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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / July 2008Tuna bad for cats?
My aunt, who is a nurse and a cat-fancier, was over at my place the other day and saw the cans of tuna cat food I had. She told me that tuna was actually bad for cats--male cats in particular. Is this true? I would have thought that even if it was, it would apply only to canned, "pure" tuna; I would have thought that cat food tuna would be processed to remove anything harmful.  SignatureChris Meadows aka | WWW: http://www.terrania.us | Somebody Robotech_Master | ICQ: 5477383 AIM: RoboMastr | help, I'm robotech.master@gmail.com | Skype, LJ-Gizmo: Robotech_Master | trapped in robotech@eyrie.org | Yahoo: robotech_master_2000 | a sig file! canned tuna and fish have high levels of mercury in them yes it is bad but not in small amount as a snack male or female it does not matter > My aunt, who is a nurse and a cat-fancier, was over at my place the > other day and saw the cans of tuna cat food I had. She told me that [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > canned, "pure" tuna; I would have thought that cat food tuna would be > processed to remove anything harmful. > canned tuna and fish have high levels of mercury in them yes it is > bad but not in small amount as a snack > male or female it does not matter I gather it had something to do with high levels of ash being bad for the bladder or something. SignatureChris Meadows aka | WWW: http://www.terrania.us | Somebody Robotech_Master | ICQ: 5477383 AIM: RoboMastr | help, I'm robotech.master@gmail.com | Skype, LJ-Gizmo: Robotech_Master | trapped in robotech@eyrie.org | Yahoo: robotech_master_2000 | a sig file! >> canned tuna and fish have high levels of mercury in them yes it is >> bad but not in small amount as a snack [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >I gather it had something to do with high levels of ash being bad for >the bladder or something. If your cat is a total tuna fiend, have you considered a pet food brand like Almo Nature? -- amicalement, Daniel http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/ > My aunt, who is a nurse and a cat-fancier, was over at my place the > other day and saw the cans of tuna cat food I had. She told me that [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > canned, "pure" tuna; I would have thought that cat food tuna would be > processed to remove anything harmful. According to my (very smart) vet tuna is ok in small doses, and never use the kind for humans. It could be a problem if fed all the time, so for years I've given it as a treat once every 2-3 weeks. Bobble Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:44:54 +0200 (CEST) from bobblespin <bobble@bobble.ca>: > According to my (very smart) vet tuna is ok in small doses, and never use > the kind for humans. Why not the kind for humans? SignatureStan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... > Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:44:54 +0200 (CEST) from bobblespin > <bobble@bobble.ca>: >> According to my (very smart) vet tuna is ok in small doses, and never >> use the kind for humans. > > Why not the kind for humans? too much salt. Bobble Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:06:08 +0200 (CEST) from bobblespin <bobble@bobble.ca>: > > Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:44:54 +0200 (CEST) from bobblespin > > <bobble@bobble.ca>: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > too much salt. Thanks -- makes sense. SignatureStan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... I certainly hope it isn't bad for cats, because so far tuna flavors are the only canned food Miss Kitty will eat. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:16:43 -0400 from Janet <boxhill@maine.rr.com>: > I certainly hope it isn't bad for cats, because so far tuna flavors are the > only canned food Miss Kitty will eat. Of course there's always *real* tuna, by which I mean an actual hunk of fish. :-) Much to my amazement, in the last few days I've cooked both shrimp and salmon and Milo the Express Cat was not a pest about either one. In yeas gone by, whenever anything vaguely fishy was in the kitchen, Dexter the Wonder Cat would be all over me begging for some. Milo is quite content with his Purina. SignatureStan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... > My aunt, who is a nurse and a cat-fancier, was over at my place the > other day and saw the cans of tuna cat food I had. She told me that [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > canned, "pure" tuna; I would have thought that cat food tuna would be > processed to remove anything harmful. http://maxshouse.com/Tuna_and_Cats_Nutritional_Facts.htm >> My aunt, who is a nurse and a cat-fancier, was over at my place the >> other day and saw the cans of tuna cat food I had. She told me that [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >http://maxshouse.com/Tuna_and_Cats_Nutritional_Facts.htm But is the above info for people tuna or "Tuna cat food" as the original poster posted asking about?!?! The way I read and understood the above web site it was talking about people tuna and not "Tuna cat food". I could be wrong and if so am sorry. One thing I find about these news groups is that people do not take time and really read and understand some of the posts before they reply such as the one above asking about tuna cat food and thus reply with info that is not what the poster is not asking about so it not not really answering their question or helping them. People see certain words and zero in on them such as tuna, milk, cheese, shelters, declaw. ETC and never give the poster what they are really asking about such as tuna cat food versus people tuna. Just my opinion. Sorry. Now everyone can get on my case and blacklist me or whatever but I have seen the above happen several times. > >http://maxshouse.com/Tuna_and_Cats_Nutritional_Facts.htm > > One thing I find about these news groups is that people do not take > time and really read and understand some of the posts before they Another thing I found out about these newsgroups is there's always a whining netcop who can't resist an opportunity to complain about something. Have you noticed that, too? > not really answering their question or helping them. ...and your post did? lol > > not really answering their question or helping them. > > ...and your post did? lol Hmm, here I was hoping that you would provide an answer in your response, so I wouldn't have to ask myself. That page you provided gives information for "human" canned tuna. It doesn't include a discussion of tuna cat food, which would presumably be formulated to be more nutritious to cats. Is it? What about the ash problem? (Which, oddly, I didn't see mentioned even for the "human" tuna page, unless it was named something else and I'm not aware of that.) Does human tuna have too much of it? Does cat food with "real tuna" in it have high levels of the stuff too? SignatureChris Meadows aka | WWW: http://www.terrania.us | Somebody Robotech_Master | ICQ: 5477383 AIM: RoboMastr | help, I'm robotech.master@gmail.com | Skype, LJ-Gizmo: Robotech_Master | trapped in robotech@eyrie.org | Yahoo: robotech_master_2000 | a sig file! > > > not really answering their question or helping them. > > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > It doesn't include a discussion of tuna cat food, which would > presumably be formulated to be more nutritious to cats. Is it? Yes. Cat food containing tuna is fine because the nutrients are balanced for the feline physiology. > What about the ash problem? (Which, oddly, I didn't see mentioned > even for the "human" tuna page, That's because the term "ash" itself has no meaning. There is no "ash" in cat food- or human food for that matter. Ash isn't an ingredient, its an *analysis* that has been perverted into an advertising gimmick by pet food manufacturers Actually, ash is the total noncombustible material of the diet, determined by burning a portion of the diet for 2 hours at 600 C and weighing the residue. IOW, ash refers to all noncombustible components of a diet- which includes most of the mineral content *without* regard to the specific elements present. Some components of ash may be important in the development of FLUTD, but the term ash itself is of no value. A cat food can be low in "ash" and still high in magnesium- and vice-versa- low in magnesium but high in "ash" (mostly other minerals) |
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