and is feeding his cat dog food. I cannot seem to convince him otherwise. 
My roommate swears dog food is the same as cat food
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My roommate swears dog food is the same as cat food |
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Posts: 456 (06/22/2009 12:07 PM) |
If he's gonna go thru the trouble of buying dog food, why not pick up cat food instead?
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Posts: 447 (06/22/2009 12:08 PM) |
Cat food has a lot more fat in it. That is why dogs love cat food so much and cats don't usually like dog food.
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Posts: 7648 (06/22/2009 12:09 PM) |
The protein content in dog food isn't as high as in cat food. Cats need more protein. It is probably fine as long as it isn't the cats regular diet. Is
he just all out of cat food or something?
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Posts: 143 (06/22/2009 12:17 PM) |
There's not nearly enough protein for cats in dog food. That's a bad idea.
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Posts: 3164 (06/22/2009 12:17 PM) |
Totally different.
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Posts: 12632 (06/22/2009 12:27 PM) |
SweatyTOEhair wrote: Yeah, I know they have different protein requirements, which is why I was trying to persuade him that it's not the same. And he isn't out of cat food...he never bought cat food. He got some dog food for free, so he's using that. If he continues getting it free, he might just use that. I might talk to the girlfriend and see if she can knock some sense into him. 
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Posts: 6155 (06/22/2009 12:54 PM) |
Then why would companies specify cat or dog food!
They would just call it "pet food" if it was the same.
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hibiscus5 |
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Posts: 12633 (06/22/2009 1:00 PM) |
NancyOttawa wrote: Yes! This is what I was saying!
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Posts: 16962 (06/22/2009 1:06 PM) |
Cats don't make a lot of vitamins and such that dogs naturally do, so it's not included in the food. The cat is going to get sick if it keeps eating
only dog food. Tell him then he will have to pay all the medical bills when he could have just bought the cat its own damn food.
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Posts: 12634 (06/22/2009 1:10 PM) |
OhManImScrewed wrote: Again, also mentioned! Maybe not so bluntly , but I told him they have different nutrient requirements and that I didn't think the cat would do well on dog food. He's being stubborn. |
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Posts: 1907 (06/22/2009 1:19 PM) |
Cat food contains the amino acid Taurine. Dogs can make taurine themselves and so is not found in dog food. From wiki -
The absence of taurine causes a cat's retina to slowly degenerate, causing eye problems and (eventually) irreversible blindness - a condition known as central retinal degeneration (CRD),[50][51] as well as hair loss and tooth decay |
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Posts: 15351 (06/22/2009 1:22 PM) |
Good I can tell this to my boyfriend. He just got a cat and the cat ate my dog's food that was left in the bowl before the cat ate its own food and the bf
swears they are both the same anyway, and told me that he thinks dog food is cheaper so he would have no problem feeding the cat dog food.
I'm going to let him know he needs to hide my dog's food so the cat doesn't get into it and what can happen eventually if he does. |
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Posts: 15352 (06/22/2009 1:22 PM) |
hibiscus5 wrote:if my boyfriend had a roommate I'd think we were talking about the same person. 
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Posts: 7047 (06/22/2009 1:23 PM) |
Why are people this dumb on purpose?
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Posts: 10160 (06/22/2009 1:52 PM) |
WTF, they are not the same
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