Summer is here, and the ice cream season is here. Creamy and fruity ice cream is a great way to relieve the heat and is also a very delicious summer delicacy. There are many short videos on the Internet showing cats eating ice cream. Seeing the cats eating ice cream very happily, many owners can’t help but wonder, can cats really eat ice cream? ​​​​​​

1. Cats can’t taste the sweetness of ice cream

Think carefully, what does ice cream taste like? Sweet, milky, and cold. We all know that cats eat for a reason, so do cats like the sweet taste of ice cream? In fact, cats eat food for a reason. No, cats don’t have any feeling for sweetness. That is to say, cats’ taste system cannot feel sweetness, so even sweet things will not arouse cats’ interest. So what attracts cats to ice cream? What? It should be milky. Although many cats will have diarrhea when drinking milk, there are also many cats who drink milk without any problems and like the taste of milk very much. Therefore, cats are probably attracted by the milky flavor of ice cream.

2. Is it okay for cats to eat ice cream?

If your cat is lactose intolerant and will have diarrhea when drinking milk, then you should never give ice cream to your cat. The cat cannot absorb any nutrients in the ice cream, nor can it taste any sweetness, so why do you need to give it a try? What about ice cream for cats?

If the cat can drink milk, you can try to eat some ice cream for the cat, but not too much. Just leave some for the cat to lick when you eat it, because although the cat will not drink milk and have diarrhea, You still can’t eat too much cold food. Eating too much cold food can still cause diarrhea in cats.

If the cat has weak gastrointestinal function in daily life and often vomits and has loose stools, do not give ice cream to the cat, because this will only cause it to become uncomfortable. For kittens under one year old, no matter what state they are in, the gastrointestinal tract is not fully developed, so do not give ice cream.

So, under what circumstances can you give your cat ice cream? To sum up: when the weather is hot, and the cat does not have any diseases, is in good physical condition and tolerates milk, you can give the cat some ice cream to lick appropriately.