Tumblr Thread: Cats And Their Weird Bread Addiction

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    Font - princesstigerbelle Follow I will never understand why some cats have a bread addiction like No cat, .you are a carnivorous predator. You no eat bread What are you even doing
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    Font - themintycupcake Follow My coworker who adopted one of Mona's kittens gave him some bagel once and now he's a mad bagel fiend. He had to put locks on his pantry so the cat wouldn't break in and eat through the bagel bag.
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    Font - flrstperson Follow One of my cats was rescued from outside. l'd only ever had a super polite cat who would come up and sniff food and then be like "can i have this?" So when this other cat came up I was like oh you wanna sniff the bread right? Here it is so you can sniff it.
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    Font - thecutestcatever Oh my god e ace-and-ranty Follow I was super curious about this, so I googled it, and apparently: it's the yeast! Cats are batshit for the taste of yeast, to the point where it's used to flavoUr kitty food. I also read that MOST breads should be safe in small quantities, but other types (like garlic or raising bread) can be dangerous, and raw dough is a big no-no. So! PSA!
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    Font - noitemspeachonlyfinaldestination Foll @why-animals-do-the-thing confirm?? why-animals-do-the-thing A lot of sources say that it could be the yeast attracting cats, although it's also possible that it's either been conditioned as a high value item through how their owners present it / interact with it / try to keep the cat away from it. Most cats lack the correct enzymes to taste sweet things, so that's unlikely to be the cause, but they could also be following the scent of butter or other
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    Font - What's really, really important to know for kitty health is that cats should only ever be given nutritional yeast. Brewer's yeast or the yeast you use to bake bread is really deadly for cats and is a no-go. The difference is that nutritional yeast is dead - other types of yeast used for cooking are live cultures. The problem with live yeast is that it produces alcohol as a byproduct of digesting sugars, and alcohol is toxic to cats (and dogs) in pretty darn small quantities. Pets generall
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    Font - I don't personally recommend feeding bread or starch products to cats, but most research seems to indicate that ingesting a little bit of fully cooked dough that doesn't contain any other ingredients that are toxic to cats (e.g. garlic) is probably not going to be harmful. If you have a cat that really likes to bread or you're worried your cat ingested any raw dough or live yeast, please contact your vet. 89,893 notes

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