Human foods that are BAD for Cats - do not feed!!
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The following is a list of foods that cats should never eat:
Onions, Garlic, & Related Root Vegetables
Onions contain a substance (N-propyl disulphide) which destroys red blood cells in the cat, causing a form of anemia called Heinz body anemia. Garlic contains a similar substance in a lesser amount.
Tomatoes, Green (raw Potatoes)
These foods are members of the Solanaceae family of plants, which includes the Deadly Nightshade, and contain a bitter, poisonous alkaloid called Glycoalkaloid Solanine, which can cause violent lower gastrointestinal symptoms. The Feline Future web site offers a rare description of a cat which was close to death from ingesting just one cherry tomato (See the link on the sidebar).
Chocolate
It's becoming more widely known that chocolate is very toxic to both cats and dogs. Theobromine is the offending substance here. Janet Tobiassen Crosby, D.V.M. has an excellent article on the symptoms, effects, and treatment of chocolate toxicity.
Grapes and Raisins
These foods' toxicity has only recently been discovered, and although the only studies have been with dogs, it is also believed that these fruits may also affect cats adversely. For more information see the ASPCA Poison Control Center article, The Wrath of Grapes.
Milk
Although milk is not toxic to cats, it may have adverse effects. Simply put, adult cats fed a nutritious diet don't need milk, and many cats are lactose-intolerant, which means that the lactose in milk and milk products produces stomach upset, cramps, and gassiness. If your cat loves milk, and begs for it, a small amount of cream may be okay, two or three times a week. (The more fat in the milk, the less lactose.) Another compromise is CatSip, a product made from skim milk with an enzyme added that helps the digestion of lactose. -
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Milk
Although milk is not toxic to cats, it may have adverse effects. Simply put, adult cats fed a nutritious diet don't need milk, and many cats are lactose-intolerant, which means that the lactose in milk and milk products produces stomach upset, cramps, and gassiness. If your cat loves milk, and begs for it, a small amount of cream may be okay, two or three times a week. (The more fat in the milk, the less lactose.) Another compromise is CatSip, a product made from skim milk with an enzyme added that helps the digestion of lactose. [/b]
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And also not to forget about [b]SALT[b]
Animals or cats can't even take a tiny or small amount of salt... -
what abt condensed milk? my cat loved it..
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Condensed milk is the worst Foxwalk...read this.....Originally posted by foxwalk:what abt condensed milk? my cat loved it..
POTTENGER'S CATS
A diet of mostly raw animal foods for cats was examined back in the 1930s by Francis Pottenger, MD. He conducted a ten-year-long study in which nearly a thousand cats were fed the same basic diet of milk, meat and a small dose of cod liver oil.2
The healthiest cats were the ones who received raw meat and raw milk. This was the only group to produce generation after generation of healthy kittens with broad faces, adequate nasal cavities, broad dental arches, strong and correctly shaped teeth and bones, excellent tissue tone, good-quality fur with a minimum of shedding and an absence of gum disease. These cats were resistant to infections, fleas and internal parasites. They showed no sign of allergies and were gregarious, friendly and predictable in their behavior patterns. Miscarriages were rare and litters averaged five kittens, which the mothers nursed without difficulty.
Another group received raw milk and cooked meat. The cats in this group developed skeletal and dental deformities, heart problems, vision problems, thyroid imbalances, infections of the kidney, liver, testes, ovaries and bladder, arthritis and inflammation of the joints, and inflammation of the nervous system with paralysis and meningitis. Their second and third generations had abnormal respiratory tissues. Cooked-meat cats were so irritable that some of the females were named Tiger, Cobra and Rattlesnake, while the males were docile and passive, a sexual role reversal not seen in the raw-food cats. Vermin and intestinal parasites abounded and skin lesions and allergies appeared frequently. Adult cats died of pneumonia or infections of the bone while kittens died of pneumonia and diarrhea. The cooked-meat cats had serious reproductive problems including sterility, miscarriage, a lack of maternal instinct and difficult labors with high infant mortality rates. Many females died in labor.
The cats fed raw meat with pasteurized milk showed similar changes, and those fed evaporated milk showed even more damage, while the most marked deficiencies occurred among those fed sweetened condensed milk.
