Do Cats Like Milk Or Cream

The less cream the milk has the harder it is for the cat to digest the milk.

Do cats like milk or cream. Cats love cream so much and you cant help with serving your kitty her favorite creamy milk every time you have the chance to because you love her and you want her happy. You can give your cat milk that is rich in cream or you can give the only cream. Cats may not taste sweetness though some people believe their particular cats are the exceptions.

But cats can definitely taste fats and proteins and will seek them out. The cream milk and eggs in ice cream are very appealing to kitties. If your cute kitty drinks cows milk or consumes cream it results in stomach upset and diarrhea -- not a pleasure for your pet and certainly not a pleasure for you to have to clean up.

What they need to drink more of is water. Bacteria in the cats colon also ferments with the undigested lactose sugars and this causes a pretty nasty cocktail of fluid that needs to come out. Veterinarians at the College of Veterinary Medicine for Cornell University say cats lack the lactase enzyme so digestion of the lactose sugar is impossible for them.

The article is not saying that cats dont drink milk its saying cats shouldnt be given milkonly as an occasional treatMost cats have an intolerance to the lactose in cows milk and it can cause digestive problems. Yes most cats are lactose intolerant and consuming dairy products can lead to diarrhoea and vomiting. We generally recommend that cats be fed no more than 20 to 30 calories a day from unbalanced sources.

While cats probably wont try to drink your Jack and Coke if youre enjoying a drink that includes milk or cream theres a good chance your cat might decide to give it a try. Our understanding of cats as universal milk lovers however actually stems from the extent to which they enjoy cream. When cats consume cream milk or any other dairy products with lactose in they are unable to digest the lactose and it simply passes through their intestinal tract while taking water with it.

Cats and Dairy Fact 3. Theyre drawn to the creamy liquid but only some cats can drink and digest milk. As stated earlier adult cats like milk but do not have the need for milk in their daily diet.