Re:Elephant 'smoking' footage baffles experts
by cimmanom on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @06:19AM
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And it's not just that cats have to eat meat to get nutrients they need. Their systems aren't able to process significant amounts of carbohydrates at all. A cat consuming more than a couple grams of carbs per day will develop kidney disease extremely quickly.
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Re:Elephant 'smoking' footage baffles experts
by blacksmith_tb on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @02:51PM
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That seems too low a threshold - lots of cheap cat food (esp. chow/kibble) has much higher levels of carbs, and while I am sure they aren't great for cats, there also doesn't seem to be an epidemic of feline kidney failure...
Re:Elephant 'smoking' footage baffles experts
by cimmanom on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @07:09PM
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Actually, there is. It's among the most common causes of death for domestic cats ([1] says the second most common). It's been what killed most of the cats I've ever known (notable exceptions being two that got hit by cars and the one who, no kidding, died of mercury poisoning after being fed nothing but canned tuna her entire life).
[1] http://skeptvet.com/Blog/2015/03/longevity-causes-of-death-i...