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?