Years ago, while hanging out in the cafeteria at U.C. Davis Vet
Hospital, I met a professor from the animal nutrition department. I
described the wonderful diet I had put my aging cat on and mentioned
the addition of flax oil. She said something like "well, flax oil is
close to useless for a cat, it can't digest it well or utilize it --
give flax oil to your horses and give fish oil to cats." I complained
about what fish oil products were available for cats and she said to
just puncture one of the capsules of high quality salmon oil, not
flavored, that I take, and squeeze it over the cat's food twice a
week. "Remember, no fish oil for horses -- a big waste of oil, and
useless." I said I had no horses, but thanked her for the advice. I
had not yet seen an Icelandic horse.
Nancy in Sonoma,Ca.
