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Taurine
I found this link and thought it might interest some of you:
http://www.serve.com/BatonRouge/taurine_chmr.htm |
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"PawsForThought" wrote in message oups.com... Good article, Mary. You might also want to check out www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/taurine.php That really is a good one. One thing that jumps out at me is that raw meats have lots, baked have less, and boiled has the least of all. It must boil away in the water. Thanks, Lauren! I am building quite a nice file on cat nutrition. |
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Mary wrote:
"PawsForThought" wrote in message oups.com... Good article, Mary. You might also want to check out www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/taurine.php That really is a good one. One thing that jumps out at me is that raw meats have lots, baked have less, and boiled has the least of all. It must boil away in the water. Thanks, Lauren! I am building quite a nice file on cat nutrition. I found this interesting in this one: "A deficiency of Taurine in cats will cause Central Retinal Degeneration (eye lesions) resulting in total blindness within two years if the deficiency is not remedied, Dilated Cardiomyopathy (enlargement of the heart's chambers resulting in thinner, weaker heart walls) and reduced reproduction in queens and growths in kittens." I have kind of assumed that Jasper likely went blind because of a taurine deficiency. For the past several years with his former owner, it seems that he was eating a mostly human diet...food from old lady Virginia's plate. When lucky, he would get a packet of Friskies. Not that Friskies is some great cat food, but at least it is cat food and has some taurine in it!!! Also, one of the things that was noticed in Jasper's ultrasound was that he had a slightly enlarged heart. This would also seemingly go hand in hand with the taurine deficiency. Poor Jasper. (as he sits on the floor purring after a long petting session by daddy) (heh. heh. heh.) Pam |
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"kitkat" wrote in message om... "PawsForThought" wrote in message oups.com... www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/taurine.php I found this interesting in this one: "A deficiency of Taurine in cats will cause Central Retinal Degeneration (eye lesions) resulting in total blindness within two years if the deficiency is not remedied, Dilated Cardiomyopathy (enlargement of the heart's chambers resulting in thinner, weaker heart walls) and reduced reproduction in queens and growths in kittens." I have kind of assumed that Jasper likely went blind because of a taurine deficiency. For the past several years with his former owner, it seems that he was eating a mostly human diet...food from old lady Virginia's plate. When lucky, he would get a packet of Friskies. Not that Friskies is some great cat food, but at least it is cat food and has some taurine in it!!! Also, one of the things that was noticed in Jasper's ultrasound was that he had a slightly enlarged heart. This would also seemingly go hand in hand with the taurine deficiency. Makes sense. He is lucky you came along when you did, but has also clearly been blessed by a genetically strong and sound constitution to have done so well for so long without proper care. Poor Jasper. (as he sits on the floor purring after a long petting session by daddy) (heh. heh. heh.) I covet Jasper! He is cool and weird and beautiful. Please kiss him on top of his shiny little wedge-shaped head for me. 8) |
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Mary wrote:
"kitkat" wrote in message om... "PawsForThought" wrote in message egroups.com... www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/taurine.php I found this interesting in this one: "A deficiency of Taurine in cats will cause Central Retinal Degeneration (eye lesions) resulting in total blindness within two years if the deficiency is not remedied, Dilated Cardiomyopathy (enlargement of the heart's chambers resulting in thinner, weaker heart walls) and reduced reproduction in queens and growths in kittens." I have kind of assumed that Jasper likely went blind because of a taurine deficiency. For the past several years with his former owner, it seems that he was eating a mostly human diet...food from old lady Virginia's plate. When lucky, he would get a packet of Friskies. Not that Friskies is some great cat food, but at least it is cat food and has some taurine in it!!! Also, one of the things that was noticed in Jasper's ultrasound was that he had a slightly enlarged heart. This would also seemingly go hand in hand with the taurine deficiency. Makes sense. He is lucky you came along when you did, but has also clearly been blessed by a genetically strong and sound constitution to have done so well for so long without proper care. Poor Jasper. (as he sits on the floor purring after a long petting session by daddy) (heh. heh. heh.) I covet Jasper! He is cool and weird and beautiful. Please kiss him on top of his shiny little wedge-shaped head for me. 8) Awww...do I have to? OKAY, FINE. I'll kiss him...again. Here are 4 new pics of him. http://public.fotki.com/kitkatluna/m...jasper_dudley/ It's the first 4. I love the ones of him curled up on my bed. Oh heck, I love all the pics of him!!! Jasper rules. Even with his ****ed up toe, cracked tooth, blindness AND deafness. At least he doesn't have oozy butt anymore! WOoT! Pam |
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"kitkat" wrote I covet Jasper! He is cool and weird and beautiful. Please kiss him on top of his shiny little wedge-shaped head for me. 8) Awww...do I have to? OKAY, FINE. I'll kiss him...again. Here are 4 new pics of him. http://public.fotki.com/kitkatluna/m...jasper_dudley/ It's the first 4. I love the ones of him curled up on my bed. Oh heck, I love all the pics of him!!! Oh, now this is not a happy cat at all! He is at a nice weight. It's good his medical problems did not hurt his appetite enough to make him lose. It seems good to keep some meat on them when the are older. Jasper rules. Even with his ****ed up toe, cracked tooth, blindness AND deafness. At least he doesn't have oozy butt anymore! WOoT! Yeth, the oozy butt may have just been a bit too much character to have around permanently! |
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What a beautify creature! He is so unique looking! Please give him a kiss
for me as well!! -- Message posted via http://www.catkb.com |
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"Lynn via CatKB.com" wrote in message ... What a beautify creature! He is so unique looking! Please give him a kiss for me as well!! Isn't he the bomb? The story is, his elderly owner died and a friend asked kitkat to take him. She walked in and he was on the hospital bed the lady slept on at home before she died. He was blind and deaf, possibly blind from the lady's inability to get out and get him cat food, or whatever reason she fed him people food. Kitkat tells the story better, you can go to Google groups and search rec.pets.cats.health+behav for "jasper" and read all about him. |
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