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catbird
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« on: August 05, 2008, 05:22:30 PM » |
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Are there others here who think their cats may be sensitive or allergic to fish? What do you see?
My cat Linley always refuses canned foods that contain fish. He started to have behavior problems after I introduced Orijen dry food that has significant amounts of fish. After I discontinued the Orijen, his behavior improved very much.
Last night I cooked salmon for my family (wild-caught USA product Alaskan frozen fillet.) Linley and the other cats had some. Today Linley is very edgy, wants to go after the other cats, and is even striking out at people! We have tried burning off the excess energy by playing with him and exercising him, which helped a little, but he still seems to be giving evil looks to the other cats, and would no doubt attack if we were not preventing him.
I find it hard to believe that this is a coincidence.
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Laurie
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« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2008, 05:45:45 PM » |
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Nope, Doesn't sound like a coincidence to me. Fish is one of the top allergens for cats. The irritation they get from eating something they are allergic to can manifest itself in numerous ways. Such as; agression, skin irritabillity, and skin rashes just to name a few. Hopefully he will be back to normal in a day or so.
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JustMe
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« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2008, 05:51:13 PM » |
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Gee, I wonder why it causes a behavioral change in him. Something in the fish. Mercury?
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Laurie
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« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2008, 06:36:00 PM » |
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The behavioral change is caused by the irritation that occurs to the system after eating the offending food item.
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catbird
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« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2008, 07:12:12 AM » |
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I guess the salmon was Linley's "food allergy challenge," and pretty much confirms that he can't tolerate fish. No more salmon for that boy! (Gonna be difficult, though--he even kept trying to get onto the table to get it from our plates, after the cats had their portion in their dishes.) I was surprised that he ate it, because he usually won't touch canned foods that are fish. Although I have heard of people
who have terrible cravings for the exact thing they are allergic to.
It's sad that if fish is a top allergen for cats, so many commercial foods contain it. Even foods that say "chicken and rice," for example, sometimes contain fish if you look closely at the label.
I wonder how many "behavioral issues" with pets are actually caused by a food allergy or sensitivity. When I eliminated corn from her diet, one of my other cats (Phantom) had a dramatic improvement in behavior, too.
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« Last Edit: August 06, 2008, 07:18:54 AM by catbird »
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JJ
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« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2008, 07:49:59 AM » |
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catbird the elimination of the corn was probably the smartest thing as I believe corn is 58% genetically modified now and we still have no clear clue if that being in foods for pets has a bad effect on them. Surprised that your lil Linley wanted to eat the salmon after having refused fish before.
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catbird
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« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2008, 06:54:17 PM » |
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Linley was still cranky and aggressive yesterday, but is completely back to normal today. It must have been the fish.
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« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2008, 08:36:49 PM » |
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catbird, I make sure that nothing I feed my group contains fish. Rikers is 12 years old and she was very aggressive and nasty as a baby with even the tiniest bit of fish. At that point I decided no fish and it took days for her to calm down. My friend arrived on Monday with "cat treats" that she made herself. My guys were going nuts for them and she said it was a blend of chicken and turkey. Turns out she also added sardine oil to the mix, knowing full well that I never feed this crew fish.  Today is Thursday and Rikers, despite having no hip joints and being somewhat slow in movement, has bursts of speed and is still terrorizing the boys  |
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If cats could talk......They wouldn't
Tortie cats are like Almond Joys........Very sweet and a little nuts
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JJ
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« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2008, 07:35:51 AM » |
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Peg this is a 'friend'? Bringing treats with an ingredient in it that you never would feed knowing the effects of this on your babies? Wow - do people get off on reaction of animals when they push the envelope?
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« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2008, 10:01:32 AM » |
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JJ......since that Monday visit, and Rikers is finally her sweet self today........there was a bag left on my door this morning and it contained a bag of commercial cat treats, another thing she knows I do not feed my cats. This one is trying so hard to get to my cats. They don't like her, and neither do I at this point. They get up and walk away anytime she arrives here. I hung the bag of treats back on her door with a "Thanks but no thanks note"  |
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If cats could talk......They wouldn't
Tortie cats are like Almond Joys........Very sweet and a little nuts
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« Reply #10 on: August 08, 2008, 10:08:41 AM » |
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I pretty much trust my cats' reactions to people ~ they seem to know.
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JJ
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« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2008, 05:40:17 AM » |
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Peg so glad you returned the commercial treats with a 'no thanks' on it. When people try to befriend an animal and go about it in a manner such as this - thats despicable. Glad your cats do not like her. Animals have a sense about people and will warn you if there is anything not right about them. Thank goodness for their "sixth" senses. So why are you friends with the woman again?
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« Reply #12 on: August 10, 2008, 04:43:33 PM » |
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OT as far as fish sensitivity, but our dogs have frequently been better judges of people than I am. I think cats would be as well.
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« Reply #13 on: August 10, 2008, 04:53:05 PM » |
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Animals are a much better judge of people than we will ever be. i always watch their reaction real close.
As far as fish, I know a very long time ago some vet told Me to never feed the cats fish.
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« Reply #14 on: August 10, 2008, 06:35:37 PM » |
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JJ, I suffer from frequent bouts of "temporary insanity". Although if the temporary insanity frequency continues........................  |
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