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Originally posted by Melusine:
Maybe I'm being annoying but I do want to stress that you should take very good note of what your pet is eating and that it is very unhealthy and even health-threatening to feed your cat/dog/whatever food from your own plate. Their digestive systemn is not made for it and it can make them very ill or overweight.
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You're absolutely right Melusine. Animals are different to humans, and there are various things they can't eat.
Hamsters cannot have chocolate - it can kill them
Parrots & parakeets cannot have avocado or parsley, it can be fatal, and lettuce is toxic if fed over a period of time.
There is an ingredient in many processed cereal products which as a slight side effect makes humans sweat slightly - so slightly that it is not noticeable. However, feed it to an animal that doesn't sweat (dogs, cats, birds etc.) and their body temperature will rise which could cause illness or even death.
Anyway, lecture over!
There are plenty of things that will not do harm, especially in small quantities.
As a kid, I had a budgie that would eat anything I gave it, and it ocassionally had little bits of plain cookie as a treat, or wholemeal bread. I once gave it a slice of lemon though - very cruel, I know. He rushed over to it eagerly, took a nibble, and started rubbing his beak on the perch to get rid of the taste. I was only a child, and it didn't do him any damage, just tasted sour...
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