Pet cats and dogs can eat salt. For cats and dogs, salt belongs to the mineral category among the six major nutrients and is essential. However, it is not recommended to give cats too much salt. It is recommended that the daily intake should not exceed 20mg/kg body weight. Since cats and dogs have a relatively weak ability to metabolize salt, if they consume too much salt, it will accumulate in the kidneys, affect kidney function, and even lead to kidney failure, salt poisoning and other phenomena.

Refusing rumors about cats and dogs being poisoned by eating salt:

1. First of all, regarding kidney disease, only the European Federation of Veterinary Superior Schools has put forward some weak correlation speculations, then That is, when cats and dogs consume food with a salt content of more than 9.6% for a long time, it will cause a decrease in digestibility, indigestion, high hemoglobin, and a greater impact on the kidneys. However, please note that this is all just speculation, but Having said that, in normal life, who would feed cats and dogs food with a salt content exceeding 9.6% for a long time? Therefore, it is not true that eating salt will cause kidney failure in cats and dogs.

2. Secondly, regarding high blood pressure, many studies and analyzes have shown that regardless of whether the cat or dog is young or old, whether the kidneys are healthy or not, the amount of salt intake in the diet has no connection with the increase in blood pressure. .

3. Then, regarding heart disease, according to the experimental results conducted by experts so far, the amount of salt consumed in the diet will not have any impact on the myocardial function and anatomy parameters of cats and dogs. Effect, so there is no need to worry that eating salt will cause your pet to suffer from heart disease.

4. Finally, some people say that eating salt can cause urinary stones in cats and dogs, but in fact, the root cause of urinary stones in cats and dogs is insufficient drinking water. If they drink less water, they will urinate less frequently. The concentration of inorganic salts in the body will gradually increase, and the inorganic salts in the urine will precipitate and become urinary stones. Therefore, letting cats and dogs drink more water is an effective way to avoid urinary stones.