Are peanuts safe for a cat?

[Occulus]

Our cat has had peanut butter before, so I think it's ok, and he seems to love it. Are peanuts themselves safe?

Unshelled, of course. Just... a bag of nuts.

[Gelliebeans]

1. my cats eat peanut butter

and peanuts but not the salted ones bad for heart

[BigTad]

8. Mine too!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. I think so.

Mine takes chunks out of my peanut butter sandwiches every chance he gets. It's fun to watch him eat it, and it hasn't done him any harm.

[barb162]

4. they like margarine or butter more

suspect they like the butter taste in the peanut butter?

[Occulus]

6. ok good

Our cat, Merlin, ate a couple earlier. I was wondering if there was anything to worry about involving whole peanuts. Apparently not! He Hoovered 'em.

[Tom Kitten]

3. I've heard peanuts are ok

but chocolate is not! So don't offer them any Reeses peanut butter cups! Seriously...

My cats disdain people food entirely (even salmon) except for chicken, if I eat chicken they will practically crawl up my leg wanting some! Go figure!

[Gelliebeans]

5. I have 2 ragdolls

neither one of them likes people food except peanuts/peanut butter and string cheese and mashed potatos...they stick their noses in the air when it comes to meat...

[Tom Kitten]

12. Offer them some chicken for a mela sometime...

and I'm sure their tastes will change!

[Occulus]

7. yeah, chocolate is poisonous to cats

or is it some types of chocolate?

If I grow catgrass, will he leave alone my other plants and concentrate on the catgrass?

[pansypoo53219]

9. no

would my kitten eat the cat grass??? noooooo, the african violet is her prefered salad.
and the other kitten preffered 'playing in' his little patch of grass.

my cat loves the cookies i make and i made sugar cookies with coffee grounds in them and i asked the vet and never got an answer on caffeine.

[Gelliebeans]

10. its dark chocolate that is more toxic

and my "big girls" wouldn't touch cat nip or cat grass but go after my sago palms on the porch...btw just found out that aloe vera plant is on list of toxic plants for cats

[Occulus]

11. hehehe ok ok

so I guess I may have wasted my money. I haven't grown the seeds yet, so we'll see.

I guess I'm not important at the moment. He just walked past with nary a glance. It was like big ol' me wasn't even there.

Ah well.

[Rhiannon12866]

13. I know that chocolate is toxic to both cats and dogs

but I haven't heard that nuts are. Actually, my vet's assistant suggested that I could use peanut butter to get a pill into my dog, so I think that nuts must be okay. Just don't overdo it, as with anything else.:shrug: