They don’t particularly like fish nor do they digest it well.
It is however extremely stinky and is typically the meatiest, fleshiest material they eat when they otherwisr have a life of kibble or canned foods. And for that reason they tend to ravenously enjoy tunafish.
I can’t speak for all cats, as in felines, but domesticated house cats that humans keep as pets are derived from a desert cat originally. Not many desert fish for their digestive systems to have adapted to.
Did they have dedicated cat food before WWII? until recently I was convinced people were just giving their dogs and cats their scraps. With cats possibly not even giving them the scraps and just letting them go hunt.
Kibble was ‘invented’ during ww2 as a way to get around shortages on metal for canning. But it’s essentially pemmican with below human grade standards. Works fine for dogs, manages to work well enough for cats to survive, so an industry was born even when the material shortages ended.
In the process of domesticating themselves cats forgot to update their software on the size parameter. They still they they age lions. I know this isn’t scientifically accurate in the slightest but don’t let the facts get in the wah of a good story
I’ve never understood why cats like tuna. Like how is a cat supposed to catch THIS?!
this is how big she is btw
They train a semi intelligent ape to catch, process, can, and eventually place portions of it in a bowl in front of them.
They don’t particularly like fish nor do they digest it well.
It is however extremely stinky and is typically the meatiest, fleshiest material they eat when they otherwisr have a life of kibble or canned foods. And for that reason they tend to ravenously enjoy tunafish.
Wait what? I thought cats eating fish were universal no matter if it’s a pet eating canned foods or not
I can’t speak for all cats, as in felines, but domesticated house cats that humans keep as pets are derived from a desert cat originally. Not many desert fish for their digestive systems to have adapted to.
Okaay so the cats beside my house who just come to eat fish are fine then
Probably. It becomes a greater concern for wherever they go to the bathroom afterwards.
Well its directly to soil so all is fine
The cat in the second picture looks to be roughly the same size as the humans in the first picture, so shouldn’t have an issue catching tuna.
Humans like a lot of things that we were never supposed to catch. Those two things are just not related
Wasn’t it during WW2 that they needed the beef to go to troops overseas, so they substituted beef for fish in cat foods?
I tried to look it up to verify, but search engines are shit and I’m not getting anything close to my keywords.
Did they have dedicated cat food before WWII? until recently I was convinced people were just giving their dogs and cats their scraps. With cats possibly not even giving them the scraps and just letting them go hunt.
Kibble was ‘invented’ during ww2 as a way to get around shortages on metal for canning. But it’s essentially pemmican with below human grade standards. Works fine for dogs, manages to work well enough for cats to survive, so an industry was born even when the material shortages ended.
In the process of domesticating themselves cats forgot to update their software on the size parameter. They still they they age lions. I know this isn’t scientifically accurate in the slightest but don’t let the facts get in the wah of a good story