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10-06-2006, 09:34 PM | #1 |
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| yorkies eating cat food my mom went to the store and bought canned wellness cat food instead of dog food! she didn't even notice. she's been feeding her 2 yorkies cat food. is this ok? is it dangerous to their health? http://www.omhpet.com/cats/wellness_...e=canCatTurkey |
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10-06-2006, 10:54 PM | #2 |
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| O wow! It's not "okay" in the long run b/c cats have different health needs than dogs do. But I don't think it will severely harm them if it were fed a few times (but, how long are we talking about?) What I do know is that I'm surprised they didn't vomit! Baby and Zoie ate some of my sister's cat's food, and they both vomited.
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10-06-2006, 11:04 PM | #3 | |
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10-07-2006, 01:40 AM | #5 |
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| Eating cat food short term isnt ging to hurt them. Its eating it long term that hurts them it is higher in protein than dog food
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10-07-2006, 06:43 AM | #6 |
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| I might be wrong, but I thought I read on here that cat food is higher in fat than dog food, and as such can cause pancreatitis?
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10-07-2006, 08:00 AM | #7 |
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| I wanted to buy cat treats at my vet because they were smaller and was told never to give cat food or treats to Piccolo - too much protein.
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10-07-2006, 10:02 PM | #8 | |
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10-08-2006, 02:04 AM | #9 |
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| I contacted the vet at the Purina Animal Food Company - and he said that dogs certainly CAN eat cat food. My two previous dogs ate cat food for more than 10 years and were never sick - and they were very healthy..... (mainly Meow Mix with the usual table scrabs and treats that most of us feed our dogs) There are a couple things to keep in mind though -- Cat food is richer than dog food - so any dog that has a weight problem should not be eating a lot of cat food. It is more fattening than dog food. The vet did also said - cats should not live on dog food. There are things in cat food that they need - and these things are not found in dog food. *** So - there is certainly no reason why your dog(s) can't have cat food - and especially occasionally. Carol Jean |
10-08-2006, 08:51 AM | #10 | |
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10-08-2006, 08:56 AM | #11 |
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| My Vet told me cat food has too much protien in it. My dogs were eating my cat food and he said to put it up out of their reach
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10-10-2006, 02:19 PM | #12 |
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| My vet also said the same thing...to high in protein.....he suggested taking the cat food up off the floor and out of reach of our Lily and Sabastian. I don't thing that a couple of days being on the cat food would nessesarily hurt them, just not good for them! |
10-10-2006, 02:26 PM | #13 |
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| Diesel got into the catfood one time. Later on he threw every bit of it up and had the runs for a while after that.
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10-10-2006, 06:20 PM | #14 |
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| now they are eating chicken soup canned. FOR DOGS. lol.. http://www.chickensoupforthepetlover...s/canned_food/
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10-11-2006, 10:34 AM | #15 | |
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