Cats can eat watermelon, but they cannot eat watermelon seeds.

When cats eat watermelon, they use their tongues to lick the melon flesh. It is impossible for cats to chew the watermelon seeds like us, and their stomachs cannot absorb watermelon seeds. When they eat watermelon seeds by mistake, the sharp watermelon Watermelon seeds enter the stomach through the esophagus. Not only are they easy to get stuck in the esophagus or scratch the stomach, unchewed watermelon seeds will also accumulate in the stomach, causing pressure on the cat’s digestive system, easily causing internal heat, and affecting the cat’s defecation. In addition, watermelon seeds also release some toxins, which affect the normal physiological functions of cats. Therefore, cats cannot eat watermelon seeds.

In hot summer, cats can be given room-temperature watermelon, but be careful to pick out the watermelon seeds. If you accidentally eat a small amount of watermelon seeds, you can first observe the cat's defecation. If the cat successfully eliminates the watermelon seeds from the body, there is no need to worry. If your cat does not excrete watermelon seeds and is accompanied by abnormal physiological phenomena, you should seek medical treatment in time.