My cat, belle, loves parmigiano reggiano cheese. am i slowly killing her with a chunk now and again?

Question

My cat, belle, loves parmigiano reggiano cheese. am i slowly killing her with a chunk now and again?

Answer 1

Cheese is made of milk, right? I don't think she should have any.

Answer 2

Probably not. My two cats like to eat black olives. I don't know why...

Answer 3

haha she has good taste.  The problem with giving cats dairy products is that after cats are weaned, they actually become lactose intolerant...so it may be giving her a stomache ache...  also, cows milk isn't particularly nutritious for any animal except, well, cows....  so it isn't very good for her, either.  But every once in a GREAT while will not kill her :)

Answer 4

Have never seen cheese on Dangerous Foods for cats so if she is not having diarrhea or other problems after eating the cheese, why not give her a small piece once in a while. I give my dogs ice cream.

Answer 5

I doubt it.

Unless she's having diarrhea or vomiting a little bit now and then is probably fine.  I wouldn't give her much but what you're describing sounds fine.

Some human food is dangerous: http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pag...

but in small amounts other things can be fine.  One of mine loves plain pasta.  IDK why.  But he's been eating a little bit here and there for months and he's fine.  The rest of his diet is good so it doesn't seem to hurt anything.