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In Korea, there is a saying, 'Leave the fish to the cat.'

［It means, "If you leave the fish to the cat, it's obvious that the cat will eat the fish."

It is an expression of a situation in which you are not comfortable with leaving something or an object to a person who cannot be trusted.］

But is it obvious that cats will eat fish?

Today, as this proverb says, we will take a time to find out whether cats really like fish and what the relationship between cats and fish is.

『Do cats like fish?』

First, as the saying goes, we need to see if cats like fish.

Let me start with the conclusion,
Cats don't really like fish.😾

Cats are carnivores, and they prefer protein-rich meat like meat to fish.🥩

In the past, cat food companies faced a major crisis due to a shortage of meat during World War II.

During this period, cat food companies promoted feed made of fish, using high-supply fish as an ingredient instead of meat that was in short supply.

The common sense that the cat likes fish as we know It was the effect of these companies' advertising. 😅

 

『Can cats eat fish?』

Fish can provide the protein and amino acids that cats need.

So is it okay for cats to eat fish even though they don't like it??

I'll just tell you the conclusion first.

Cats can eat a little bit of fish,
❌Cats should not eat fish as a staple food❌

Well, cats shouldn't eat fish as a staple food.

Let's take a look at the reasons below 🧐

 

“Inducing hyperphosphatemia”

It's true that fish has a lot of protein, but 🐟

It lacks calcium and iron, and contains excessive phosphorus.

Eating too much can cause 'hyperphosphatemia'.

Hyperphosphatemia is a cat's kidney failure to produce phosphorus.

It refers to the symptoms that phosphorus builds up in a cat's body.

Kidney's dysfunction is causing excessive phosphorus in the blood.

If you can't discharge it, you can have heart problems. 

Excessive phosphorus in cats prevents the absorption of calcium in the body

It can lead to lower bone density, which can lead to bone disease 🦴

 

“Inducing yellow fat”

Fish such as tuna and salmon contain a lot of omega-3 unsaturated fatty acids 🐟

This unsaturated fatty acid can cause vitamin E deficiency.

If you take a lot of unsaturated fatty acids without increasing the amount of vitamin E,

Body fat is oxidatively decomposed and oxides gradually accumulate in adipose tissue.

This can lead to yellowing of visceral fat, resulting in chronic inflammation, fever, loss of appetite and abnormalities in the nervous system 😱

 

“Vitamin B1 thiamine deficiency”

​If a cat eats fish raw without cooking it Thiamine, vitamin B1, may be deficient 🐟

Fish have an enzyme called thiaminase that breaks down thiamine.

If a cat eats fish uncooked, this enzyme enters the cat's body and breaks down thiamine.

Thiamine deficiency affects the nervous system, resulting in poor body control, resulting in gastrointestinal disorders, weight loss, loss of appetite, and a specific head-dropping posture of thiamine-deficient disease, and even convulsions to death 😨

 

“Histamine-induced”

First of all, histamine is not a bad substance, and histamine is an essential substance for preventing infection.

When these histamines react to prevent infection, they cause sneezing or runny nose, which is called an allergic reaction 📌

When this allergic reaction becomes severe, headaches, fever, rash, vomiting, or diarrhea may appear.

Fish is one of the foods that cause allergies in cats 🐟

Feed with fish as the main ingredient includes many substances that cause allergic reactions 😧

It is not known exactly which part of the fish causes which allergy, but it is a factor that causes histamine to be made in cats.

 

『What additional food should cats not eat?』

Cats, like humans, may have parasites and roundworm problems in uncooked fish or meat.

In the case of tuna and salmon, there is a high accumulated mercury content, and in the case of farmed salmon, dioxin, a component of pesticides and toxic substances, may be accumulated.

❌ Additionally, for foods that are not eaten by cats other than fish
Garlic or green onions, dairy products, chocolate, candy and ice cream. There are liver, caffeine, nuts and grapes from animals with lots of vitamin A. ❌

 

So far, we've looked into the relationship between cats and fish.

Unlike what I knew, cats and fish were at odds 😥

If there is no problem with the cat's health, you can eat simple cooked fish without seasoning, so if you want to give fish, you can boil it or boil it to remove the salt and pay it. 🙂

I hope today's posting was helpful and I'll see you next time with a helpful one 💙

 

 

 

 

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