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Cat food safety
Can Cats Eat Wheat Berries? Tiny Plain Amount Only
Plain cooked only
A tiny amount of plain cooked wheat berries is usually okay, but cats do not need them.
Wheat BerriesCall for choking or pain
Call your veterinarian if your cat ate hard dry kernels, onion or garlic seasoning, or develops choking, repeated vomiting, or pain.
Texture matters
Whole kernels should be soft enough not to be a choking problem.
Grains are optional
Complete cat food already covers the nutrition cats need.
Cook until soft
- Cook until soft and offer a tiny plain spoonful or a few kernels.
- Use no salt, butter, oil, broth, onion, garlic, seasoning, sugar, or milk.
Avoid seasoned grains
- Raw wheat berries, hard dry kernels, salted grains, buttered grains, grain salads, broth with onion or garlic, and large portions.
- Wheat berries for cats with wheat sensitivity, diabetes, obesity, digestive disease, or prescription diets unless your veterinarian approves.
Watch
- Vomiting, diarrhea, gas, constipation, choking, appetite changes, or belly discomfort.
Portion
A few soft kernels are enough.
Helpful food-safety supplies
Optional tools for measuring, storing, serving, and cleaning up tiny portions safely.
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