Vegetables

Cats can eat a small amount as a low-calorie treat with some extra water content.

Cats are sensitive to glycoalkaloids, so leaves and green fruit must be avoided entirely; ripe flesh is not recommended as a routine treat either.

A steamed floret can serve as an occasional vegetable treat adding a little fibre and water.

A small amount of cooked pumpkin provides fibre and water and is usually well accepted.

An occasional hydrating treat; cats often enjoy the crisp texture.

Cats are obligate carnivores, so spinach offers no required nutrition and contains oxalate; with urinary disease common in cats, it is best avoided.

An occasional hydrating nibble with almost no calories, though many cats just bat it around.

A tiny piece of seeded, stemmed bell pepper can be offered as a trial treat with a little vitamin C.

An occasional low-calorie nibble that adds water and a little fibre.

A few cooked kernels make an occasional treat with a little fibre, although cats have no dietary need for grains.

A small amount of mashed cooked sweet potato adds fibre, and it is occasionally used by vets as a fibre source for mildly loose stools.

A small amount of cooked green bean adds fibre as an occasional vegetable treat.

Cats barely need vegetables, so a little thoroughly cooked eggplant is at most a novel nibble with some fibre.

Cats need no vegetables, so a little cooked chopped cabbage is at most a novel treat with some fibre.

Cats need no vegetables, so one tiny thoroughly cooked floret is at most a novel treat.

Cats do not need vegetables, so a little cooked yam is at most a novel treat with some fibre.

Cats have no need for vegetables, so a little thoroughly cooked lotus root is at most a novel treat with some fibre.

Cats do not need vegetables, so a little cooked okra is at most a novel treat with a bit of fibre.

Cats do not need vegetables, so a little cooked asparagus is at most a novel treat with some fibre.

Cats need no vegetables, so a small piece of cooked zucchini is at most a novel treat with a little water and potassium.

Cats need no vegetables, so one small piece of cooked chopped kale is at most a novel treat with a little fibre.

Cats do not need vegetables, so a little cooked beetroot is at most a novel treat with a bit of fibre.

Raw sprouts can carry bacteria for cats too, and cats are carnivores that have no need for vegetables, while the accompanying salt, oil and garlic add further risk.

Cucurbitacin-type compounds in bitter melon irritate a cat's gut too and can cause vomiting and diarrhoea; cats need no vegetables and have no reason to eat it.

Cats need no vegetables, so one small piece of thoroughly cooked chopped sprout is at most a novel treat with a little fibre.

Cats need no vegetables, so a short piece or two of cooked chopped pod is at most a novel treat with a little fibre.

Cats need no vegetables, so a teaspoon of cooked chopped cabbage is at most a novel treat that adds a little fibre.

Cats need no vegetables, so a small washed sprig of watercress is at most a novel treat that adds a little water.

Cats need no vegetables, so one small peeled, cooked piece of water chestnut is at most a novel treat with a little water and fibre.

Cats need no vegetables, so a teaspoon of cooked chopped greens is at most a novel treat with a little fibre.

Cats need no vegetables, so one small cooked piece of winter melon is at most a novel treat that adds water and a little fibre for almost no calories.

Cats need no vegetables, so a small piece of cooked chayote is at most a novel treat with a little water and fibre.

Raw bamboo shoots hold cyanogenic compounds (taxiphyllin) and coarse fibre that cause vomiting and diarrhoea in cats too, as heat must break them down; cats need no such vegetable, so **cook it through, chop it and offer only a tiny amount**.

The calcium oxalate needles and irritant proteins in raw taro sting a cat's mouth and throat, so raw or half-cooked taro is a food to avoid; cats need no such vegetable, and a thoroughly cooked peeled piece is at most a tiny novel treat.

Cats need no vegetables, so a teaspoon of cooked chopped leaves is at most a novel treat with a little fibre.

Raw alfalfa sprouts carry a high load of Salmonella and E. coli and cause the same diarrhoea in cats; cats have no need for sprouts, so a thoroughly cooked portion is at most a novel treat.

Cats need no vegetables, so a small piece of peeled, softly cooked burdock is at most a novel treat that adds a little dietary fibre.

Chicory greens give cats no nutrition, at most a small fibrous leaf to sniff at.

Endive offers cats no nutritional value, at most a small fibrous leaf to sniff at.

Cats need no vegetables, so one small cooked piece of raab is at most a novel treat and adds almost nothing they require.

As in dogs, cats can develop gastrointestinal and neurological signs after solanine exposure, and their smaller size lowers tolerance.

As in dogs, oxalate causes low blood calcium and kidney injury, and the risk is higher for smaller cats.