Cats can digest fish bones. The gastric acid in a cat's gastric juice and the digestive juice in the intestines can generally digest smaller fish bones. However, fish bones do not have any nutritional value to cats, and it is not recommended that cats eat fish bones. Moreover, if larger fish bones are swallowed by cats, they may get stuck in the throat and cause danger. Therefore, it is recommended that when feeding fish to cats, the fish bones should be removed first to avoid adverse consequences.

What to do if a cat accidentally eats fish bones:

1. Generally, cats can cough up fish bones. Cat owners must not force-feed their cats. Swallowing the fish bones is a very unscientific approach and may injure the cat's intestines and stomach.

2. If the cat stops coughing within a period of time, it usually means that the cat has coughed up fish bones. You can first check whether there are fish bones near the place where the cat coughed. If there are, then it will be fine. .

3. If the cat still coughs for a period of time, you must take the cat to the pet hospital as soon as possible and let a professional veterinarian help the cat remove the fish bones. Do not try to remove the fish bones by yourself. Fish bones, doing this may cause the fish bones to sink deeper and deeper.