All Cats Eat Grass?

[fimm]

There's a cat comes to visit our garden sometimes. We call him/her "Friendly Cat". The other day (s)he appeared to be munching on some tall blades of grass.
Is this usual for cats? I thought they are carnivores.

[Basil]

Both dogs and cats eat grass as some sort of digestive cleansing.  They throw it up again quite soon.

[Jaded]

We had a cat that ate cake, bread, peas, broccoli and much more..l

[bobb]

The throwing up part helps them get rid of fur balls. Normal behaviour....

[Pingu]

Grass for indoor cats is available to buy.

[SteveC]

When we visited our Sam when he was still the care of the RSPCA, there was a tray of growing grass in his pen. It's obviously a good thing for them.

[Mrs Pingu]

Both dogs and cats eat grass as some sort of digestive cleansing.  They throw it up again quite soon.

Of course they eat it inside and then throw up in the house ..

[rogerzilla]

From experience, only about half of cats do the grass thing.

[Kim]

Some try to do the grass thing, but get as far as licking the grass and aren't sure what comes next.

[Pingu]

From experience, only about half of cats do the grass thing.

4 from 4 grass eaters here.

[fimm]

Thank you all.
(This thread will now be relocated to the "What I Have Learned Today" thread.)

[T42]

There's a cat comes to visit our garden sometimes. We call him/her "Friendly Cat". The other day (s)he appeared to be munching on some tall blades of grass.
Is this usual for cats? I thought they are carnivores.

All flesh is grass...

[slowfen]

Of course they do, how else can they throw up at will in your slippers

[spesh]

My cat did at least have the decency to barf in the kitchen. Most of the time...

[Flite]

All the cats we have housed have eaten grass.
And of course hunting cats get a useful amount of not-yet-digested vegetation from eating other small mammals.

[hellymedic]

Grass for indoor cats is available to buy.

I’m sure D bought some ‘cat grass’ seed at some point...