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Question about fish in cat food
"Dan M" wrote in message ... On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:26:11 +0000, Christina Websell wrote: We are very lucky nowadays that cat foods are available in many forms, kitten foods, senior foods etc Makes you wonder how they ever survived on the scraps they had many moons ago. Obviously they did or we wouldn't have their descendants. Tweed Indeed. I'm guessing that the occasional bird or vole must have helped make up for any deficiencies they might have had. Cats were never fed at least in the 20's when my grandmother had one. They were expected to live on the mice and rats they caught in return for their home. I told Boyfie about that when he was his own bedroom on his own duvet. He sez he did catch some very small ratties a while ago and that should be enuff. Tweed |
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Question about fish in cat food
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shouted to everyone in earshot, JB wrote: provided feed might reduce the amount of ocean life that the fish eat, but I wouldn't expect it to entirely replace their natural diet. But (I would assume) they would be feeding them food that doesn't have mercury in it. Maybe I shouldn't assume that... rereading what I wrote, I guess could have been more clear. what I meant to suggest was that the feed from the farm would be mercury-free and would therefore probably lower the amount of mercury in a farmed fish vs. wild-caught, but I also didn't want to assume that the fish would be eating no mercury-laced natural diet at all. I don't have a good idea of how significant the effect of the farm feed is on a fish's mercury content. That's disgusting. The food industry puts corn (in one form or another) in *everything*. Not healthy for cats or humans. yeah, it's an obnoxious practise. and I really have nothing against corn, but I'd still just as soon not have it in stuff where corn isn't the point of the product. |
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JB wrote:
In , shouted to everyone in earshot, JB wrote: provided feed might reduce the amount of ocean life that the fish eat, but I wouldn't expect it to entirely replace their natural diet. But (I would assume) they would be feeding them food that doesn't have mercury in it. Maybe I shouldn't assume that... rereading what I wrote, I guess could have been more clear. what I meant to suggest was that the feed from the farm would be mercury-free and would therefore probably lower the amount of mercury in a farmed fish vs. wild-caught, but I also didn't want to assume that the fish would be eating no mercury-laced natural diet at all. I don't have a good idea of how significant the effect of the farm feed is on a fish's mercury content. I have heard that farmed fish are better for that reason, but that they're not as good for just about any other reason. That's disgusting. The food industry puts corn (in one form or another) in *everything*. Not healthy for cats or humans. yeah, it's an obnoxious practise. and I really have nothing against corn, but I'd still just as soon not have it in stuff where corn isn't the point of the product. I love corn on the cob, but yeah. "New! Chocolate ice cream! *Now with corn*!!" (Unfortunately, that's not just an absurd joke.) -- Joyce I want freedom, the right to self expression, everyone's right to beautiful radiant things. -- Emma Goldman |
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Question about fish in cat food
On 16 Dec 2011 22:06:10 GMT, Dan M wrote:
Years ago I did foster care for a cat rescue group and routinely used canned mackeral when socializing fearful or feral cats. I was told that a regular diet of fish was bad because it leached calcium from the bones and could soften them. FWIW. I wonder if fish contains appropriate levels of taurine? If not, that would certainly be a good reason to not feed too much of it. Canned fish contains NO taurine unless it was added to it for catfood purposes. Which is why it would be very bad for a cat to eat it and nothing else. |
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On 2011-12-16, wrote:
wrote: On 16 Dec 2011 20:54:40 GMT, wrote: Common wisdom among people who know something about feline nutrition is that cats should't be fed fish too often. But a question about it from a friend made me realize that I'm not sure why. Years ago I did foster care for a cat rescue group and routinely used canned mackeral when socializing fearful or feral cats. I was told that a regular diet of fish was bad because it leached calcium from the bones and could soften them. Do you think this could be true for dogs, too? I know that cats and dogs have some different nutritional requirements, but something like calcium being leached from bones seems like it would apply to dogs and cats, and humans, for that matter. (But that's just a theory, I don't actually know.) Food isn't leached from bones by food, but on a diet with too little calcium your body will use calcium stored in your bones to make up the difference. Diets containing too much phosphorus can interfere with calcium metabolism. Minerals go in and out of your bones all your life. Bud |
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"JB" wrote I really have nothing against corn, but I'd still just as soon not have it in stuff where corn isn't the point of the product. Especially not GMO corn - which is now the most prevalent kind in food products. |
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Question about fish in cat food
Kajikit wrote:
On 16 Dec 2011 20:54:40 GMT, wrote: Common wisdom among people who know something about feline nutrition is that cats should't be fed fish too often. But a question about it from a friend made me realize that I'm not sure why. Is it because of the presence of mercury in (wild) fish? Is that also the reason why one shouldn't feed a cat too much tuna, or is that a separate issue? Also, does anyone know whether farmed fish has a lower mercury content? I would expect it to since they have more control over the water. Thanks. I read not to feed cats more than the occasional treat of peoplefood tuna because they like it too much and it doesn't have any kitty vitamins added to it - a lot of cats will choose it in preference to their actual catfood, and their health will suffer. I was asking more about fish-based cat food, you know, "salmon and herring flavor" and stuff like that. I don't feed my cats a diet of people food, although Roxy always manages to con a few pieces of meat from me when I'm eating dinner. -- Joyce Anyone who has accustomed himself to regard the life of any living creature as worthless is in danger of arriving also at the idea of worthless human lives. -- Albert Schweitzer |
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