived to be 16. He probably ate an entire pound of cheese every year from all the scraps my sister would give him.

    • socsa@piefed.socialEnglish
      102·
      12 days ago

      The problem is that you need to take memes seriously and get in fights with people on the Internet.

    • Jankatarch@lemmy.world
      2·
      12 days ago

      Wasn’t there a french cartoon with some black cat that likes stinky cheese and grants people the magic superpower of destroying anything they touch?

      • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todayEnglish
        1·
        12 days ago

        My man’s, are talking about pepe le’pew? His green stink would wilt plants and stuff, but I don’t think he passed along that power.

  • ZERONOVABLOSSOM@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    161·
    12 days ago

    Just a little bit of slommy!

    It’s very salty for the fella and especially hard on their kidneys as they get older. Give it as a rare treat and make sure kibty drinks plenty of water after.

    I would personally rinse the slommy with water and give a few small bacon bits sized pieces. :3

  • Asafum@lemmy.world
    142·
    12 days ago

    Everyone here (rightfully) upset about possibly hurting the kitty and I’m just here like salami goddamnit! Salami!

    …I’m old

    • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
      5·
      12 days ago

      Wow, I even looked at the picture of some salami and didn’t consider that’s what “slommy” was meant to mean. Sounds like an urban dictionary entry.