Article From SubmitYOURArticle.com: Tuna For Your Cat? Here's Why You Shouldn't Feed Tuna To Your Cat

Even the most stoic cat owner has given in to the
pleading meows of their kitty when opening a can
of water packed tuna. Most cats go bonkers over
it. Here's some food for thought on why you
shouldn't feed canned tuna to your cat.

When you indulge your cat in a bit or a lot of
canned tuna they quickly develop a craving for
the chicken of the sea. They quickly become
fixated on the taste or smell and refuse to eat
anything else. Before you know it you are trying
to get your kitty back on her regular canned cat
food by mixing in tuna with it.

Aside from her newly acquired 'taste' for tuna,
there are a number of other reasons why you
shouldn't start her on tuna. First, a cat fixated
on a single ingredient cat food is now a finicky
eater. Unfortunately, the food preferences of
finicky eaters may not be adequate to satisfy the
nutritional needs of your cat. Even worse, if
your cat needs to be on a special diet because of
diabetes or feline cystitis, then you could very
well have a cat that refuses to go back to her
prescription diet.

Second, the polyunsaturated fats in fish meat,
particularly red tuna fish meat, can go rancid
within a cat's body. Rancidification depletes the
vitamin E, which leads to an inflammation of body
fat. This is called pansteatis or "yellow fat"
disease.

Third, there is the mercury issue. The dark meat
of tuna is know to be a repository for mercury, A
study done by veterinarians at Cornell University
showed that cats fed an exclusive diet of
cat-food tuna showed significant behavioral
differences from a control group that ate a beef
diet. The tuna fed cats were less vocal, active
and playful. While the research didn't directly
connect the mercury to the observed behavior, the
suggestion is to avoid the risk.

Now, with all this caution there are times that
using water-based canned tuna is beneficial to
your cat. The number one reason is if you have to
provide some kind of medication and you can get
your cat to take it when mixed with tuna. If you
are trying to get you cat to eat or drink after
an illness, she may take food with a bit of tuna
water dribbled onto it. These are exceptions and
intended only to be used in the very short term
or extreme situations.

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