Cats are predators, and all vegetables are unnecessary food for them.

Cats are predators, and all vegetables are unnecessary food for them.

As a representative vegetable in summer vegetables, tomatoes (tomatoes) are always loved by everyone. It is rich in various nutrients and is one of the indispensable vegetables to maintain human health. Like the omelette with tomatoes, we will order this every time we go to the restaurant.

The reason why humans we eat tomatoes can be said to be "for health", but why do cats eat tomatoes? Can they eat tomatoes? Let's talk about the relationship between red tomatoes and cats today.

Benefits of eating tomatoes
First of all, cats can actually eat tomatoes, but only a small amount of pulp in tomatoes. Flowers, stems and leaves like tomatoes all contain harmful ingredients. Please do not allow your cat to eat these parts of tomatoes.

Second, on the grounds that avoiding cats to eat a lot of tomatoes, cats can then benefit from a small amount of tomatoes:

Replenish water (older cats are more suitable);
Anti-oxidant (prevents aging);
Maintain the health of the skin (Q bullet);
Lycopene can prevent obesity.
Tomatoes are vegetables with high nutritional value. If you usually eat a small amount of tomatoes for cats, they will certainly bring some health benefits to them.

Notes when eating tomatoes
We also mentioned above that the flowers, stems and leaves of tomatoes cannot be given to cats, because these parts contain a substance called "tomatine" ... well, can also say that it is a toxic!

Why do tomatoes with such high nutrition produce toxic substances like tomatine? Because this is a tomato "self-defense" device, after all, it cannot be moved and it can only protect itself through this method (injury to the enemy is 800 damage to a thousand. ?)

This reminds us of the scene when my grandmother taught us to cut potatoes as children. She said that after cutting the potatoes, you have to wash them. At first, I thought my grandmother was worried that the starch on the potatoes would make the knife dirty. She just smiled and said nothing.

Later, when I grew up, I naturally found some information through online information. It turns out that potatoes are like tomatoes and are plants of the Eggplant family of the Solanaceae family. There will be "solanine" in the body. This alkaline can even be eaten by humans. It can cause abdominal pain and dizziness.

If the cat is truly poisoned when eating tomatoes, then it will be more troublesome, and the following symptoms will usually appear at that time:

rash;
stomachache;
Spasms
Diarrhea (sometimes bloody stools);
Vomiting (some may have difficulty breathing).
If there is a problem with the cat's digestive organs, it could potentially endanger their life. The shit staff still has to take them to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible.

And when it comes to cats' digestive organs, talk about this cat grass. Cat's grass can actually increase the burden on the cat's digestive organs, but this is deliberately ingested in the cat's stomach, because they need to expel the "fur ball" from the stomach.

In fact, these precautions seem to be quite serious, as long as we contact the cat litter manure only to give the cat tomato paste ... or to give the cat tomatoes, then the precautions This article will have nothing to do with you. Too.

Of course, we recommend that the shovel staff still give cats a small amount of tomatoes. After all, what can benefit cats, let's not eliminate it.

Which tomato is the best?
Also, although cats can eat tomatoes, not all tomatoes can be eaten by cats!

Let's talk about tomatoes about the tomatoes cats can eat:

Ketchup-Ketchup contains tomatoes, and the taste is very nice, but the cat cannot eat, because there is too much spice;
Unripe Tomatoes Unripe tomatoes are not red and look at green (rotten tomatoes are not good);
Tomato soup - Light tomato soup back, you must add a pinch of salt or a few drops of sesame oil to make it fresh. As long as it's a tomato soup with spices, cats can't drink it.

So, what kind of tomatoes can be eaten for cats? After excluding tomatoes in the three cases above, the tomatoes were cooked red, heavy to pick up, looked slightly white in the sun and had no wounds. .

How to raise tomatoes for cats?
Tomatoes for cats can be summarized in one sentence: "Peel in small quantities, crush them and heat them."

Tomatoes today are usually larger, so shit staff can remove 1/10 of the peeled tomatoes (preferably pulp, not the inner tomato seeds), then have to grind.

Why must it be ground? Because cats do not easily digest tomatoes, this will naturally increase the digestive burden. Therefore, after grinding the tomatoes into a paste, the digestive burden is reduced.

For the heating of tomato paste ... In fact, you do not need to heat it, but the lycopene is heated very easily soluble in oil, can increase its absorption efficiency.

If your cat has itching, vomiting and diarrhea after eating, you must take them to the doctor immediately