is canned tuna safe for cats?

[jjyiz28]

like i heard that milk is not good for cats, even though cats love milk. same for tuna?

 

[imported_Mike]

eh?

 

[AFB]

Its fine.

 

[Ryan]

I give mine tuna - no problems.

 

[Sophia]

Canned tuna is probably ok as an occasional treat, but not as a staple of your cat's diet. For example...

 

[NickE]

As long as they don't get their whiskers caught in the can opener.

 

[AlienCraft]

My cat thinks shes "lucky cat" when it's tuna sandwich day.

 

[Eli]

Yes, but not often.

 

[FoBoT]

make your cat go to the ocean and get a tuna itself

 

[Azraele]

It's ok as a treat every once in a while.

 

[edro]

No, the mercury will kill them, just like it kills all of us

 

[StageLeft]

Not as a diet obviously, but I've no doubt that frequent ingestion of tuna will enhance a cat's pleasure by a far greater degree than any amount that the tuna will hurt them. I know that my cats would willingly lose a month off their life to lick the juice from my drained tuna.

 

[Saulbadguy]

"oh no I can't digest milk!!!"

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: Saulbadguy
"oh no I can't digest milk!!!"

Many cats can't. Our youngest loves most human foods, and vomits if she has even a touch of dairy.

 

[Red Dawn]

Doesn't foods like tuna cause Male Cats to get a protien buildup in their urethra causing them not to be able to piss?

 

[Anubis]

we let our cats lick teh cans out but thats about it

 

[Saulbadguy]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: Saulbadguy
"oh no I can't digest milk!!!"

Many cats can't. Our youngest loves most human foods, and vomits if she has even a touch of dairy.

sorry, poorly placed MST3K reference.

 

[TheGameIs21]

Canned tuna is safe for cats as an occasional treat but be prepared to live with the stank.

 

[Czesia]

Originally posted by: NickE
As long as they don't get their whiskers caught in the can opener.

^^ Ha ha 🙂

Tuna is alright for cats, but I wouldn't suggest feeding it to them all the time. However, you can buy "Petuna" which is tuna which has been processed especially for cats, so it doesn't have all the oil etc. in it.

 

[Slickone]

As the website posted above says:
"but if tuna is fed nearly exclusively, it could pose significant problems."

Meaning, even if you fed it a little tuna every day, it's no problem, as long as it's not their main food source. The site also says nor more than 5-10% of their food source should be table food. My mom has given their cat a spoonfull of tuna every day for years, to mix up medication in.

 

[gistech1978]

i usually just feed the tuna water to my cat.
he really enjoys that.

 

[fumbduck]

Originally posted by: gistech1978
i usually just feed the tuna water to my cat.
he really enjoys that.

what. the. fvck?

 

[gistech1978]

Originally posted by: fumbduck

Originally posted by: gistech1978
i usually just feed the tuna water to my cat.
he really enjoys that.

what. the. fvck?

when you buy tuna in water, you drain the water.
the water tastes like tuna, the cat freaks out meowing like crazy; the cat drinks it; then bathes himself.
whats so odd about that

 

[Wag]

Your house must smell nice.

 

[Spike]

given it to my cats many times, they LOVE it. I don't think it is that dangerous as it's just fish and dolphin parts.

-spike