CATDOLL : Can cats drink pure milk?

Cats cannot drink pure milk. Pure milk contains a lot of lactose, but cats do not have the enzyme to digest lactose, which can easily lead to lactose intolerance in cats. The lactose in milk cannot be fermented in the intestines and cannot be digested by the body. These indigestible lactose will cause bacteria to multiply, and will absorb water to cause diarrhea, resulting in soft stools, loose stools and other symptoms. If you want to supplement nutrition for adult cats, you should choose goat milk powder specially for cats.

The harm of milk to cats:

1. For kittens, the fat, protein and lactose content in milk is different from that in cat milk and cannot meet the nutritional needs of cats.

2. For weaned cats, they cannot digest the lactose in milk, which causes the lactose to enter the large intestine directly, causing diarrhea in cats. The fermentation of lactose in the large intestine will produce a large amount of gas, which will further cause abdominal distension and diarrhea in cats.

3. The fat chains in milk are long and not easily absorbed by cats, which can easily lead to volumetric diarrhea, which is fatal to cats, especially kittens.