Cats cannot eat potato peels. Cats are carnivores and need to absorb essential nutrients from meat food to maintain normal life activities. Potato peels are the skin of potatoes and the main component is starch. Feeding cats may increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, and The nutritional value of potato peels is low. It is not recommended to feed potatoes to cats. You can feed a small amount of potatoes.

What to do if a cat eats potato peels:

1. Observe the cat’s condition. If there is no abnormality, don’t worry. Pay attention to prevent the cat from eating potato peels again.

2. If a cat vomits after eating potato peels, pay attention to the cat's condition and stay calm. Please take photos of the vomit to help the doctor diagnose and then clean it up. Don't rush to give the cat water. Vomiting will cause gastric cramps, which will make the cat uncomfortable, but it will recover after a while.

3. If a cat eats a lot, it will usually start to have diarrhea after vomiting three or four times, or vomiting and diarrhea will occur alternately. In the early stages of diarrhea, please do not rush to stop diarrhea and wait until the contents of the cat’s intestines Consider taking antidiarrheal medicine after the fluid is basically emptied.

4. Try to record the number of excretions and take photos of poop to help the doctor diagnose, and then clean up in time after each vomiting and excretion to ensure that the litter box is clean the next time the cat has diarrhea. , otherwise it might pull outside.

5. Usually after vomiting and diarrhea, cats will be very weak, which can also cause dehydration and acid-base balance imbalance. After the cat regains its composure, give it timely rehydration. If it cannot drink water by itself, please Feed it some water. If it refuses to drink, take it to the hospital for infusion.