2007-07-22 07:43:40 · 16 answers · asked by shuggiegh1 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
hey i love the question, what about bug flavor? my cat is always chasing flies or ants... ect... mmmm I think u have a good marketing campain....
FRISKY: KITTY NEW MOUSE AND BUG FLAVORED FOOD CATS WILL GO CRAZY OVER THIS TREAT...
2007-07-22 07:50:12 · answer #1 · answered by princess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many years ago there was a television program showing a pet food factory, and what goes into selecting the ingredients. They actually said "mouse in a can" would provide all the necessary ingredients for a cat to survive. Cats have a very short digestive tract, and need the enzymes they get from their prey to help in the digestion. That is why the meat by-products that are used are rich in enzymes. And bone bits provide minerals.
And why don't they market 'mouse in a can'? Because cats don't buy the food, humans do.
2007-07-22 09:06:51 · answer #2 · answered by cat lover 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I asked the vet this once, LOL.
It's marketing--the food is bought by the owners, and most owners get bad vibes off of rat and mouse thoughts. Rabbit is nicer, but too many people have pet rabbits so we don't see much in the way of rabbit on the shelves (though there are at least 3 foods that carry it). 'Bird' seems limited to chicken and turkey because they can be raised in bulk and are available as a people food also, though I've seen pheasant available as a dog food choice.
Mice and rats can be raised in bulk, but the processing would likely be too hard to do -- special machines set up to handle fowl and livestock wouldn't work with something this small, so it'd likely have to be done by hand, which adds to the cost. So, I don't really expect to see a mouse or rat flavored cat food on the market anytime soon.
2007-07-22 08:38:48 · answer #3 · answered by Elaine M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, to do so, you would have to know what a mouse tastes like. Care to be the taste tester? A cat can't tell a researcher, "Yup, that's mousey flavored." Some poor human is going to have to taste it. Which means they would have to eat a mouse first, and probably more than one to be sure they know the taste. Yuck.
2007-07-22 07:49:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mice don't have as much meat as bigger animals, especially since most livestock has been bred for thousands of years to enhance that. Pet foods also use a lot of leftover parts from chickens etc that are being used for human food. Mice would be more work and end up with a lot more bones and fur.
2007-07-22 08:04:41 · answer #5 · answered by doublecast101 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's easier to make other, more orthodox flavors, and cats don't really prefer mouse to fish. My cat'll eat fish-flavored food (or just about anything else) anytime.
2007-07-22 07:47:22 · answer #6 · answered by Chris P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It probably doesn't have all the essential nutrients for growing and aging cats and kittens. I don't know if cats like the taste of mouse so much as they like the accomplishment of playing around with its life and being the one in control of its death, and relishing its ability to do all of the above, and just eating it. Funny, if the gods eat raw animals, and humans cook their food, and animals eat raw animals, does that make a cat an animal or a God?
2007-07-22 07:48:55 · answer #7 · answered by Vanessa B 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Good idea
I so want a cat food company to put human food instead of by-products or organic. They really need pet food companies that care. My kitties always beg for table food, they don't eat their food
2007-07-22 07:54:57 · answer #8 · answered by azchtou 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe because whoever makes the food doesn't know what a mouse taste like
2007-07-22 07:57:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My kitty eats lettuce. Lol they should make lettuce cat food. Yummy.
2007-07-22 07:54:24 · answer #10 · answered by JoJo M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