Sometimes the tuna for my sandwiches is cheaper than pet food. Should I buy it for my cat? When I open a can of cat tuna what's inside is dark reddish brown. Chicken of the Sea is never that color. Why?
2007-09-24 04:02:59 · 10 answers · asked by QuillSB74 5 in Pets ➔ Cats
It may be cheaper, but it is not healthy for your cat. The cat version has all the necessary ingredients added to it to make it healthy for the cat to eat it. The plain human tuna is lacking is important nutrients vital to a cat's health... the most important being taurine. We eat a variety of foods, so our tuna is just plain tuna. The pet industry regulates what a cat needs and it is put into that can, assuming this is all the cat will be eating. A very rare treat of your COS will be okay, but not for general consumption by the cat. Even if your cat tells you it will love you forever, do not give it your tuna except on rare, special occasions.
2007-09-24 04:22:27 · answer #1 · answered by ibbibud 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
People tuna is ok for a rare treat for cats, but it doesn't have all the nutrients cats need, so don't make it a regular food. Cat tuna may be a darker color from being from a different part of the fish, like the cheaper, less people-desirable areas. But kitties love it all the same! Don't fret about what's the 'cheaper' type of food. Feed your kitty what is best; 10 or 50 cents difference isn't going to break you, and the better stuff will likely prevent health problems that cost way more!
2007-09-24 05:13:55 · answer #2 · answered by Flatpaw 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
People tuna includes more salt than a cat's can of tuna, plus it's packed in different fluid (do NOT give the oil packed kind). Tuna isn't that good for them anyway, you should stick with regular canned cat food or dry.
2007-09-24 12:38:53 · answer #3 · answered by Elaine M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cats may be fine eating people tuna...but never the other way around. :-) White tuna is the best for people. Our cats enjoy some from time to time as well.
We do give them the "juice" from white people tuna.
Enjoy your cats. Patti
2007-09-24 04:19:35 · answer #4 · answered by Patti 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since any food that comes in a can is cooked the "human" varieties - tuna, salmon, crab etc. does not contain taurine - an essential amino acid for the cat. Cats must get taurine directly from their food (humans and dogs make it from their food in their bodies) so taurine is added to all commercial cat food.
Tuna is not a good food for cats anyway. It is very addictive and a diet of that can lead to serious vitamin deficiencies in cats - even cat tuna.
2007-09-24 04:12:07 · answer #5 · answered by old cat lady 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Cat Tuna is Tuna Fish with mustache.
People Tuna is Tuna with sin
2007-09-24 04:11:35 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Albacore (white tuna) is chunkier and used to be considered better quality until mercury became an issue. Light is healthier but much flakier than white tuna. White tuna are usually a lot bigger than light tuna. Most canned tuna is light but they also can a lot of albacore.
2016-03-18 23:13:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Different (and more common) species of fish is usually used in cat food and people get the better cuts from albacore tuna.
2007-09-24 04:11:32 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
difference cat tuna people tuna
2016-02-02 06:27:29 · answer #9 · answered by Edgar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,people Tuna contains salt,that's why I decided not to give it to him.
2007-09-24 12:43:35 · answer #10 · answered by Kerry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