On 10/18/2020 10:45 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Sunday, October 18, 2020 at 9:50:16 AM UTC-4, Sheldon wrote:
>> On Sun, 18 Oct 2020 06:19:03 -0400, Gary > wrote:
>>
>>> Silvar Beitel wrote:
>>>>
>>>> A regular treat for us: Save the juice from canned tuna, salmon, whatever in a freezer container[1], call it concentrated seafood stock, and make stew (chowder in this case) with whatever seafood you have a excess of in the freezer (in this case some shrimp, bay scallops, and tuna). All you need for a simple dinner is some buttery home made rolls.
>>>
>>> This is cool. I've always meant to ask if anyone saves the
>>> water from a can of tuna and, if so, what do you do with it.
>>>
>>> For years, I would drain it onto some dry cat food for a treat.
>>> Mr.Kitty liked the extra flavor.
>>>
>>> Since then, I haven't ever saved that water but it seems like
>>> a waste not to. I'll start saving it in the freezer from
>>> now on.
>> Canned tuna is the worst thing to feed cats, bad for humans as well,
>> that water is doubly bad... with mercury it's loaded, and salt... a
>> great way to substantially shorten kitty's life; kidney failure! Don't
>> believe me ask your Vet. I stopped buying tuna (canned and fresh)
>> years ago. Seafood is not at all healthful, all the planet's oceans
>> are seriously polluted with all sorts of toxins.
>
> I think I'll risk a tuna salad sandwich once or twice a month, and
> occasional sushi.
>
> If all the mercury amalgam fillings I had didn't kill me, I don't think
> my food will do me in.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
I don't like canned tuna but Sheldon doesn't like *any* kind of fish or
seafood, therefore no one else should like it either.

He's right that canned tuna intended for humans shouldn't be a *staple*
in a cats' diet, but it's not due to mercury. It's because canned tuna
processed for human consumption doesn't contain taurine, which is an
essential dietary element for cats.

Jill