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Cat food safety
Can Cats Eat Tomatoes? Ripe Flesh Only, Tiny Amount
Ripe flesh only
A tiny piece of ripe red tomato flesh is usually okay, but cats do not need tomatoes.
TomatoesCall for green plant exposure
Call your veterinarian if your cat ate tomato leaves, stems, green tomatoes, sauce with onion or garlic, or develops repeated vomiting or weakness.
Ripe matters
Green tomatoes, leaves, and stems are not the same as ripe red flesh.
Sauce changes it
Salt, oil, onion, garlic, and spices make tomato foods a bad fit.
Offer ripe flesh only
- Use ripe red tomato flesh only and cut one tiny seedless piece.
- Remove leaves, stems, vines, green areas, salt, oil, onion, garlic, and sauces.
Avoid plant parts and sauce
- Green tomatoes, tomato leaves, stems, vines, sauce, salsa, sun-dried tomatoes, salted tomatoes, oil-packed tomatoes, onion, garlic, and large portions.
- Tomatoes for cats with vomiting, reflux, mouth irritation, diabetes, digestive sensitivity, or prescription diets unless your veterinarian approves.
Watch
- Drooling, vomiting, diarrhea, mouth irritation, appetite changes, or belly discomfort.
Portion
One tiny piece is enough.
Helpful food-safety supplies
Optional tools for measuring, storing, serving, and cleaning up tiny portions safely.
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