 cat food vs dog food
#318079 - 02/22/2011 04:43 PM |
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I was wondering what the biggest difference is between the two.
Is this true?
Cats should eat cat food and dogs should eat dog food, period. Cats require a higher protein intake than dogs do. By eating dog food regularly, the cat will develop a protein deficiancy which can lead to serious health problems. Dogs do not need as much protein in their diet. By eating cat food, the dog then will receive too much protein and will then face problems like bladder stones, urinary obstructions, fatty liver, ect.
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#318108 - 02/22/2011 10:25 PM |
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Cats require an amino acid, taurine if I remember correctly. It supplemented in dry and moist commercial cat foods.
Cat's sense of what "tastes good" is related to protein content --and what they are accustomed to. Many cats will not eat novel foods.
Dogs like fat -sugar too. Most cats don't care about "sweet".
A cat's kidneys are much more efficient than a dogs, they are a desert beast, and produce a super concentrated urine -- one reason it smells so bad. Because they concentrate their urine so much, they need to eat quality protein.
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#318114 - 02/23/2011 01:58 AM |
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#318119 - 02/23/2011 04:12 AM |
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in my country, cat eats rice, fish, and mice (if they caught it).
never know about other chemical related food.
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#318121 - 02/23/2011 06:33 AM |
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Dogs like fat -sugar too. Most cats don't care about "sweet".
I'll have to tell my Bengal that. Duma loves anything that's sweet - frosted flakes, marshmellows...I had to put the sugar in one of those pour containers like restraunts will use to keep him from knock the lid off the sugar bowl and getting in to it. That worked really well until I got up in the middle of the night to see what the noise was about and found that he'd discovered if he knocked the sugar container on the floor and rolled it the sugar would spill out in a nice little trail for him!
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#318123 - 02/23/2011 07:08 AM |
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That's interesting about your cat getting into the sugar bowl. I think that it pretty rare.
Interesting too, what you pointed out Aaron about cats needing "fresh" foods, with low bacteria content. Perhaps that's why they prefer live prey.
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That's interesting about your cat getting into the sugar bowl. I think that it pretty rare.
Interesting too, what you pointed out Aaron about cats needing "fresh" foods, with low bacteria content. Perhaps that's why they prefer live prey.
What can I say? He's a "special" boy 
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#318139 - 02/23/2011 10:37 AM |
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Is this true?
Dogs do not need as much protein in their diet. By eating cat food, the dog then will receive too much protein and will then face problems like bladder stones, urinary obstructions, fatty liver, ect.
I have just a minute, but wanted to provide a link to Mary Straus's great site that we have posted here many times about the "high protein=kidney disease for dogs" myth. It never goes away.
http://www.dogaware.com/health/kidneyprotein.html
Many authoritative sources are quoted here, basically saying in greater or lesser detail that
"The myth that high-protein diets are harmful to kidneys probably started because, in the past, patients with kidney disease were commonly placed on low-protein (and thus low-nitrogen) diets. Now we often put them on a diet that is not necessarily very low in protein but contains protein that is more digestible so there are fewer nitrogen by-products." (that's Drs Foster & Smith)
and that
"Contrary to popular myth, diets rich in protein ("high protein levels") do not cause kidney damage. Research done decades ago indicated that rodent kidneys were adversely affected by diets high in protein... and misguided researchers extrapolated that data to apply to the canine. There is no evidence that feeding dogs and cats diets rich in or "high" in protein actually causes kidney damage or disease. Some day this myth will be finally be put to rest. In fact, there is ample research and well documented studies that prove that dogs and cats thrive on diets with levels of protein consistent with a meat-eater's (carnivore) natural prey selection."
Also, from Protein Restriction and Kidney Disease Extracts from Kirk's Current Veterinary Therapy XII, with links to a number of abstracts:
"In perhaps the most noted clinical trial examining effects of high protein diet on progression of CRD, groups of dogs diagnosed with CRD were fed either high protein diets or low protein diets. No significant difference was observed in the rate of progression of CRD in the high-protein group compared to the low protein group. Therefore, excess protein in the diet did not appear to compromise renal function even in the presence of high endogenous levels of protein associated with the disease. In fact, on an individual basis some of the CRD dogs in the high protein diet group faired better. This finding was postulated to be associated with the fact that protein is required for cellular repair and function."
It's good that the topic came up again, because as Mary Straus notes, we get another opportunity to read from the sources who know (IMO) that "reducing protein in the diet does not slow the progression of kidney disease nor prolong life."
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#318184 - 02/23/2011 02:58 PM |
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I did think it odd because those of you feeding raw diets are giving a lot more protein. Thanks Connie 
Could I ask one more thing here... In the case that you had only the choice of a low quality dog food and cat food might you go with cat food for your dog?
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