Is it normal for cats to throw up after they eat cat grass? If so why do they do this?

Yes cats eat grass. Sometimes the grass blades are long and it make them throw up.

""A Cat Eating Grass is a Healthy Cat

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Eating cat grass can also help your cat in another important way -- to cough up fur balls. Yep, that's another reason your cat need grass it helps a cat cough up fur balls that develop in their stomach as a result of all that grooming. "

" Cats use grass as a laxative to enable them to pass hairballs lodged in their intestines.

Cats eat grass to make them vomit up hairballs.

Cats eat grass because they are feeling sick and this makes them vomit, getting rid of poisons.

Cats eat grass to relieve inflammation of their throats.

Cats eat grass to relieve stomach ache.

Cats eat grass to add roughage to their diets. "

All cats including wild species eat grass. I was once told that it helps them to bring up fur balls but I've found it's not always just for that. I think sometimes they just eat too much or they eat it when they are feeling unwell.

At least by providing them with grass you are less likely to have a cat that eats house-plants that could be poisonous.

Grass has a cathartic effect on cats. It helps them throw up a hairball or anything else that might be irritating their stomach so yes, it is normal for them to throw up after eating grass.

Grass is the cat equivlent of medicine. If a cat feels poorly, or needs to throw up, the grass allows them to do so.

I take my 4 month old kitten out for play time each day and instead of playing he just eats grass non stop...then of course as soon as he is back in the house he throws it up! It's their way of cleansing their systems a bit I think.

They eat grass to help with an upset stomach.

Yes it's normal they might just want a bit of help to get rid of hair balls or perhaps feel that something they have eaten just doesn't agree with them. The usually eat long bits of grass this seams to work better.

yes that is why they eat grass so they can clean there stomaches it keeps them healthy

Well im not sure but i heard they do it when their stomach hurts so they want to throw up .

Its an animal thing. They enjoy (dunno why) eating grass regardless that every household pet throws up right after.