With concerns about mercury poisoning, is it safe to give canned tuna to cats as a treat?
Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 08:30
in Mathematics & Economics
I've never seen a report of mercury poisoning in a cat fed tuna-based commercial cat food. We also lack data about how much mercury is actually in tuna-based cat foods, as well as statistics about mercury levels in cats that eat those diets. However, it seems reasonable to assume that when a cat eats tuna as its main diet, it ingests far more mercury on a body-weight basis than a human does—even a person who eats a lot of tuna.