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Cat food safety
Can Cats Eat Willow Leaves? Do Not Offer Them
Do not offer
Do not offer willow leaves to cats. Treat chewing as a plant exposure, especially if a meaningful amount was eaten.
Willow LeavesCall for meaningful chewing
Call your veterinarian if your cat ate more than a nibble, chewed bark or twigs, may have pesticide exposure, or develops vomiting, lethargy, or abnormal behavior.
Do not use plant remedies
Willow is not a home treatment for cats.
Outdoor exposure is messy
Plant identity, bark, pesticides, and amount eaten all matter.
Remove access
- Remove access and note how much leaf or twig may be missing.
- Check for pesticides, fertilizers, outdoor contaminants, and whether twigs or bark were chewed.
Avoid outdoor leaves
- Willow leaves, twigs, bark, outdoor clippings, pesticide-treated branches, and using willow as a home remedy.
- Willow exposure for cats on medication, with kidney disease, bleeding risk, stomach ulcers, or prescription diets without veterinary advice.
Watch
- Drooling, vomiting, diarrhea, mouth irritation, appetite changes, lethargy, black stool, weakness, or abnormal behavior.
Portion
Do not plan a serving.
Helpful food-safety supplies
Optional tools for measuring, storing, serving, and cleaning up tiny portions safely.
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