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Why do cats bite pothos?

Pet Knowledge
This article is provided by Veterinarian Dr. James Brown
Cats may bite pothos out of curiosity, or they may have gastrointestinal discomfort and want to stimulate vomiting by eating grass. However, owners must be aware that pothos is poisonous to cats. Cats may suffer from vomiting, diarrhea, poor appetite or loss of appetite after eating pothos, and they may also develop dehydration and anemia later on. Therefore, in order to avoid this situation, it is recommended that people who raise cats should not have pothos in their homes. They can choose to plant cat grass at home. Cats eating it can promote the discharge of hair balls without fear of poisoning.

1. Curiosity

Cats are creatures that are full of curiosity about unknown things. Green grass is such an unknown thing to cats, so cats may bite green grass out of curiosity. leaves.

2. Stimulate vomiting

Because cats will lick their own hair at any time, it is inevitable that the cat will swallow the hair into its intestines and stomach. These hairs cannot be digested and absorbed, and the cat will It bites the leaves of pothos and eats fiber to induce vomiting and expel hair balls.

Note: In addition to pothos, azaleas, ivy, lilies, daffodils, hydrangea and other plants are poisonous to cats, so it is recommended that cat owners do not keep them. If you want to raise these flowers and plants, you should keep them separately from cats and keep them out of reach of cats.