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http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... -episode-3

12 minutes in.. about cat food.

Apparently, cats that eat more fish are exposed to higher levels of arsenic! Which is causing kidney problems

That's not all! The bigger fish, like the ever popular tuna, are often carrying quite a burden of mercury too!!

fish in cat food has also been linked with hyperthyroidism in cats, which seems to be more and more common http://www.petmd.com/blogs/nutritionnug ... oidi-33397

and what makes it worse is that a lot of meat flavoured popular food like Felix contain fish , so it's not just a matter of avoiding fish flavoured varieties

It's not good for cats to eat tuna.
You can read more about this here
http://lifewithcatman.com/avoid-product ... cats-diet/

All good things in moderation. A little fish every now and then isn't going I hurt. In fact, no fish at all is just as harmful, and eye need the Omega 3 that fish give. Too much fish, on the other hand, can indeed have adverse affects. My cats gets a teaspoon of fish - alternating between salmon and sardines - per week.

There's so much controversy about food. Raw feed/don't raw feed. All dry/no dry. All wet/no wet. Eggs/no eggs. In the end I stopped worrying about the controversy and spent some time researching cat biology and digestive systems. I built a balanced diet for mine, which a couple of vets have said is good. But it took a lot of time and effort.

We are off for lunch to a restaurant known for it's local caught fish. I'm sure some of it will find it's way back here. Willow is partial to a little white fish - never done her any harm.

Having said that she, and the others, won't touch sachets of fish flavoured cat food, never have. Odd that.

I live in Asia and I haven't seen any non-fish wet food yet!! Mostly tuna.