Food Recall FAQ of the Day: Straight "People" Tuna for Cats?
Monday April 23, 2007
Q. I am so disgusted with the pet food industry that I refuse to buy any more commercial cat foods. Why can't I just feed my cats human-grade canned tuna instead?
A. I fully understand and share the fears we all have as a result of this massive pet food recall that seems to be growing every day. However, to try to "protect" our cats from harm by feeding a diet of straight tuna is ill-advised, and might even harm a cat, for several reasons: read more...
Cat Food Recall FAQ Index
A. I fully understand and share the fears we all have as a result of this massive pet food recall that seems to be growing every day. However, to try to "protect" our cats from harm by feeding a diet of straight tuna is ill-advised, and might even harm a cat, for several reasons: read more...
Cat Food Recall FAQ Index
Comments
I’ve known about the human prepared Tuna but what about the type processed specifically for Cats some with added “cheese” or “egg”?? Are they as good as other untainted cat foods ??
Hi Craig,
Most tuna recipe cat foods are made with red tuna (the kind if you read the FAQ that is more prone to causing painful steatitis). Also, because of possible mercury contamination, cats should not eat more than two or three meals of tuna per week. My personal preferred meat protein for cats is chicken – real chicken, not loaded with chicken by-products.
Franny
Hi there, I feed my dogs natural food and I know they make natural food for cats too. The vets by me approve all of the natural foods, for my animals. When dogs and cats lived in the wild how do you think they survived? Some still do live in the wild. My dogs are very healthly and have very shiny looking fur.My one dog has really bad allergies and since I have changed to natural food, my dog has improved greatly.