there is no tuna i have seen ever that doesn't have salt in it. i just drain it off. my cat drinks a lot of water, i assume that the salt makes him more thirsty.

compared to the other options i have available at my local supermarket, it's the best. i do try to mix it up a bit sometimes with beef and also now with cod, i should pull some cod steaks out of the freezer to cook up for him to eat.

i think tuna is pretty good though, i mean, if his condition and health are any condition, it's giving him more than enough, and better than what any "cat food" is giving him (they make his hair manky and his allergies and susceptibility to parasites increases - this is why i stopped feeding them to him. and he now refuses to eat those things).

idk if you knew this but most cat food products you can buy at regular supermarkets are part or more than half composed of textured vegetable protein. i was raised on this garbage and i know exactly what it looks and smells like. my cat does not like soy. soy is not cat food. it's not human food either, but that's a separate issue.

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I occasionally buy tuna for the cat I look after. But our local supermarket has tuna in spingwater (the other options are oil and brine which have bought before but rinsed off).

Yeah catfood products can be really shitty. As well as salt, cats are sensitive to sugar and can get diabetes. The cheapo catfood often has loads of sugar too. Although I did find one that was sugar-free and grain-free, saw it recommended on a cat forum for people struggling with prices of catfood. The expensive stuff is an insane price.

You can get taurine supplements, it seems pretty essential for cat eye and heart health in the little research I've done. No idea what the taurine levels are in tinned tuna or meats. (I think stuff like animal organs /offal is higher in taurine). Again , no expert lol I just did a bit of research when my flatmate rescued a poor wee thing from dying and she now lives with us:)

https://www.reddit.com/r/Pets/s/SfiiczKtov

yeah, organ meats... i have seen liver around here, i should get it to feed him in between things. he loves it, i have fed him it at times.

i don't think salt is especially bad for them, it just makes them need to drink more water. salt stimulates kidney elimination, it also is good for your health to have somewhat elevated levels of salt intake. unrefined grey salt is the best.