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On Apr 16, 2011, at 2:35 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Katy, I found out that some of my cats were allergc to corn, wheat or soy > that is in all commercial foods. As soon as I started them on Blue Bufalo, > the vomittng topped and the diahrrea almost dissappeared. I will stay with > Blue Buffalo, better for them and cheaper than running to the vet trying to > treat something caused by the food I feed. > ---- Katy Doyle <[email protected]> wrote: >> Oh wow, thanks for that heads up! >> >> Of my two cats, only one will eat fish product, Chloe. Buddy will not touch >> the fishy stuff. >> >> --Katy >> >> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 11:11 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> i HAVE ALSO HEARD THAT FISH IN THEIR FOOD CAN BE A POSSIBLE CAUSE OF >>> URINARY TRACT PROBLEMS. My Homey was having problems and was not esponding >>> to treatment. I got a Chinese herb thing from All Natural online and it did >>> the trick. At the same time I read online about fish being a possible >>> contributor to the problem and pulled the treats which were loaded with >>> fish. So far, no more problems. >>> ---- Natalie <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I have always wondered why cats like fish.it's not a natural food for >>> them, >>>> they don't fish... >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Tuna: >>>> >>>> Mindy Bough, veterinary technician for the ASPCA Pet Nutrition and >>> Science >>>> Advisory Service, dishes out the facts on this savory feline fave: >>>> >>>> "An occasional tuna treat for your cat is generally harmless," says >>> Bough. >>>> "However, if a large part of the cat's diet consists of tuna--or if the >>> cat >>>> is fed tuna exclusively--some problems are likely to arise." >>>> >>>> Tuna does not contain significant amounts of vitamin E, for example, so >>> too >>>> much of the fish can lead to vitamin E deficiency, resulting in yellow >>> fat >>>> disease, or steatitis. Symptoms include loss of appetite, fever and >>>> hypersensitivity to touch, due to inflammation and necrosis of fat under >>> the >>>> skin. Felines who are fed too much tuna can develop other nutrient >>>> deficiencies, too, because most de-boned fish are lacking in calcium, >>>> sodium, iron, copper and several other vitamins. >>>> >>>> Mercury, frequently present in tuna, also presents a potential danger. >>> "At >>>> low levels, this may not be a concern," explains Bough, "but if tuna is >>> fed >>>> nearly exclusively, it could pose significant problems." >>>> >>>> The bottom line? "I recommend premium commercial food for domestic cats," >>>> Bough says. "These foods are formulated to meet all of a cat's dietary >>>> needs. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.provet.co.uk/petfacts/healthtips/rawfish.htm >>>> >>>> Many owners consider fish to be the staple diet of cats - and they >>> believe >>>> that it is beneficial to feed them an exclusively fish ration. >>>> >>>> Fish is a good raw ingredient to incorporate into cat foods, but it has >>>> certain draw backs. Firstly it does not contain all the nutrients that a >>> cat >>>> requires and, like meat, it is deficient in calcium with an inverse >>>> calcium:phosphorus ratio. Coley (or Saithe) a popular fish with cat >>> owners >>>> in the UK and the fillet cut contains 15-20 mg calcium per 100g but over >>> 200 >>>> mg phosphorus per 100g, a Ca:P ratio of 1:10. Cod and other white fish >>> are >>>> similar. >>>> >>>> If owners are feeding fish bones should be removed to avoid >>> complications. >>>> Fish should be cooked to avoid the possibility of disease transmission. >>>> >>>> "Salmon poisoning" has been recorded in cats which contracted the disease >>>> caused by Neorickettsiae spp from eating raw salmon or trout. This >>> disease >>>> occurs within 2 weeks of the ingestion of infected food and causes the >>>> following signs : >>>> >>>> * Depression >>>> * Fever >>>> * Lymphadenopathy - swelling of the lymph nodes >>>> * Oculonasal discharge >>>> * Haematemesis - vomiting blood >>>> * Diarrhoea >>>> * Death - 90% in untreated cases. >>>> >>>> Diagnosis is confirmed by finding trematode eggs in faeces samples, or >>>> rickettsiae in lymph node samples. >>>> >>>> Clinical cases of thiamine deficiency are periodically seen by >>> veterinarians >>>> due to cats being fed fish - as commercially prepared canned food, or as >>>> raw fish. Thiamin (vitamin B1) is an essential dietary nutrient for cats. >>>> Processing can destroy thiamine in a food, and so reduce the initial >>>> concentrations present at canning, and some fish (including herring and >>>> carp) contain the thiaminase which will destroy thiamine. >>>> >>>> Clinical signs of thiamine deficiency include : >>>> >>>> * Anorexia >>>> * Ataxia - 2-3 days later >>>> * Vomiting >>>> * Convulsions - short >>>> * Dilation of the pupils >>>> * Ventroflexion of the neck (Chastek's paralysis) >>>> >>>> Affected patients will die unless treatment is administered (100-250 mg >>>> thiamine IV or SC twice daily). In most cases a complete recovery can be >>>> expected in treated cases unless severe central nervous system has >>> occurred. >>>> >>>> >>>> Confirmation of diagnosis is not readily available : >>>> >>>> * Increased plasma pyruvate >>>> * Increased plasma lactate >>>> * Reduced erythrocyte trans-ketolase activity (a thiamine-dependant >>>> enzyme) >>>> >>>> Some fish are particularly high in oil content, and pansteatitis or >>> "yellow >>>> fat disease" is caused by the intake of too much fat in the absence of >>>> adequate antioxidant. Red-meat tuna has been reported to be particularly >>>> involved as a cause of this in cats. The cause of the disease is >>>> accumulation of peroxides - the end product of rancidification of fat - >>> in >>>> the cats adipose tissue causing yellow-brown discolouration. >>>> >>>> Clinical signs of pansteatitis include : >>>> >>>> * Abdominal Pain >>>> * Anorexia >>>> * Fever >>>> * Lethargy >>>> * Hardening of subcutaneous and intra-abdominal fat depots >>>> * Occasionally ascites (low in protein content; compare with FIP - >>>> high in protein content) >>>> >>>> The condition is treated with dietary management (a complete and balanced >>>> diet), Vitamin E supplementation (30mg alpha-tocopherol/day ) , and some >>>> authors recommend the use of corticosteroids. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Felvtalk mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Felvtalk mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list [email protected] http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
