Most cats are lactose intolerant and milk causes diarrhoea; using milk as a regular extra can also crowd out the main diet and cause nutritional imbalance.
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Milk, yoghurt, cheese and butter. Most dogs and cats are lactose intolerant, so keep amounts small and watch the stools.
Cats are sensitive to lactose too, so yoghurt should only be an occasional tiny amount and offers no required nutrition.
Cats tolerate fatty food poorly and cheese is both fatty and salty, so it should only be an occasional tiny piece.
Butter is almost pure fat for cats as well, and cats tolerate fatty food poorly - it can cause diarrhoea and even pancreatitis.
Most cats are lactose intolerant, so goat milk causes diarrhoea and gas, and using it regularly crowds out the main diet; **kittens need mother's milk or a dedicated cat milk replacer, never goat milk**.
Cats are sensitive to lactose too, so kefir should only ever be a rare tiny amount, as more simply means diarrhoea and gas; **flavoured versions may carry sugar or xylitol**, which is unsafe for cats as well, and kefir offers a cat no required nutrition.
**Cream is roughly 36% fat**, and cats tolerate fatty food poorly, so it can cause diarrhoea and even pancreatitis; cream also contains lactose, so it **should not be given as a treat**.
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