Passion Fruit

The strong acid in passion fruit irritates a cat's mouth and gut, causing drooling, vomiting or loose stools, while the rind and seeds are hard to digest and carry choking and obstruction risks, so cats are best not fed it.

Drooling, lip licking, vomiting, loose stools or diarrhoea, poor appetite, lethargy and hiding.

Stop feeding and **contact a vet immediately**; do not induce vomiting at home or give any human medicine if vomiting, diarrhoea or lethargy continues.

Cats need no fruit and passion fruit adds nothing they require; juice, sweetened jam and sugary drinks are all unsuitable, and any treat should stay within about 10% of daily energy intake.

Passion fruit pulp is strongly acidic and can irritate the mouth and gut, causing drooling, vomiting or loose stools; the rind and seeds are hard to digest and a whole fruit can choke or block the gut, so take only a little pulp with the seeds removed.

Drooling, lip licking, vomiting, loose stools or diarrhoea, abdominal discomfort, poor appetite; after a lot of rind or seeds, retching, repeated swallowing and lethargy.

Stop feeding and **contact a vet immediately**; do not induce vomiting at home or give any human medicine if vomiting, diarrhoea or lethargy continues.

Juice drinks and sweetened jam are both acidic and sugary and are unsuitable; keep passion fruit to a tiny garnish within about 10% of daily energy intake, and skip it for dogs with reflux or a sensitive gut.