Because the health of each new generation was adversely affected by its parents' inferior diet, the cooked-food kittens had even more problems, and there were no fourth generation kittens in any of the cooked-food groups because the third generation always died before reproducing. Had antibiotic drugs been available, these kittens might not have died of pneumonia and other infectious diseases, in which case the experiment could have continued through longer chains of deformed offspring.
One of Dr. Pottenger's most exciting discoveries was that the health deterioration caused by cooked foods can be reversed, although it took four generations to completely restore perfect health to cats whose ancestors ate cooked meat or pasteurized milk. -
r street cats selective feeders or do they eat anything?
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Originally posted by care bear:
oops... well i din really feed my cat a lot of that... plus she's gone MIA many years ago... probably hated me and condensed milk...
Condensed milk is the worst Foxwalk...read this.....
POTTENGER'S CATS
A diet of mostly raw animal foods for cats was examined back in the 1930s by Francis Pottenger, MD. He conducted a ten-year-long study in which nearly a thousand cats were fed the same basic diet of milk, meat and a small dose of cod liver oil.2
The healthiest cats were the ones who received raw meat and raw milk. This was the only group to produce generation after generation of healthy kittens with broad faces, adequate nasal cavities, broad dental arches, strong and correctly shaped teeth and bones, excellent tissue tone, good-quality fur with a minimum of shedding and an absence of gum disease. These cats were resistant to infections, fleas and internal parasites. They showed no sign of allergies and were gregarious, friendly and predictable in their behavior patterns. Miscarriages were rare and litters averaged five kittens, which the mothers nursed without difficulty.
Another group received raw milk and cooked meat. The cats in this group developed skeletal and dental deformities, heart problems, vision problems, thyroid imbalances, infections of the kidney, liver, testes, ovaries and bladder, arthritis and inflammation of the joints, and inflammation of the nervous system with paralysis and meningitis. Their second and third generations had abnormal respiratory tissues. Cooked-meat cats were so irritable that some of the females were named Tiger, Cobra and Rattlesnake, while the males were docile and passive, a sexual role reversal not seen in the raw-food cats. Vermin and intestinal parasites abounded and skin lesions and allergies appeared frequently. Adult cats died of pneumonia or infections of the bone while kittens died of pneumonia and diarrhea. The cooked-meat cats had serious reproductive problems including sterility, miscarriage, a lack of maternal instinct and difficult labors with high infant mortality rates. Many females died in labor.
The cats fed raw meat with pasteurized milk showed similar changes, and those fed evaporated milk showed even more damage, [b]while the most marked deficiencies occurred among those fed sweetened condensed milk.
Because the health of each new generation was adversely affected by its parents' inferior diet, the cooked-food kittens had even more problems, and there were no fourth generation kittens in any of the cooked-food groups because the third generation always died before reproducing. Had antibiotic drugs been available, these kittens might not have died of pneumonia and other infectious diseases, in which case the experiment could have continued through longer chains of deformed offspring.
One of Dr. Pottenger's most exciting discoveries was that the health deterioration caused by cooked foods can be reversed, although it took four generations to completely restore perfect health to cats whose ancestors ate cooked meat or pasteurized milk.
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as far as my own experience...they eat anything....coz they r strays, they dont eat regular meals...what ever they can find, they just gobble up in double quick time...Originally posted by poon cho tang:r street cats selective feeders or do they eat anything? -
oh...she ran away....well dun thinks its your fault lah....she wouldnt know its bad for her either...just that its very nice to drink....Originally posted by foxwalk:oops... well i din really feed my cat a lot of that... plus she's gone MIA many years ago... probably hated me and condensed milk...
Well, now you know so next time if you have another cat you'll know what not to feed.
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Raw meat..
There's this brand.. Fussy Cat.. it's little sachets of raw kangaroo mince.
ALL CATS LOVE THIS STUFF. OMG they gobble it in two seconds. -
what about grass? I saw some cats eating grass b4. I watch discovery channel; they say cat eat grass coz they indigestion or wanna vomit fur ball out.
