I would be hesitant about feeding with any regularity a specific fish.
Mackerel can be a high source of Omega 3 fats, but it can also be high in
mercury and PCBs depending on where it was caught.

If you want to get long chain fats in your cat then consider a supplement
where the fish oil has been refined and microencapsulated to aid in
digestion and prevent stomach upset.

Also at that price for a can of fish I would be highly suspect of the
quality and cleanliness of the production facility!


--
Jeremy Lowe
www.healthypetnet.com/jeremy

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"Alison Perera" wrote in message
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olitter (PawsForThought) wrote:

From: "Knack"

I can get it locally for only US$1.00 per 15 ounce (425g) can. It has a
light tomtato gravy, but no vegetable oil. Like canned salmon, it
includes
bones that are somehow softened by the heating-canning process.
Contains
lots of protein, calcium, and fish oil. Comes from Chile.

Just wondering about its magnesium content. Keep in mind that a jack
mackerel is only a 11" (28cm) fish that doesn't live for anywhere near
as
long as a tuna.

This is a cooked human food? I would only give it to a cat as an
occasional
treat, not as his regular diet. Cats have very specific nutritional
needs
very
different from our own.

Lauren, do you supplement omega-3 fatty acids? If so, how?

Personally, I feed my cats the occasional meal of canned oily fish:
salmon or mackerel. Cheaper and more available than uncooked fish; more
palatable; less prone to being contaminated by flukes (since we eat
wild-caught Alaskan salmon in my household).

Yes, cooked human food.

Gasp. The horror.

To the OP: the tomato gravy would make me hesitate (what-all's in
there?), and might turn your cats off too. Try to find the stuff packed
in water which should be just as cheap; rinse it a bit to remove excess
sodium before feeding.

Don't feed much at a time (the fat can cause the squirts in animals not
used to it) and don't feed it too frequently (who knows why fish
sometimes instigates urinary troubles but it does).

-Alison in OH