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Can cats not eat pork?
Quite clearly, cat food seems to be derived not from what cats would
eat but from what humans eat: beef, chicken, turkey, tuna, etc. However, I also notice a conspicuous absence of one very popular and common human staple from cat foods: pork. Why is that? Can cats not eat pork? Is it harmful to them? |
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Ajanta wrote: Quite clearly, cat food seems to be derived not from what cats would eat but from what humans eat: beef, chicken, turkey, tuna, etc. However, I also notice a conspicuous absence of one very popular and common human staple from cat foods: pork. Why is that? Can cats not eat pork? Is it harmful to them? A pig is a filthy animal Sure bacon tastes good, and yeah sewer rat might taste like pumpkin pie but a SWINE is still a filthy animal I mean, what other animal rolls in it's own feces.. Just my thought on it |
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whitershadeofpale wrote: Ajanta wrote: Quite clearly, cat food seems to be derived not from what cats would eat but from what humans eat: beef, chicken, turkey, tuna, etc. However, I also notice a conspicuous absence of one very popular and common human staple from cat foods: pork. Why is that? Can cats not eat pork? Is it harmful to them? A pig is a filthy animal Sure bacon tastes good, and yeah sewer rat might taste like pumpkin pie but a SWINE is still a filthy animal I mean, what other animal rolls in it's own feces.. Just my thought on it No yours, Jules'. -L. |
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whitershadeofpale wrote:
: A pig is a filthy animal My point was, pork is sold for human consumption. Why is it absent from canned cat food? |
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Ajanta wrote: whitershadeofpale wrote: : A pig is a filthy animal My point was, pork is sold for human consumption. Why is it absent from canned cat food? Your point has been duly noted and has been taken into consideration; uuuhiiiii think you're up to something.. JUST say it. You fed your cat a pork chop now that cat is sleepy as hell and you're scared |
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whitershadeofpale wrote:
: JUST say it. : : You fed your cat a pork chop now that cat is sleepy as hell and you're : scared Would be funny but no, nothing exciting like that! I just notices that commercial cat food cans mention beef, chicken, turkey, tuna, fish, shrimp, mackerel, trout, crab, lobster, duck, ..., wheat, corn, rice, tomato, ... only not pork! There must be a reason. |
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"Ajanta" wrote in message ... whitershadeofpale wrote: : JUST say it. : : You fed your cat a pork chop now that cat is sleepy as hell and you're : scared Would be funny but no, nothing exciting like that! I just notices that commercial cat food cans mention beef, chicken, turkey, tuna, fish, shrimp, mackerel, trout, crab, lobster, duck, ..., wheat, corn, rice, tomato, ... only not pork! There must be a reason. I have never noticed this before. I wonder if it is because of the trichiwhois worm that lives in raw pork, the one that can cause such problems if the meat is not cooked at high enough temperatures? |
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Ajanta wrote in message ... whitershadeofpale wrote: : JUST say it. : : You fed your cat a pork chop now that cat is sleepy as hell and you're : scared Would be funny but no, nothing exciting like that! I just notices that commercial cat food cans mention beef, chicken, turkey, tuna, fish, shrimp, mackerel, trout, crab, lobster, duck, ..., wheat, corn, rice, tomato, ... only not pork! There must be a reason. Perhaps it's simply that scraps go into making cat/dog food, and all pork scraps go instead, into sausage and the like... ~C |
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Do we know that pork really is absent from cat food? I mean maybe, just
maybe the companies put pork in as filler (as was said pigs are filthy animals), but don't say anything? Except the one that's PORK on the label. Just a thought. -- "Other than telling us how to live, think, marry, pray, vote, invest, educate our children and now, die, I think the Republicans have done a fine job of getting government out of our personal lives." "whitershadeofpale" wrote in message oups.com... Ajanta wrote: whitershadeofpale wrote: : A pig is a filthy animal My point was, pork is sold for human consumption. Why is it absent from canned cat food? Your point has been duly noted and has been taken into consideration; uuuhiiiii think you're up to something.. JUST say it. You fed your cat a pork chop now that cat is sleepy as hell and you're scared |
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alt4 wrote: Do we know that pork really is absent from cat food? I mean maybe, just maybe the companies put pork in as filler (as was said pigs are filthy animals) As was INCORRECTLY said! Pigs are no "filthier" than any other animals (including humans). Because they were often kept in appalling conditions and, being omnivores, were frequently fed on garbage (until FDA regulations came along to forbid it) they've gotten a bad rap, but did anyone ever ask the pigs? They may enjoy a good wallow in mud, but they apparently enjoy a good hosing down with clean water, too. |
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