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Old November 20th 03, 02:46 PM
Alison Perera
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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
  #12  
Old November 20th 03, 02:46 PM
Alison Perera
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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
  #13  
Old November 20th 03, 02:46 PM
Alison Perera
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In article ,
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
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Old November 20th 03, 03:09 PM
Jeremy Lowe
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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

Have you hugged your pet today?
"Alison Perera" wrote in message
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In article ,
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



  #15  
Old November 20th 03, 03:09 PM
Jeremy Lowe
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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

Have you hugged your pet today?
"Alison Perera" wrote in message
...
In article ,
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



  #16  
Old November 20th 03, 03:09 PM
Jeremy Lowe
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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

Have you hugged your pet today?
"Alison Perera" wrote in message
...
In article ,
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



  #17  
Old November 20th 03, 06:02 PM
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"Jeremy Lowe" a écrit dans le message de
news: ...
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.


Right.
Fish with highest mercury level : tilefish, swordfish, mackerel, shark,
white snapper, tuna.
Lowest: salmon, flounder, sole, tilapia, trout.
USFDA, may 2001.

I give them once in a while sole and smelts.

Elaine


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

Have you hugged your pet today?
"Alison Perera" wrote in message
...
In article ,
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





  #18  
Old November 20th 03, 06:02 PM
ChakaShiva
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"Jeremy Lowe" a écrit dans le message de
news: ...
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.


Right.
Fish with highest mercury level : tilefish, swordfish, mackerel, shark,
white snapper, tuna.
Lowest: salmon, flounder, sole, tilapia, trout.
USFDA, may 2001.

I give them once in a while sole and smelts.

Elaine


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

Have you hugged your pet today?
"Alison Perera" wrote in message
...
In article ,
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





  #19  
Old November 20th 03, 06:02 PM
ChakaShiva
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"Jeremy Lowe" a écrit dans le message de
news: ...
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.


Right.
Fish with highest mercury level : tilefish, swordfish, mackerel, shark,
white snapper, tuna.
Lowest: salmon, flounder, sole, tilapia, trout.
USFDA, may 2001.

I give them once in a while sole and smelts.

Elaine


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

Have you hugged your pet today?
"Alison Perera" wrote in message
...
In article ,
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





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Old November 20th 03, 07:18 PM
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From: Alison Perera lid

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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?


I do use whole body fish oil in capsule form. I'm highly allergic to fish so I
can't feed my cats any fish. My husband handles the fish oil

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.


They say mackeral can be high in mercury and other contaminants, I guess
depending on the source, but I don't think an occasional meal is going to hurt.


Lauren
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