Can Cats Eat Apples?

• Not a substitute for professional veterinary help.

Whether you’re baking an apple pie or enjoying a crisp apple slice with peanut butter, apples are quite the diverse and satisfying fruit. Packed with vitamins and fiber, apples have long been a late-summer, early fall staple of our diets. But can your cat, the apple of your eye, enjoy this hearty fruit?

Apples may be filled with health benefits for us, but our feline friends have different digestive systems that process “human foods” quite differently. Some foods may be non-toxic or even beneficial to a cat’s diet, while other foods can cause issues and have long-term, lasting effects.