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"Stormmee" wrote

you are talking about torrine, sp? for the cats needs, i just
never
looked
into if the dog eating the cat food would hurt the dog, Lee

Thats it or close enough. Dog eating the cat food is harmless.


No, it is not harmless. Dog food doesn't contain enough protein
for
cats.
Cats couldn't eat enough dog food to meet their nutritional
requirements
because they would reach saiety long before their nutritional
requirements
were met.

Dog food also does not contain enough fat for cats. Thats why
dogs
get
fat
quickly when they eat cat food.


Cat eating
the dog food won't hurt them either as long as long as they get
enough
of
that stuff in the diet.

Feeding dog food to a cat would certainly would hurt the cat if
she
ate
it
for more than a few days.



It's pretty close on what both need, except that one added thing
the
cats
need

No, dog food is not close to cat food in nutrients cats require.

In addition to the lack of enough protein and fat, and the lack
of
taurine,
dog foods use beta-carotene as a source of Vitamin A. Cats cannot
convert
beta-carotene into vitamin A, and must have preformed vitamin-A.

Dog food also does not contain arachidonic acid - an essential
fatty
acid
for cats. Dog food contains linoleic acid from which dogs
synthesize
arachidonic acid. Cats cannot synthesize arachidonic acid from
linoleic
acid
and must obtain arachidonic acid in their diet.

Cats require more arginine than dogs because they lack an
intestinal
enzyme,
pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthase, required for synthesis of the
arginine
precursor, ornithine. Arginine is required for normal protein
synthesis
and
ammonia detoxification.

Cats have a higher requirements for B vitamins than dogs. Cat
foods
contain
at least twice the amounts of many B vitamins found in dog foods.

Bottom line-- cats are not small dogs. Feed cats cat food and
feed
dogs
dog
food.


http://maxshouse.com/feline_nutrition.htm

If only you guys could hear yourselves.......It would be hard to
believe.....How can feeding cat food to a dog hurt the (any) cat?
It's
the
dog eating the wrong food, you nitwits, not the cat.....

I was correcting the statement that "Cat eating the dog food won't
hurt
them
either....", nitwit. And yes, feeding cat food to a dog can hurt
the
dog.
Cat food contains more protein and fat which leads to obesity in
dogs,
nitwit.

So it comes down to your definition of, "hurt".


No- it comes down to feeding cat food to cats and dog food to dogs.
That
should be simple enough even for a babbling nitwit like you to
understand.

What I fail to understand is how the hell you (or anyone but a zoo
keeper)
can keep a dog from eating the cat food.


You fail to understand because you're a nitwit. If you can't figure out
how
to feed the cats where the dog
can't reach, then you're too dumb to have cats and dogs.



I had a beagle, and there was no
way I could keep him from eating any damn thing he pleased.


That's because the dog was smarter than you, nitwit. If you can't outsmart
a
dog, you'll *never* outsmart a cat!

At least I know the difference.....From the posts you guys were engaged in
above, I don't think either of you did, which is why I entered into this
conversation to begin with.....