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About this Product:
- Perfectly seasoned with salt and packed in water for a fresh taste
- Works in a wide range of recipes, from salads, pastas, wraps and beyond
- High in protein and features heart-healthy omega-3s plus vitamins, and minerals
- With 23 grams of protein, 0.5 grams of fat, and 0 grams of carbs per can, it's perfect for keto, paleo, and Mediterranean diets
- Gluten-free and made from 100% simple ingredients, with no preservatives or GMOs
- Responsibly sourced and wild-caught
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If the contaminates make it toxic to people, do you think it's any better for cats.....?
Feed tuna to your cats
Be a good human.
They like it, and although not nutritionally complete, isn't bad for them.
My vet prescribed tuna for the other less magnificent feline who I generously allow to live with me when she had a bout of pancreatitis.
Feed tuna to your cats
Be a good human.
They like it, and although not nutritionally complete, isn't bad for them.
My vet prescribed tuna for the other less magnificent feline who I generously allow to live with me when she had a bout of pancreatitis.
"While tuna could offer a wealth of nutrients, it is also loaded with toxic pollutants including flame retardants, pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
In a study published by the U.S. Geological Survey, significantly high amounts of mercury were found in all of the tuna they tested"
Wild-caught Alaskan salmon or sardines are safer alternatives to tuna, as they offer plenty of nutrients without the risk of toxins"
"Watch Out for These Mercury Poisoning Symptoms
Many commercial canned pet foods contain high amounts of tuna and other mercury-loaded seafood, so if you feed these to your pet on a regular basis, there could be a chance that they may experience mercury poisoning, as this dangerous toxin can build up in the body over time.9 In dogs, symptoms of mercury poisoning include:
• Hair loss
• Loss of coordination
• Watery or bloody diarrhea
• Loss of feeling in paws
• Blindness
• Tremors
• Anxiety or nervousness
• Vomiting blood
• Inability to urinate and abdominal swelling (indications of kidney damage)
In cats, mercury poisoning symptoms may manifest as:
• Seizures or tremors
• Hypermetria (involuntary body movement)
• A wobbly gait
• Rapid, involuntary eye movements
• Dizziness and loss of coordination
• Central nervous system depression
• Abnormal behavior
• Paralysis
• Blindness
If your pet exhibits any of these symptoms, bring them to your integrative veterinarian for immediate diagnosis and treatment. Unfortunately, it's rare for pets to have acute mercury poisoning symptoms, but that doesn't mean mercury isn't accumulating in your pet's body and causing damage, especially if you're feeding seafood-based pet foods that contain tuna; cats are often quiet victims of heavy metal accumulation, resulting in progressive kidney dysfunction."
If you could go back in time a couple hundred years, things would be different. But not in today's oceans.
Feed tuna to your cats
Be a good human.
They like it, and although not nutritionally complete, isn't bad for them.
My vet prescribed tuna for the other less magnificent feline who I generously allow to live with me when she had a bout of pancreatitis.
Regardless of what your anecdotally, unnamed vet might say, Cailin Heinze, a veterinary nutritionist and assistant professor at the Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine said this:
"I've never seen a report of mercury poisoning in a cat fed tuna-based commercial cat food. We also lack data about how much mercury is actually in tuna-based cat foods, as well as statistics about mercury levels in cats that eat those diets. However, it seems reasonable to assume that when a cat eats tuna as its main diet, it ingests far more mercury on a body-weight basis than a human does—even a person who eats a lot of tuna.
Signs of mercury poisoning in cats—loss of coordination and balance, difficulty walking—can mimic other illnesses, including thiamine (a B vitamin) deficiency. Because mercury toxicity is not common in cats, it may not be the first thing a veterinarian suspects. So it's possible that mercury poisoning happens, but is not diagnosed.
Until veterinarians know more, limit your cat's tuna consumption to occasional treats of canned chunk-light tuna—not albacore, which is from a larger species of tuna with mercury levels almost three times higher. These rare indulgences should account for no more than 10 percent of your cat's daily calories.
Occasional tuna treats are probably safe, but we advise against feeding your cat tuna-based foods on a daily basis. This can be a challenge, because tuna is a common ingredient in many cat foods, and cats tend to be very particular about which foods they'll eat. Try replacing tuna-based foods with those made from fish that have lower concentrations of mercury, such as salmon."