What happens if a cat eats too much salt?

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Too much salt burdens a cat’s kidney metabolism and can damage the urinary system, causing bladder or ureter stones and blockages. Regularly eating salty food also makes a cat picky, refusing healthy plain food and hurting nutrition. Excess salt harms coat quality, causing rough, dull, shedding fur, and can lead to tear stains, bad breath and drooling from heat. Cat food already provides enough salt, so avoid giving salty human food.

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