Onscreen and on the page, milk is portrayed as the ideal food for cats. It's a favorite of the titular cat Tom in the popular cartoon “Tom and Jerry" and the family of posh cats in the 1970 Disney ...

In the 1970 Disney movie The Aristocats, the genteel felines enjoy a bowl of milk from time to time. Other cartoons depict cats enjoying bowls of full-fat dairy, a privilege that some humans know ...

Cartoons and movies have always shown a cat's amiable relation with milk. A cat licking milk from a bowl looks harmless but the truth might surprise everyone. Not all cats digest milk safely. Some ...

We like to imagine cats lapping up a saucer of milk with delight. It's an image we see everywhere, from children's books to vintage advertisements. But, charming as it is, this image is based on a ...

Cats have a long history with humans, going back more than 9,000 years. Attracted to human settlements by the rodents that plagued (sometimes literally) our ancestors, cats ingratiated themselves as ...

Also, since milk has a high fat content, PDSA compares drinking milk to a cat as 'a human being is eating a whole 12-inch (about 30 cm) pizza.' Therefore, Dougray pointed out that overdrinking can ...

If you’ve ever read children’s books where there’s a cat happily slurping milk from a saucer, you’re probably wondering, Can cats drink milk? It’s a common question for a reason: We love our feline ...

In his 1877 book on cats, Scottish doctor Gordon Stables insisted cats need two bowls – “one for water and the other for milk” – and suggested porridge and milk as an excellent feline breakfast ...