Canned Food

Which canned foods (brands) have you tried?

do you have a petco???
if so go get there elite cans they have alot of tuna in them

try tuna broth mixed in reg canned

I don't know if they sell this canned food in the US but my cats LOVE it:

Gimpet Shinycat


Their favorite taste is tuna with shrimps, it is pure tuna with real shrimps with no Artificial Preservatives, Colors or Additives.

Sierra adores California Natural Deep Water Fish and Rice! It smells just like fresh fish! Also, we recommend Merrick New England Boil! It contains several types of seafood. Reading the ingredients of these products is just as if you were opening a can of food for your own dinner! Hope this helps!

I don't know if you have Whole Foods Market where you are, but I've heard really good things about the Whole Foods line of canned food. Apparently, there are chunks of crab and tuna in one of the seafood varieties...

Originally Posted by lionessrampant

I don't know if you have Whole Foods Market where you are, but I've heard really good things about the Whole Foods line of canned food. Apparently, there are chunks of crab and tuna in one of the seafood varieties...

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Thanks for the tip. I'm in Austin and didn't even think of them as a source for cat food. I'm going to go check out their stuff this Saturday.

I've tried the Iams brand and a premium one from a specialty pet food store (can't remember the name as it has been a long time maybe Nutro?).

We don't have any of the chain pet stores anywhere near where I live (such as Petco, Superpetz, Pet Wharehouse...) and the other stores mentioned thus far aren't around me either.

Our vet doesn't recommend feeding the cat any fish. She knows that I give our cat tuna once in a while and said that, that is okay but never on a regular basis and to stay away from other fish products. Why is this?

Solid Gold makes a tuna flavor that is just like feeding tuna but with the added vitamins and nutrients that cats need to have. One of my kitties loved it. They have a store locator on their website (http://www.solidgoldhealth.com/)

The only wet food my kitty will eat is Wellness chicken formula. She likes it better than canned chicken for humans.

Not sure if your cat is a kitten but my kittens love tuna flavored (purple can) by proplan it even looks like tuna to me (a non tuna eater).

Originally Posted by cloud_shade

Solid Gold makes a tuna flavor that is just like feeding tuna but with the added vitamins and nutrients that cats need to have. One of my kitties loved it. They have a store locator on their website (http://www.solidgoldhealth.com/)

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ya , my cat loves the solid gold tuna too, though i onli limit that to weekends

Originally Posted by Ragdollmommy

I've tried the Iams brand and a premium one from a specialty pet food store (can't remember the name as it has been a long time maybe Nutro?).

We don't have any of the chain pet stores anywhere near where I live (such as Petco, Superpetz, Pet Wharehouse...) and the other stores mentioned thus far aren't around me either.

Our vet doesn't recommend feeding the cat any fish. She knows that I give our cat tuna once in a while and said that, that is okay but never on a regular basis and to stay away from other fish products. Why is this?

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I think eating too much tuna will inhibit the assimilation of a certain nutrient but I can't remember what it exactly was.

has anyone heard of cornicopia? I think its all natural, all meat cannet pet food but you can only buy it online.

Originally Posted by bengalbabe

I think eating too much tuna will inhibit the assimilation of a certain nutrient but I can't remember what it exactly was.

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Non petfood food tuna can deplete vitamin e ... some how this is solved in tuna cat foods , my guess a supplement

Thanks to everyone!

Our little local pet food store carries the Solid Gold line so I think I will give that a try.

Tuna depletes Vitamin E where as Tuna cat food is usually just Tuna flavored and won't cause the same effect. I had a hard time getting my Cat to eat canned wet food until I tried Sheba. Now she goes crazy for the stuff, especially the Gourmet Salmon and Duck flavors.

Originally Posted by hawk

Tuna depletes Vitamin E where as Tuna cat food is usually just Tuna flavored and won't cause the same effect. I had a hard time getting my Cat to eat canned wet food until I tried Sheba. Now she goes crazy for the stuff, especially the Gourmet Salmon and Duck flavors.

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You may want to read some labels a bit closer ... most "better brand s do contain tuna the real stuff.. and later on the label will be vit e ... as for me I have read sheba and wont feed it

Iams is junk!! (Plus I do not care for the company). Try feeding your kitty only human grade food- like WEllness and those kinds of brands.

