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by Doug Hines
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What's in Your Cat's Food Dish? ®
- Not Rejects But Close -
Don't get all twisted out of shape. Dropping an ingredient's grade one or two letter-grades isn't the same as rejecting it altogether. Dropping the grade is an indication that the cat food has ingredients which are of questionable value.
Next, I don’t reject them, but I reduce any product by one letter-grade rating (A through E) should the product contain:
I also drop a product three grades if it is know that the ingredients are sourced from China or Thailand. Ingredients can be substandard, and there is the risk of poor quality control.
One of the greatest myths out there is that somehow fish is a better food for cats than is meat. Cats didn't evolve historically by fishing in a mountain stream or by going for a day's cruise on the ocean. Fish would be a good food, but for the fact that it contains contaminants. Resultant health problems can occur with a predominantly fish based diet - problems associated with mercury toxicity and the fact that fish have alarming levels of toxins from swimming in polluted waters. It's best to use fish as a periodic supplement to beef or poultry meals, not as a dietary staple.
I also must inject a comment here about farmed fish. Some people believe farmed fish are superior to wild fish, but nothing is farther from the truth. Farmed fish are often 'fed' poultry feces when poultry is held in nets above the fish tanks.
As expressed elsewhere on this website, because of it's natural propensity for contamination, fish/seafood should not be used as a primary daily food. Feeding your cat(s) fish often/regularly is not a good idea.
Writing for Feeding Fido and Fluffy, Carol North has just published an article titled 'What You Must Know About Fish-Based Cat Food.' This article, while zeroing in on the subject of fish in cat food, is also reflective of specific ingredients in all cat food. Read as Carol describes 'Contaminants in Fish that Could kill Your Pet.'
Here's a detailed article by Jean Hofve, DVM in Little Big Cat titled 'Why Fish is Dangerous for Cats.' Again, I'm not saying don't feed cats fish. I'm saying don't have fish be the predominant meal in their diet.
Here's yet another message warning us to curtail our use of seafood. The article is Mercury in Fish-Based Cat Food: What You Should Know - from Ingrid King in The Conscious Cat
The manufacture’s website info and product label design doesn’t matter. Advertising doesn't matter. Internet product reviews and caregiver’s testimonials don't matter. Whether or not your cats’ “like” it doesn’t matter (all kids like junk food).
“If you are feeding canned cat food, the ONLY things that matter to your cats’ future and wellbeing are the ingredients in the can and the quality of those ingredients." - Doug Hines
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