# Is spinach bad for my cats?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 11, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-spinach-bad-for-my-cats/228552 "2004-02-11T00:33:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![quelquechose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/6f9a4e/32.png) [@quelquechose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quelquechose)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-spinach-bad-for-my-cats/228552/1 "2004-02-11T00:33:01Z")

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My cats love spinach almost as much as cat treats, is it okay for them to eat it?

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**Author:** ![Thylacinewas\_taken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@Thylacinewas\_taken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacinewas_taken)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-spinach-bad-for-my-cats/228552/2 "2004-02-11T16:46:56Z")

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[http://petplace.netscape.com/articles/artShow.asp?artID=1764](http://petplace.netscape.com/articles/artShow.asp?artID=1764) says:

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> Plants. Many common household plants are poisonous to cats. They range from lily-of-the-valley and daffodils to rhododendron and hydrangea. Eating them causes symptoms ranging from stomach upset to convulsions or death. For more information about poisonous plants see the related article “Plants Your Cat Shouldn’t Eat.”  
> You can also contact the American Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animal’s National Animal Poison Control Center, 1717 South Philo Road, Suite #36, Urbana, Ill. 61802 for a copy of their publication listing toxic, potentially toxic, and non-toxic plants. Enclose a check for $15 payable to NAPCC.
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> If your cat enjoys eating greens, try supplying her with a pot of grass to satisfy her cravings.

Here is another similar article:  
[http://petplace.netscape.com/Articles/artShow.asp?artID=232](http://petplace.netscape.com/Articles/artShow.asp?artID=232)  
My Schnurri likes to eat vegetables once in a while. He’s eaten green beans and lettuce and some others, and it seems fine. I think the best tip from those articles is to plant some grass for your cat… She’ll get her fill of greens and you won’t have to give her spinach.

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**Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-spinach-bad-for-my-cats/228552/3 "2004-03-13T21:43:21Z")

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I didn’t find spinach here, but there are several plants that aren’t toxic to cats. There is also a page on the site of the 50000 plants that are toxic to cats.  
[http://www.cfainc.org/articles/plants-non-toxic.html](http://www.cfainc.org/articles/plants-non-toxic.html)

My cat has eaten some of the toxic things(dalpheniums for sure) and puked them out soon after. I think if your cat is eating the spinach and not puking, there isn’t any harm in it.