Originally Posted by sharky

You may want to read some labels a bit closer ... most "better brand s do contain tuna the real stuff.. and later on the label will be vit e ... as for me I have read sheba and wont feed it

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Yes like trader Joes sells canned tuna for pets and it is 100% tuna.

I found the following info at http://www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/fish.php
Although a diet including or consisting of fish is not natural for the domestic cat, could a diet of fish nonetheless meet the nutritional needs of the cat?

Canned Tuna is among the most popular food stuff to feed to companion cats, because cats are very fond of it. It is not uncommon for cats, that regularly receive tuna, to refuse all other foods. Cats displaying this addiction-like behaviour are often refered to by Veterinarians as "tuna junkies".
Feeding a mainstay of canned tuna is long known to cause diseases of dietary origin. One of the most prevailing diseases afflicting "tuna junkies" is Steatitis or Yellow Fat Disease - an inflammation of the fat tissue in the body due to a deficiency of vitamin E. A vitamin E deficiency is usually the result of feeding tuna, or any canned fish, packed in vegetable oil. These products are high in polyunsaturated fatty acids which oxidate vitamin E, besides being a poor source of vitamin E to begin with. Currently, a diet consisting of large amount of any type of fish is considered the most common cause of this syndrome, [1.]
Canned fish - tuna or other, packed in water or oil - is not a complete diet for cats. Although it is high in protein, it does not supply the cat with sufficient amounts of certain amino acids, mainly taurine, to maintain health. The Calcium to Phosphorus ratio in canned tuna is 1:14.8 [2.] - providing the cat with too little Calcium to balance Phosphorus, resulting in bone disease caused by a loss of Calcium in the bone due to a deficiency of this mineral in the diet. [3.] The only canned fish providing sufficient Calcium is salmon with bones.
Also, many essential vitamins are not provided in sufficient amounts through a diet of canned fish, such as vitamin A and most B vitamins, like Thiamin, Riboflavin. Pantothenic Acid, Folic Acid, and Vitamin B-12 [4.] Last but not least, canned fish is high in sodium, possibly providing the cat with too much of this mineral.


The Cornell Book of Cats, by the Faculty, Staff, and Associates of the Cornell Feline Health Centre, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, second edition 1997, page 93
USDA Nutritional database for standard Reference, release 13
The Cornell Book of Cats, page 79
USDA Nutritional database
Nutrient requirement of Cats, National Research Council, revised edition

Raw, whole fish: Much of the nutritional deficient nature of canned fish can be contributed to the way it was processed. Many nutrients are sensitive to heat, and cooking or canning reduces levels of or even eliminates some nutrients in foods. Also, many nutrients are concentrated in various organs and body parts - like vitamin A in liver and Calcium in bone - and carnivores are provided with a complete diet by consuming the entire prey. Therefore, would a diet consisting of whole, raw fish be adequate for cats? Many feral cats in the Mediterranean do indeed supplement their diet considerably with whole, raw fish, but unfortunately, no statistics are available about their health status. The population appear to be thriving, which may be contributed to the fact that these cats mainly hunt rodents despite the generous availability of fish. [1]
It seems that the idea of raw, whole fish is not entirely without problems. An enzyme found in all raw fish, called thiaminase, can destroy vitamin B-1 (Thiamin), leading to neurological disorders accompanied by a general physical wasting due to loss of appetite. [2] This enzyme can be destroyed by cooking the food, which however reduces overall nutritional density of the food itself as well.


Cats in the Sun, Hans Silvester, 1995
The Cornell Book of Cats, page 93

Fish, cooked or raw, as part of a supplemented diet:
Initially, when evaluating fish meat as a base for a feline diet, species like saltwater halibut and freshwater rainbow trout appear to be nutritionally adequate in all the essential amino acids and fatty acids - when raw or cooked [1]. Supplementation could provide for correct amounts of Calcium within the right ratio with Phosphorus, and could bring levels of vitamins - such as vitamin A, D, E, and complex B, to optimal levels. However, fish meat seems to contain insufficient amounts of the trace minerals iron, zinc, copper, and manganese, making fish meat in the end an unsuitable choice as a base for a staple feline diet, because it would require unreasonable supplementation [2].


USDA Nutritional data Base
Nutrient requirement of Cats, National Research Council, revised edition