Updated
Cat food safety
Can Cats Eat Bone Broth? Only If Plain
Only if plain
Only if it is plain, unsalted, boneless, and free of onion and garlic.
Bone BrothCall for alliums or appetite loss
Call your veterinarian if the broth contained onion, garlic, bones, heavy salt, or your cat is not eating normally.
Plain means plain
A clean broth has no onion, garlic, chives, salt, pepper, spice, bouillon, or cooked bone fragments.
Do not treat appetite loss at home
If broth is being used because your cat will not eat, the safer next step is a vet call.
Check the broth first
- Use only plain unsalted broth with no onion, garlic, chives, seasoning, or bones.
- Offer a teaspoon or less as a topper, not a meal.
Skip seasoned broth
- Bouillon, stock cubes, soup base, onion, garlic, chives, salt, seasoning blends, bones, fat caps, and unknown restaurant broth.
- Using broth to fix poor appetite without a veterinarian.
Watch
- Vomiting, diarrhea, drooling, low appetite, belly pain, lethargy, hiding, or behavior that feels wrong.
Portion
A teaspoon or less is enough for many cats. It should not replace complete cat food or water.
Helpful food-safety supplies
Optional tools for measuring, storing, serving, and cleaning up tiny portions safely.
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