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Cat food safety
Can Cats Eat Fruit Pits? No, Remove Them
Avoid
No. Fruit pits should be removed and kept away from cats.
Fruit PitsCall if chewed or swallowed
Call your veterinarian now if your cat swallowed or chewed a fruit pit, especially a stone fruit pit or a large hard pit.
Small fruit, serious pit
Cherry and apricot pits are small enough to disappear quickly and still matter.
Do not wait for a blockage
If a pit was swallowed, early veterinary advice is safer than watching for days.
Remove and discard pits
- Remove pits, stones, seeds, stems, and hard cores before fruit is near your cat.
- Throw pits away in a covered trash can.
- If a pit is missing, estimate the size and call your veterinarian.
Do not use pits as toys
- Peach pits, apricot pits, cherry pits, plum pits, nectarine pits, date pits, and any chewed or swallowed hard pit.
- Letting cats play with pits as toys.
- Waiting for symptoms after a swallowed pit.
Watch
- Choking, coughing, drooling, pawing at the mouth, vomiting, belly pain, refusing food, constipation, lethargy, or behavior that feels wrong.
Portion
No safe serving. Even one pit can be a choking, tooth, toxin, or blockage concern.
Helpful food-safety supplies
Optional tools for measuring, storing, serving, and cleaning up tiny portions safely.
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