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Yeah i think dogs do that too.Originally posted by harder boy:what about grass? I saw some cats eating grass b4. I watch discovery channel; they say cat eat grass coz they indigestion or wanna vomit fur ball out. -
Yah, they do eat grass - (fibre) to help their indigestion and fur ball...I grow small containers of grass for my long haired cats and they enjoy eating it...Originally posted by harder boy:what about grass? I saw some cats eating grass b4. I watch discovery channel; they say cat eat grass coz they indigestion or wanna vomit fur ball out. -
hmm..I havent noticed this brand in the shops before...Originally posted by Lingos:Raw meat..
There's this brand.. Fussy Cat.. it's little sachets of raw kangaroo mince.
ALL CATS LOVE THIS STUFF. OMG they gobble it in two seconds.
..will go and look for it...thinks the cats would like that!! -
Sorry hun, I don't know if it's available in Singapore. You can get it here in Australia really easily. I spoke to a cat lover once in singapore she said she has never heard of it. But beware, all of my friends who feed their cats this.. have fat fluffy cats hehhe.. Cos they can't get enough of it!Originally posted by care bear:hmm..I havent noticed this brand in the shops before...
..will go and look for it...thinks the cats would like that!!
You can get a 1kg packet from the supermarket or 5 little sachets. Or there is a shop at my market that sells only pet food. We're talking big hunks of bone and necks and liver. -
Yeah...think you're right...tried doing a search for it on the net..no singapore pet supply shop or supermarket carries it as far as I could see....Originally posted by Lingos:Sorry hun, I don't know if it's available in Singapore. You can get it here in Australia really easily. I spoke to a cat lover once in singapore she said she has never heard of it. But beware, all of my friends who feed their cats this.. have fat fluffy cats hehhe.. Cos they can't get enough of it!
You can get a 1kg packet from the supermarket or 5 little sachets. Or there is a shop at my market that sells only pet food. We're talking big hunks of bone and necks and liver.
I think Cold Storage supermarket had something like that for a while...but it got discontinued soon after...I guess the response wasnt too good for them...Oh well...maybe its a good thing huh....dont want to have obese cats!! -
From some of the pictures that our forumites have posted...Originally posted by care bear:Yeah...think you're right...tried doing a search for it on the net..no singapore pet supply shop or supermarket carries it as far as I could see....
I think Cold Storage supermarket had something like that for a while...but it got discontinued soon after...I guess the response wasnt too good for them...Oh well...maybe its a good thing huh....dont want to have obese cats!!
It may already be too late
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you're talking abt my fat cat?? strangely.. i feed him cat food most of the time... he's just greedy... kekekekeOriginally posted by _Aaron_:From some of the pictures that our forumites have posted...
It may already be too late
typical day in Xi Xi's life...
sleep.... wake up and eat breakfast (half a small can of cat food)... sleep... wake up and eat dried cat food (science diet)... sleep,... i come home, he wakes up and follows me around, begging me to play with him... i sleep, he goes and eat dried cat food ... sleep... next day arrives...
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Yea. thats why a cat's life can be so carefree... unlike us humans. mew.~Originally posted by KittynMeow:you're talking abt my fat cat?? strangely.. i feed him cat food most of the time... he's just greedy... kekekeke
typical day in Xi Xi's life...
sleep.... wake up and eat breakfast (half a small can of cat food)... sleep... wake up and eat dried cat food (science diet)... sleep,... i come home, he wakes up and follows me around, begging me to play with him... i sleep, he goes and eat dried cat food ... sleep... next day arrives...
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jialat, me sometime feed stray cats milk. dunno wat will happened to them.
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eggs are no good either. Our food has too much salt for them (salt makes them shed a lot and then you'd get bald patches), so if you won a cat, get canned cat food. Cats are not that big eaters compared to dogs. So your the can usually last some time. my mom stores all these in the fridge for later use, so get a plastic lid to cover the open can unless you want things to smell fishy inside.
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they will have stomach ache and lao sai...Originally posted by 798:jialat, me sometime feed stray cats milk. dunno wat will happened to them. -
i figure strays should be better off catching rats and roaches...
better diet for them than whatever we feed them