Thread: Is tuna bad for cats or not?

Originally Posted by Antonia

Many people think tuna should be fed very sparingly. The reason that is most often given is the high mercury content in tuna.
Still, many canned cat foods contain tuna. I honestly haven’t got a clue as to why these are supposed to be OK to feed daily, whereas canned tuna for human consumption is not. (But then again I am an utter & complete nitwit when it comes to commercial cat food. I always prepare their meals myself.)

I sporadically feed canned tuna as a treat. But I first rinse it off thoroughly. The brine is awfully salty – that’s another reason why it might not be a good idea to feed it daily. Perhaps the saltiness is what made your kitties ill. I very much doubt the raw chicken was the culprit – unless it had been sitting out of the fridge for too long and ‘gone off’.

Hiya, I’ve got a friend who is training to be a vet and she says it could be the brine? She says to feed them tuna in sunflower oil?

Also the tuna cat food I’ve seen advertised has the tuna in a jelly so, maybe it’s the brine?

Originally Posted by davie boy 2000

Hiya, I’ve got a friend who is training to be a vet and she says it could be the brine? She says to feed them tuna in sunflower oil?

Also the tuna cat food I’ve seen advertised has the tuna in a jelly so, maybe it’s the brine?

Sunflower oil - dunno. Might give them the squits.

I can imagine jelly being better than brine.

Originally Posted by Antonia

Sunflower oil - dunno. Might give them the squits.

I can imagine jelly being better than brine.

i drain the brine from the tuna but, i think im going to give the supermarket tuna a go. 70% tuna with 30g jelly.

what is this jelly you speak of?

Originally Posted by pouncysmom

what is this jelly you speak of?

must be the same jelly thats found in normal tined cat food.

mine only get tuna if they need some meds as they wolf it so quickly and dont share it !! I use the one that is in spring water so no saltyness

This might be sort of off topic but what about the tuna in the canned wet cat food? Tequila and Maya love the Avoderm Tuna and Crab. Can too much of this be harmful? I've read that too much 'fish' is not good for them. Can someone confirm?

I have been trying to avoid wet food with Tuna in it but everything out there has tuna or some sorta fish. Tequila is getting finicky now.

Little Monkey has tuna maybe once a week and I only buy her the Tuna in Springwater, think the brine has too much salt for cats. She loves tuna and if we ever have a fussy food day we can always rely on tuna.