Can I dye my cat with food coloring? Are there any dangers?

When I was a kid, my sister and I used to dress up a couple of our cats in doll dresses when we were playing "house". Then we'd cradle them like babies and they'd fall asleep purring in our arms. It' hard to say who enjoyed this play more: us or the cats.

Realizing that not all cats would enjoy this treatment, keep in mind that at least they were dry and swaddled. So I went straight to the source and consulted my cat, Madonna, on this subject. In her feline opinion, no, the food dye will probably not harm her.

But more to the point, NO, she does NOT want to be dyed! She doesn't care if she's color blind or has no self awareness. She says she would much rather wear a stupid costume for a short time than get all wet and icky.

Consider the following concerns: 1) Both you and the cat could be injured in the dyeing process. Most cats don't like becoming wet and will scratch or bite to avoid being forced into a body of water. Restraining your cat could also cause injury to your animal.2) While there may be no physical harm to your pet, there may be a break of trust between you and your cat which could result in the animal "acting out" in unanticipated ways.

Urinating or defecating in inconvenient places might be one example. You mess with kitty's fur, kitty messes with your bed pillows, for example. Another unanticipated consequence could be that your cat will over-groom - trying to clean it's fur to the point of removing largish patches and/or having continuous hair-ball problems.2) If you are really set on this course of action, be sure to "test" a small patch of fur with the dye *at least* 24 hours in advance of a larger dyeing process.

You want to watch for rashes and also watch for how your cat acts in regard to this change. Even though we are talking about food coloring, there could be an allergic reaction.3) Just because it is food coloring does *not* mean that it will easily wash out or dissipate. You may have a "designer" cat for a lot longer than you might think especially since kitty will probably be very wary of letting you close enough to grab and douse again.

Personally, I think this is a *really* bad idea and I see some strong potential negatives. If you and the cat have a good relationship now, this may significantly alter that and require a long time to rebuild a sense of trust. If you and the cat do NOT have a good relationship now, this will definitely worsen it and probably destroy any possibility of forming a trust-based relationship.In my opinion, this seems to be a selfish plan for a short-term goal (Halloween?

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Yes you can. There are a number of ways to "paint" cats, and dogs for that matter. You have to use something nontoxic, and food coloring is non-toxic.

But, it is not designed to wash off easily. Cats (and dogs) do not mind being colored. There are several reasons.

They are not visually self aware, they fail the "mirror test" and cannot realize that they are looking at themselves. Their color vision is very limited, somewhat like a color-blind human. And of course, they don't have any particular reason to mind since it does not hurt or disadvantage them.

They may even like the extra attention it gets them.

It's fine, though dye made for animals is better.

I agree with Windowshopping. If I even walk toward my cats with something and they suspect they are going to have something done to them they freak out! I have heard of cats freaking out so bad that they have had heart attacks and died.

I wouldn't take the chance for a little entertainment. A very good call windowshopping.

According to a post on CNN Susan Davis a certificed nutritionist who creatyed a holistic diet for animals states that when reading labels for pet food try to avoid anything containing BHT, BHA and food coloring. Here is the link.... Scroll down to scrutinizing pet food labels.

Consider that your cat might get some type of rash from the dye. As it is a animal and also consider why your doing this in the first place, is it to make it look like something for halloween? Im sure there is a alternative.

Send more details, Ill be able to give a better answer. Thanks Mike!

I would recommend that you not do that because that can cause your cat to die or just walk around looking a hot mess so I would advice you not to do that.

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