Cats can eat dog food, but they cannot only eat dog food, otherwise the consequences will be serious. Recently, a 4-year-old cat admitted itself to the pet hospital after eating dog food for 3 years, and the consequences are irreversible!< /p>

A domestic shit scraper raised a cat and a dog. Just like a traditional cat-and-dog family, the cat had its own cat food at first and adopted a free-feeding mode, while the dog was fed twice a day. grain.

Later, the poop scraper discovered that when the dog was fed, the cat would immediately come over to eat the dog food. The poop scraper stopped him many times, but the cat still went its own way and seemed to like eating very much.

Later, when the poop scooper saw that the cat really liked to eat, he thought about it and decided that dog food was cheap and the cat liked to eat it, so he simply started feeding the cat with dog food.

The cat was eaten and sent to the pet hospital

In this way, this 4-year-old cat has been eating dog food for three years. During these three years, the cat has been normal. The cat has become accustomed to feeding the cat dog food.

But recently, the cat's eyesight seems to be declining, and it looks clumsy. It falls when walking, running and jumping, and even hits obstacles frequently. The poop scraper felt something was wrong and quickly took the cat to the pet hospital

The examination revealed that the cat had severe vision loss, bilateral pupils were dilated, the optic nerve arteries and veins were atrophied, and the retina was atrophic, which cannot be treated. The cat was shocked when he heard this series of professional words, and what was even more shocking was yet to come. Because the cause of all this is that the cat was fed dog food for three years.

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Why is this happening?

Some people may say that the raw materials of both cat food and dog food are similar. Why do cats have such serious consequences after eating dog food? Is dog food poisonous?

In fact, dog food is really toxic to cats. It all starts with a substance called "taurine". Taurine is really important to cats.

If a cat lacks taurine, the cat will have sluggish brain reaction, atrophy of eye vision, and heart problems. If a pregnant female cat lacks taurine, the kittens will not be born.

But the strange thing is that cats cannot synthesize taurine themselves. That is to say, if cats want to obtain taurine, they must obtain it from food. Therefore, artificial taurine must be added to modern cat food. But dogs can synthesize taurine by themselves in their bodies, so taurine is not added to dog food.

This cat has been eating dog food for three years. It is due to the long-term lack of taurine intake that the cat has decreased vision and retinal atrophy.

Some people may still not understand how important taurine is to cats. Let me just tell you.Let’s put it bluntly, all cats’ hunting behaviors are to obtain taurine. We can even understand that taurine is driving cats. Without taurine, cats may become extinct.

Do you know why cats like to catch mice? Do they even eat mice? That’s because mice have the most abundant taurine in their bodies!

Therefore, dog food without taurine is indeed toxic to cats. Therefore, in daily life, I hope that all cat and dog owners must pay attention to it. It is okay for cats to eat some dog food, but they must not If you are too lazy to only feed your cat dog food, and let your cat eat dog food for a long time, the consequences will be irreversible.

Just like the cat in the article who has been eating dog food for three years, from then on, it can only live a half-blind life. It is quite troublesome to take care of a cat whose eyes are not clear and whose brain is not smart!