Dog Food For Cats??

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betty@inc.nospam.net - 14 Feb 2004 17:12 GMT

A cat rescue group I work with has been given a large donation of dog
food...Chicken Soup is the name of some of it. Can we add anything to
make it suitable for cats? Can we mix it with cat food?

It seems to be missing taurine for one ingredient. Taurine is available
in pill form, but, besides the work of pilling 50 or more cats every
day, it would be cheaper to buy cat food.

Betty

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Joe Canuck - 14 Feb 2004 19:01 GMT

> A cat rescue group I work with has been given a large donation of dog
> food...Chicken Soup is the name of some of it. Can we add anything to
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> Betty

Find a dog rescue group that has been given cat food and make a trade
with them.

Seriously, you'd be better off tryna sell the dog food or perhaps make a
trade for some cat food.

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Stormlady - 15 Feb 2004 05:22 GMT

> A cat rescue group I work with has been given a large donation of dog
> food...Chicken Soup is the name of some of it. Can we add anything to
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> Betty

I think that it would be safer to just not use it, Dog food just does not
meet the nutritional requirements of a cat and they can get very ill if fed
dog food for their diet. I would try to trade it and if that was not
possible, I would just give it away to some other organization and buy cat
food for the cats. In addition to the lack of Taurine, Dog food does not
have the required amount of protein for cats. Dags are more omniverous than
cats and this shows in their food, there are often largish portions of
veggies in it

Since it did not cost your organization, then you really aren't taking a
loss by giving it away right? better to be safe than sorry.

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