Cats can eat steamed sweet potatoes and potatoes. Sweet potatoes are a kind of whole grains and are rich in vitamins, amino acids, fiber and various minerals. Feeding a small amount of sweet potatoes to cats can increase the cat’s defecation volume, promote intestinal peristalsis, and make the cat eat less sweet potatoes. Cats can digest food better; potatoes contain a lot of vitamins, dietary fiber and starch, which can effectively supplement the vitamins needed by cats, increase the cat’s sense of fullness, and promote gastrointestinal motility to help cats Digestion and absorption.

Precautions for cats eating sweet potatoes and potatoes:

1. Kittens cannot eat sweet potatoes because their intestines are relatively sensitive and their intestinal intestines are not fully developed. Eating sweet potatoes may cause symptoms such as lethargy, vomiting, diarrhea, indigestion, and loss of appetite in kittens. Moreover, since sweet potatoes contain relatively high calories and carbohydrates, and their fiber and protein do not provide enough nutritional needs for cats, feeding excessive amounts of sweet potatoes can easily lead to indigestion, gastrointestinal discomfort, soft stools, Symptoms such as loose stools may lead to disease. When owners feed sweet potatoes to cats, they should also reduce the intake of other foods, and feed the cat an appropriate amount of probiotics to help the cat's gastrointestinal digestion.

2. Try to eat as little potatoes as possible, because cats are carnivorous animals, and the starch content in potatoes is relatively large, which is difficult for cats to digest after eating. When feeding potatoes to cats, you only need to boil them, cut them into pieces, and crush them into thick pieces. There is no need to add any condiments to avoid irritating the gastrointestinal tract. In the process of feeding cats, they need to feed cat food as their staple food, with a small amount of potatoes.