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Cat food safety
Can Cats Eat Chicken Skin? No, Too Fatty
Too fatty
No. Skip chicken skin and use a tiny plain skinless chicken piece instead.
Chicken SkinCall for alliums, bones, or symptoms
Call your veterinarian if chicken skin was seasoned with onion or garlic, included bones, was eaten in a large amount, or symptoms start.
Fat is the problem
A small lean chicken piece and a strip of seasoned skin are not the same treat.
Seasoning sticks to skin
Salt, garlic, onion, pepper, and spice rubs often sit on the skin even when the meat underneath looks plain.
If your cat ate chicken skin
- Remove skin before sharing plain cooked chicken.
- If your cat already ate skin, check for seasoning, garlic, onion, bones, and the amount.
Skip fatty seasoned skin
- Crispy chicken skin, fried chicken skin, rotisserie skin, seasoned skin, salty skin, pan drippings, bones, onion, and garlic.
- Giving fatty skin to cats with vomiting, diarrhea, pancreatitis risk, prescription diets, or poor appetite.
Watch
- Vomiting, diarrhea, drooling, low appetite, belly pain, lethargy, hiding, or behavior that feels wrong.
Portion
No intentional serving. Use skinless plain cooked chicken in tiny pieces instead.
Helpful food-safety supplies
Optional tools for measuring, storing, serving, and cleaning up tiny portions safely.
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