Understanding the behavior of the mininos is not easy. One of the great mysteries about his way of acting is why do cats eat grass and minutes later they vomit it? Perhaps it is no longer a question, some scientists believe they have the answer.
INTERNET SURVEY
An investigation, published in the journal Science Magazine , reports that a group of researchers surveyed more than a thousand cat owners on the Internet, who spent at least three hours a day watching and spending time with their feline.
As many cat owners suspected, eating plants is an extremely common behavior: 71% percent of the animals were caught on the spot, while only 11% were never observed engulfing vegetation.
Several online explanations share that this helps cats vomit when they feel sick. But only about a quarter of weed eaters were seen vomiting later, and 91% of respondents said their cat did not seem sick before taking plant material.
NATURAL LAXATIVE?
Vomiting is simply an occasional byproduct of eating grass, not the goal, say the researchers. Eating plants is instinctive and has an evolutionary benefit for felines, or at least used to, they report this week at the annual convention of the International Society of Applied Ethology in Bergen, Norway.
His theory, based on research on chimpanzees and other wild animals, is that grass ( grass) helps animals expel intestinal parasites by increasing muscle activity in the digestive tract, except for cats that no longer have these parasites
I wish the cats will talk
Finally, the authors of the research advise cat owners:
“BUY OR GROW SOME GRASS INSIDE YOUR HOUSE SO THAT YOUR CAT CHEWS IT. THIS WILL GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXERCISE THIS INNATE BEHAVIOR WITH A SAFE SOURCE OF NON-POISONOUS PLANT LIFE. ”
Green juice
Like breast milk, juices in the herb contain folic acid. This is an essential vitamin for a cat’s bodily functions and helps the production of hemoglobin, the protein that moves oxygen in the blood. Think of it as a green game for your feline kitten.