Sour cream? Okay for cats?

[Traci and Boomer]

I made chili the other night and left sour cream (low fat if that matters) on the kitchen table unattended. I turned around and saw Boomer eating it right out of the container. Eew. I love sour cream so I can see why he likes it.
Questions: is this okay for a diabetic? If so, can I use it to crush pills in? He's not been eating reliably in the last few days so I don't know 100% if he gets his meds. If I can give it to him in a dollup of sour cream I'll bet he'll gobble it up.

What do you think?

ETA- what about giving him the runs? Would it do that because it's a dairy product?

 

[Pam and Layla]

My cat loves sour cream. You can try the meds in the sour cream and maybe Boomer won't catch on to the trick

I've disguised meds in cheese whiz and also chili.

The sour cream shouldn't hurt him if you don't give too much too often. If I had to hide meds, my idea for my cat would be about 1 tsp max of the sour cream. Also - I'm thinking in terms of a measuring spoon teaspoon (versus silverware).

 

[Nancy and Cody]

I would be cautious about that. Dairy products have a lot of lactose (milk sugar).

As for carbs, the USDA database says sour cream has 9.8 grams of carbs/cup (16 tablespoons). Lowfat products usually have more because the removed fat increases the % of the remaining sugar.

Have you tried crumbling a bit of dehydrated chicken breast over his food. Yesterday (in a local pet boutique) I noticed a larger bag of 100% freeze dried chicken breast marketed to DOGS was A LOT cheaper than the identical product in a small bag marketed for cats. Mine go CRAZY for this stuff (and no lactose )