Is curry bad for cats?
Priscilla Ballou
secured a cover on the pan which stayed on the stove with about a third of a
cup of curry left in it. I went into the other room to eat. I had *not*
adequately secured the cover, because when I returned to the kitchen, Ariel
had cleaned the pan.
Ariel cleans my pans alot and never seems to suffer for it, but this morning
he was definitely subdued. He didn't eat all his breakfast and went to take a
nap without scolding me for his saucer of milk. Do you suppose the curry made
him sick? It wasn't very spicy-hot, because I don't like highly-spiced food,
but I don't remember his ever having eaten curry before. All that was in it
was left-over roast lamb, onions, apples, ginger, garlic, generic curry
powder. (I don't put peanuts, raisins, or cocoanut on it until I dish it out.)
Should I worry? He *loves* my cooking, particularly my marinara sauce and
anything stir-fried, and I rather like the fact that he adores my culinary
efforts. I don't serve it to him instead of proper kitty food, but I do let
him lick my dish when I've eaten something particularly yummy. Hey, we go
around once (in my theology), so might as well let the kid have some fun, yes?
Oh, dear. Am I being a bad mother again?
Ariel's Priscilla (in his pocket, good and proper)
Don Martinson
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> I reheated some lamb curry for dinner last night...
My aby was raised getting "snacks" with curry and while I never gave him bowls full of
it, I never saw any side effects from it. As a lover of hot food, I
occasionally suffer a bit from overindulging, but its never done me
any harm either! While I would never suggest that a cat wouldn't eat
anything that would harm them, I think they have a lot better sense about
it than we do.
Priscilla Ballou
He was in fine form when I got home last night, so if the curry did give him
any discomfort, it was transitory.
*Maybe* cats have better sense of what they should eat, but apparently Ariel
has been paying attention to what *I* favor, because he definitely leans
towards high-fat and (preferably) sugar content.
Priscilla & Ariel -- tubby but happy companions
Molly Lee
P*He was in fine form when I got home last night, so if the curry did give him
P*any discomfort, it was transitory.
Sonar, one of my boys, LOVES curry. If I were to make curry for dinner,
there is NO way to stop him from getting a taste. So far, it hasn't
done him any harm, and he's almost 2 years old now. However, mind you,
I don't give him more than a taste of curry, maybe a couple spoonsful in
his treat plate. But then again, I don't make curry too often.
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