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My cats and Tuna
I usually feed my cats Purina dry food but yesterday I tried tuna and they
all loved it! I bought several cans of tuna this morning to feed them and they loved it again. Each cat eats about half of what is in the can but they will eat the rest. I would like to know if anyone here feeds their cats tuna and whether their cats love it or not. Thanks, David M |
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My cats and Tuna
David canned tuna is fine for cats but not a everyday food.
I feed it to them as a treat. I get tuna juice packets from the store and they love it http://www.aspca.org/aspcablog/2006/...sh-be-fed.html Ask the APCC: Can canned tuna fish be fed to cats? Can canned tuna fish be fed to cats? Mine loves the smell and desperately wants it, but I heard that tuna contains mercury. -Jo P. An occasional tuna treat given to your cat is probably relatively harmless. It's true that mercury is often present in tuna, and at low levels, this may not be a problem. But if tuna is fed nearly exclusively, it could potentially pose significant problems |
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My cats and Tuna
A bit of tuna occasionally as a treat is okay but not as part of their
regular diet. I primarily use it if one of my cats is sick and not eating well--tuna juice sprinkled over their food can sometimes get them to eat it. It's not a nutritionally complete food for cats (lacks taurine which is essential for cats). It's high in sodium and is just not a good cat food. Tuna also has high levels of mercury which is definitely NOT good for cats. Good quality canned food is better for them, (better than dry). Find something with poultry or beef as the first ingredient. Some cats are allergic to fish. And yes, my cats love tuna. Bonnie "David Mooney" wrote in message ... I usually feed my cats Purina dry food but yesterday I tried tuna and they all loved it! I bought several cans of tuna this morning to feed them and they loved it again. Each cat eats about half of what is in the can but they will eat the rest. I would like to know if anyone here feeds their cats tuna and whether their cats love it or not. Thanks, David M |
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My cats and Tuna
They can't live off just tuna. I sometimes give a bit as a treat.
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My cats and Tuna
"David Mooney" wrote in message ... I usually feed my cats Purina dry food but yesterday I tried tuna and they all loved it! I bought several cans of tuna this morning to feed them and they loved it again. Each cat eats about half of what is in the can but they will eat the rest. I would like to know if anyone here feeds their cats tuna and whether their cats love it or not. My two like tuna but I only feed it as an occasional treat. Firstly because it isn't a balanced diet fed on its own and secondly I have found that if I give my cats "fancy food" often, they turn their noses up at "normal good food." My vet once said to me "never feed your cat/dogs/whatever on food they would give their eye-teeth for on a regular basis, if you do there is nothing that will tempt them when they are ill." This seemed like good advice and I have followed it ever since. Tweed |
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My cats and Tuna
My cats love tuna. Whenever I make tuna fish, I always squeeze out the juice
into two bowls for my guys and they lap it up like there is no tomorrow. David Mooney wrote: I usually feed my cats Purina dry food but yesterday I tried tuna and they all loved it! I bought several cans of tuna this morning to feed them and they loved it again. Each cat eats about half of what is in the can but they will eat the rest. I would like to know if anyone here feeds their cats tuna and whether their cats love it or not. Thanks, David M -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200703/1 |
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My cats and Tuna
On Mar 2, 1:26 pm, "Christina Websell"
wrote: "David Mooney" wrote in message ... I usually feed my cats Purina dry food but yesterday I tried tuna and they all loved it! I bought several cans of tuna this morning to feed them and they loved it again. Each cat eats about half of what is in the can but they will eat the rest. I would like to know if anyone here feeds their cats tuna and whether their cats love it or not. My two like tuna but I only feed it as an occasional treat. Firstly because it isn't a balanced diet fed on its own and secondly I have found that if I give my cats "fancy food" often, they turn their noses up at "normal good food." My vet once said to me "never feed your cat/dogs/whatever on food they would give their eye-teeth for on a regular basis, if you do there is nothing that will tempt them when they are ill." This seemed like good advice and I have followed it ever since. Tweed Your vet is totally right. I always thought I was doing the right thing when I fed my cat Wellness dry food, Greenies as occasional treats, and nothing else. Every once in a GREAT while, I'd give him tuna juice and he'd still slurp it up. A couple of months ago he seemed interested in the salmon I was eating, so I gave him a piece. He just smelled it and walked away! It was wild caught, too. I was ****ed because it was in his bowl and therefore wasted. Anyhow, recently I've had to daily medicate with L-lysine and found it difficult to get Mack C. to eat canned food! I trained him far too well for his own good. I had to give him the meds so I went and purchased some tuna and mixed the meds in with the tuna juice. Luckily, he drank it (phew!). I gave him a small piece of tuna with it but he pretty much ignored it and just went for the juice. I've since been able to coax him into eating Wellness canned food. He still likes a little dry food everyday. If he got tuna juice on a regular basis I may have not been able to get him to take the medication. It took me about a week to train him to eat the canned food right away. |
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My cats and Tuna
Are you talking cat food tuna or people tuna? I have a few cats who will
only eat cat food tuna products, tuna and cheese is their favorite. When I make myself tuna I always drain the tuna water out and dole it out for the cats, they love the juice. |
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My cats and Tuna
"Matthew" wrote
I feed it to them as a treat. I get tuna juice packets from the store and they love it You can buy just tuna juice? Where do you live? I'm in Wisconsin. My cats would LOVE that. |
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My cats and Tuna
On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:48:28 GMT, MoMo via CatKB.com u27647@uwe wrote:
My cats love tuna. Whenever I make tuna fish, I always squeeze out the juice into two bowls for my guys and they lap it up like there is no tomorrow. My kitty's favorite is flying grilled shark. That way he gets to run it down, grab it to break it's little neck and enjoy the kill. |
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