Pomelo

Cats are especially sensitive to citrus oils, and the limonene in the peel and essential oil can cause drooling, vomiting and lethargy, while the acidic flesh also irritates the gut; pomelo is sugary, so cats are best not fed it at all.

Drooling, vomiting, diarrhoea, poor appetite, lethargy, hiding.

Stop feeding and **contact a vet immediately**; treat peel or essential oil exposure as a poisoning and do not induce vomiting at home.

Cats need no fruit and pomelo adds nothing they require; keep citrus oils, peel scraps and diffuser residue locked away, and keep any treat within about 10% of daily energy intake.

Pomelo is a citrus fruit, and the peel, pith, seeds and essential oil carry citric acid and limonene that irritate the mouth and gut and may depress the nervous system in larger amounts; a little flesh usually causes only mild upset.

Drooling, lip licking, vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal discomfort, poor appetite; heavy peel or oil exposure can bring lethargy and unsteady walking.

If only a small piece of flesh was eaten, stop feeding and watch; **contact a vet immediately** if peel, pith, seeds or essential oil were swallowed, and never induce vomiting at home.

Pomelo is sugary, so only a very small piece is ever appropriate; never feed the peel, pith, seeds or leaves, keep citrus oils and peel scraps out of reach, and skip it for overweight or diabetic dogs, with treats inside about 10% of daily energy intake.