• rockerface🇺🇦@lemmy.cafe
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    21 hours ago

    Do not feed citrus to cats, do not feed chocolate to dogs and do not feed avocado to parrots.

    Researching safe and unsafe foods should be a basic prerequisite to owning a pet.

    • pjwestin@lemmy.world
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      9 hours ago

      Chocolate is also very poisonous for cats, but unlike dogs, they’re usually smart enough not to eat it. I think lilies are the only things that they occasionally chew on that is poisonous to them (and they are extremely poisonous to them).

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      15 hours ago

      Funny that you’ll have to stop dogs from getting to chocolate, while cat out here just knows it shouldn’t eat citrus

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        13 hours ago

        Another proof that cats were never fully domesticated and still retain some of their primal instincts? I mean, besides them murdering all local wildlife if let outside.

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      21 hours ago

      True, but we both know what should be frequently isn’t. In my defense, I’d never try to give my cats something that wasn’t labeled specifically for them, anyway - although I’ll acknowledge that’s still no guarantee.