[Blessings2You]

Our two cats get a taste, and I mean a taste. They get to lick a wee bit of whatever--cream cheese, butter, applesauce, salad dressing--off the tip of my finger. Cindy gets a piece of my string cheese about the size of a BB. And she gets a little bite of scrambled egg. They probably get between and teaspoon and a tablespoon of people food per week.

Cooper (the loaner) isn't big on people food (and he's lactose intolerant) but I've been treating him with a tiny bit of tuna as he reward for being stuck downstairs in his room all day.

I've been getting conflicting information on feeding a cat tuna (albacore in water) from NEVER NEVER, to infrequently, to a little bit a day won't hurt. Even the vets don't agree. What have you heard? I'll cease and desist if it's going to hurt him, but it's the only thing he really considers a treat.

[mrsD]

Most definitely....

Search Dr. Becker Vet Mercola on YouTube. Lots of new videos on vaccine safety and feeding. The trend now is back to whole foods, and table food is okay as long as the vitamin intake from other foods balances. This is why I give taurine mixed in the tuna. Oreo is supposed to not lose weight so I give her more food than the others.

We don't season our meats, so when we cook chicken, I save some for the cats. They LOVE the rotisserie chicken from Costco...it does not have herbs or spices added, like some. They get salmon sometimes, sometimes Turkey, and canned tuna (not albacore) once a week with taurine I add to it. Houdini likes shrimp. When I have shrimp I give him one too. Sheba who lived to be 24, got shrimp daily as a treat. The tuna is the only thing Oreo does not barf up. But we only give it once a week or so.
So far they are rejecting Wellness and Wilderness canned.

We've switched to BlueBuffalo Wilderness kibble. It is high in protein for cats and grain free.

Our cats get some canned...wet also. I alternate 9 lives and Friskies special diet.

We used to use Eukanuba kibble. Both Sheba and Tippy lived long on that one. But we switched to wilderness kibble based on our son's experience with 3 indoor only fat cats. They are doing much better on it. Weezie has trimmed down a bit too.

[Blessings2You]

Why not albacore? Just wondering.

One of our cats, Cindy, is on a prescription urinary diet...pricey, but no more episodes of FUS, thank God!! Peach eats that, but she's fussy so she gets her own food that we bring out of the cupboard for her, then put back before Cindy gets it. Nobody here likes canned cat food, though we haven't tried all kinds.

[mrsD]

Albacore is supposed to have the most toxins. (mercury)


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[Kitty]

I let mine lick the spoon when I finish my yogurt. They each probably get about a teaspoon each. The only other people food they like is cheese. If I'm using cheese on something I'll give them a tiny bite. They also like baked chicken.

[Blessings2You]

Our old cat, Ivy, could hear bacon from the other side of the basement. She liked all the bad stuff like pepperoni and salami. Cindy and Peach sniff that stuff and look at me like, Are you tryin' to POISON me???

[mrsD]

bad for us is not necessarily bad for cats.

Cats need high fat, high protein diet. They cannot digest carbs properly and may develop intestinal inflammation from carbs.

Many cat foods are very high in CORN. Sheba was very intolerant to that and had facial sores from it. That is when I changed her to Eukanuba. 10 yrs ago Corn was the FIRST ingredient in Science Diet. They have changed a bit over time,
but corn gluten is still in many feline foods, but a bit further down the list (instead of first). Many of the Purina, Friskies etc back then had corn first as well.


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there is a typo here--- the bolded by me word should be "dogs"

In addition to their enzyme deficiencies, a cat's small intestine is much shorter than that of an equally sized omnivore such as a dog. Felines have longer GI tracts which allow them to handle complex carbohydrates.

Weez goes nuts for bacon. We don't have it much, but did have one package on vacation...and she started squealing and begging. It was new for her that time! So we gave her a small bit.

Oreo has whipped cream each day. She is not lactose intolerant.
When she was younger she liked cheese too. It was something that was
given when she was a kitten at her first home. We use the whipped cream now to get her in from the woods, and to medicate some drugs.

[jsmith1234]

I would worry that human food may give the cat problems, I think of all those E numbers - I do not want a hyper cat.
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[bunz50]

Hello, we have two cats our male weighs about 22 lbs and our female is about 12 lbs, both are crazy for bacon(just the crispys/crumbs), my male will actually sit like a pairie dog and tap me with his paw lol, while my female just sits back mews and waits for it, as well they love tuna, but I have to say they only get these treats once in a while, more bacon crumbs 2-3 times a week than anything (only because I cook my hubby breakfast every morning). I never feed them soft food only hard food, friskies I believe.
Have a good day, Bunz

[en bloc]

Do I give them people food???----Absolutely!!

Mine love small bites of unseasoned chicken, tuna, and any beef. The only meat they walk away from is lamb, which I thought was strange.