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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / September 2007Why is tuna bad for cats?
Just wondering, thanks, C all fish have levels of mercury. Cats systems are slow in processing stuff like this and it > Just wondering, thanks, C http://www.aspca.org/aspcablog/2006/06/ask-apcc-can-canned-tuna-fish-be-fed.html Can canned tuna fish be fed to cats? Mine loves the smell and desperately wants it, but I heard that tuna contains mercury. -Jo P. An occasional tuna treat given to your cat is probably relatively harmless. It's true that mercury is often present in tuna, and at low levels, this may not be a problem. But if tuna is fed nearly exclusively, it could potentially pose significant problems >Can canned tuna fish be fed to cats? Mine loves the smell and desperately >wants it, but I heard that tuna contains mercury. >-Jo P. I give mine a small can of tuna a week for 4 cats plus they like milk and cheese also which the get on occassion as a treat but yet people will tell you that it is not good for them. I find that it varies from cat to cat. Milk and cheese will effect some and not others but to make a blanket statement (Which most people do) that it is bad for them is hogwash. It has never bothered mine and they have had it as a treat since I got them as kittens. The thing is MODERATION !!!! If I gave them all they wanted everyday then it might effect them badly. ANYTHING to extreme is wrong whether it be pets, people, ETC. Including fish that are raised in tanks? They do that now, don't they? Sue > all fish have levels of mercury. Cats systems are slow in processing stuff > like this and it [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > not be a problem. But if tuna is fed nearly exclusively, it could > potentially pose significant problems  Signature8^)~ Sue (remove the x to email) ~~~~ I reserve the absolute right to be smarter today than I was yesterday. -Adlai Stevenson As seen on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/wacvet http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/ http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/ http://www.intergnat.com/pussygames/ Phil has a details on it at his site. You can check it out it has certain keys ingredients that are deficient and others are excessive http://maxshouse.com/Tuna_and_Cats_Nutritional_Facts.htm > Including fish that are raised in tanks? They do that now, don't > they? [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> not be a problem. But if tuna is fed nearly exclusively, it could >> potentially pose significant problems also forgot to add fish lacks proper levels of taurine which is required in a feline's diet > Just wondering, thanks, C I think the human analogy would be that anything you like that much _must_ be bad for you. :-) -Mark > Just wondering, thanks, C As I recall, there's no reason why tuna should be bad for cats. However, tuna sold on tins/cans for consumption by homo sapiens tends to contain other things such as salt or oil, which isn't good for cats. Well, that's what I tell him, anyway. SignatureDave not-me should be djw401 and there's no need for any wossname > As I recall, there's no reason why tuna should be bad for cats. However, > tuna sold on tins/cans for consumption by homo sapiens tends to contain > other things such as salt or oil, which isn't good for cats. Oil is bad?? >> As I recall, there's no reason why tuna should be bad for cats. However, >> tuna sold on tins/cans for consumption by homo sapiens tends to contain >> other things such as salt or oil, which isn't good for cats. >> > Oil is bad?? It would depend on what kind of oil, I'd guess. There could be a risk of it having a laxative effect. SignatureDave not-me should be djw401 and there's no need for any wossname > Just wondering, thanks, C High levels of mercury that a cat's system can't process so it gets stored and builds up in the fatty tissue and will slowly poison a cat to death. Also, cats need taurine. Also, cats are carnivores and evolved to eat red meat, not fish. However, when I had problems getting enough fluids into my 17-yr-old with CRF, I occasionally let her have the water from tuna canned in spring water. Hugs, CatNipped > Just wondering, thanks, C ok apart from what everyone else has told you here already, feeding too much tuna can cause a vitamin E deficiency in the cat (it contains something which inhibits the cats ability to absorb and use the vitamin E from it's food) and it can also cause a rather serious skin condition called steatitis where the cats skin becomes very thing and ultra sensitive (from what i understand) I am sure that giving occasional treat of tuna is ok, i do it to mine, but not that often, and never instead of a proper diet of commercial cat food which is usually balanced for nutrients etc. bookie |
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