![]() Steatites (yellow fat disease – lumpy fat deposits, loss of appetite, greasy coat, fever, and pain)Ĭats need about 2.5 mg of Vitamin E a day which they normally get from their food, so you don’t want to strip that out by feeding them too much mackerel (or any fish really).Symptoms of vitamin E deficiency include: In small quantities, there’s nothing wrong with that for cats, but in high quantities, it can lead to a depletion in Vitamin E, causing deficiencies. Cats can also eat it to the point of getting sick of it and then you’ll have to find something else for your pet to eat. Mackerel may be a fantastic treat, but it doesn’t have all of the nutrients that a cat needs to stay healthy.įor example, it’s lacking in taurine which is only found in high enough quantities in animal flesh and cats need a certain amount to stay healthy. ![]() But it probably wouldn’t kill your cat unless it refused to eat anything else. Can Eating Mackerel Kill My Cat? Can cats overindulge on mackerel? In fact, overdoing any fish can cause issues with vitamin E deficiencies since the fish oils actually pull it out of the cat’s body and block absorption. If that happens to be your cat, you don’t really have to worry too much about it – fish is best served as a treat anyway and they aren’t nutritionally sound enough for cats to live on. There probably are cats who really don’t care about mackerel or might not like it at all. Do Cats Hate Mackerel?Ĭats have a varied palate just like anything else. In fact, my oldest cat didn’t use to care for seafood at all, though she seems to have come around in the last week or two and now enjoys fish cat food, so she too may go for mackerel given the chance. Now, of course, there will be variations in taste buds and there probably are cats out there who shrug at fish. ![]() In fact, there are stories of cats nearly fighting over it when they have to ‘guard’ their share! Mackerel is generally well-loved by most cats – open up a can of it and see for yourself one day. But too much mackerel can contain its own problems, so you should only give it to your cat as a treat.Īlthough cats don’t need fish to meet their nutritional needs, they certainly love eating it. Mackerel has some great health benefits and can often entice cats to eat when they’d rather not or to help them clear constipation. ![]() Therefore, it’s important to think about the best kinds of fish to eat and mackerel is at the top of the list.Ībsolutely, so long as it is done in moderation. However, not all fish are created equal – some of them carry heavier amounts of mercury in them for example, and raw fish contains a lot of parasites that can harm your pet. But just about every cat I’ve ever known (barring my Siamese who was allergic) absolutely loved fish.Ĭat food that is flavored with things like salmon, tuna, and whitefish abound on grocery store shelves and I’ve never heard any complaints from my pets when they get their dinner. Did you know that cats don’t actually eat fish when they are in the wild? It’s true! All of their nutritional needs are met through eating red meat, such as rodents and birds. ![]()
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