Is thinly mixed bouillon too salty for cat critters?

[BikeWriter]

I don't know too much about them, though I've raised most everything else.

[lizziegrace]

1. Everything I've read

says not to give anything salted to cats. But I was looking for recipes to make food for a cat dealing with a 5 month ear infection. I don't know if a one-time serving would hurt. :shrug:

[BikeWriter]

2. Well, it's had it presented to it one time, and it's not dead yet.

[S n o w b a l l]

4. I think they have fairly sensitive kidneys...

Personally, I wouldn't do it. The no sodium beef broth in cans would probably be ok.

[BikeWriter]

13. Okay, I'll quit. If it were a dog I'd have it rescueing Timmy...

but I don't know too much about cats.

[S n o w b a l l]

18. I understand...

I'm a dog person too but, I do have a kittie that I've had for 14 yrs so I must be doing something right. My mom has a cat, now worth over $4k from kidney dialysis. That's why I wouldn't chance it.

[BikeWriter]

21. K, you will not believe how I met this bastid. It's too wierd.

[S n o w b a l l]

24. Do tell....

:-)

[BikeWriter]

27. LOL! You know I have a long very blonde beard, right?

[S n o w b a l l]

28. LOL...no, for some reason, I thought you were a girl.

[BikeWriter]

31. Nope that's those pretty "Writers."

[S n o w b a l l]

32. Well? So what's the story about the beard and the cat...

Now you have me curious.

[BikeWriter]

34. I was lying here in my bed asleep. and... Let's see if someone who knows me catches up...

[BikeWriter]

37. Maybe they passed out on us, anyway, a couple of weeks ago...

I'm lying here in bed asleep and I become aware of a "presence" on my chest. I felt four cold spots. This is strange since no one has lived here except me for years. I opened my eyes and there was a black cat looking me in the eyes.
I don't own a cat. I'm a combat vet, but I wasn't alarmed or anything, so I didn't move. My eyelids moving scared the cat though, and he ran off. I've spent the last couple of weeks trying to make friends with it, veeeeeerrrrryyyy slowly.

[S n o w b a l l]

39. That's wild...

I'd say the cat's lucky to be alive. :) Good luck with him and hope you can find a home.

[BikeWriter]

40. I figured it had to have been a pet sometime, so there is hope...

for it. That was very wierd, though, by the time my eyes fully opened it was lying down on me. It's slept on my bed the last couple of nights, so it is calming down.

[S n o w b a l l]

41. Awww...that's so sweet

Any chance you'll keep him?

[BikeWriter]

42. Hee hee hee! THE CAT does not live here. I'm just trying...

to get someone a good cat. It is a pretty thing.

[BikeWriter]

43. It must be a Southern breed of cat. It likes instant buttery grits...

It's on the bed now.

[S n o w b a l l]

44. Sure sounds like he lives there...

or he thinks he does. :)

[BikeWriter]

45. Well, it may think it lives here, but I don't. It's lying down.

[BikeWriter]

46. How do you call a cat, other than kitty, kitty, kitty? It won't come...

unless I have vienna sausages.

[Whoa_Nelly]

8. You're right, lizziegrace. It's hard on their kidneys

and doesn't take much to affect them. Cats (and dogs) can go into renal failure from getting a good dose of salt...and good dose means not much since they are so much smaller than us.

Hi lizzie! :hi: :loveya:

[BikeWriter]

10. This bastid loves Vienna Sausages.

[lizziegrace]

14. Hi ya Nelly!!

:hug:

[Lisa0825]

3. why?

for a treat, or for a specific reason?

[BikeWriter]

7. I thought it might want some boullion. I don't know cats too well.

[Lisa0825]

11. I just wasn't sure if you were thinking treat,

or trying to coax a kitty who wouldn't eat or something. For a treat, as far as human foods go tuna is probably one of the treats most cats will go nuts for. Sardines too. My kitties also go crazy for a little sprinkle of shredded cheese, or a little bit of any meat I make for myself.

As far as treats and food made just for cats, Fancy Feast's new "Elegant Medleys" seem to be laced with drugs or something, because the cats will KILL for it.

[BikeWriter]

17. It likes Austin Cheese Crackers, dry cat food, and Vienna Sausages.

[SPKrazy]

5. It's Pretty Salty

cats are little critters

although, I really don't know the answer.

:shrug:

[BikeWriter]

23. I've never liked them, anyway, but this one is here.

[philosophie_en_rose]

6. probably

It's probably not deadly, but it's probably not that great for them.

[BikeWriter]

9. If I give it any more I'll mix it very thin then.

[Whoa_Nelly]

26. What NOT to feed the cat

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=1&cat=1399&articleid=1029 :hi:

and on edit:
What to feed the cat
http://www.delmars.com/kitcats/catsfeed.htm

[BikeWriter]

29. Okay, thank you. You da bomb. The cat won't like that list...

It lurves tuna!

[Lisa0825]

30. Thanks for the links!

I am going to add them to the links on the shelter website.

[Whoa_Nelly]

38. Good deal!

:hi:

[Lisa0825]

12. For that matter, it's not great for humans either, because of the salt content.

I don't think it is harmful for a "now and then" thing, but definitely not a diet staple.

[BikeWriter]

16. It won't get many treats! Just trying to get a hand on it, so...

I can find a home for it.

[Lisa0825]

25. will it let you touch it at all?

If not, if it isn't tame yet, and you have a large cage or a spare room to keep it in, while you work on taming it, you can try trapping it. But you have to have a plan at that point, because trapping will initially stress it out, until you teach it that it's safe inside.

A Havahart trap with tuna or smelly seafood flavored canned cat food, with a towel draped over it for a bit of camoflage should do the trick. Then move it into a large cage with room for a litter box and a loft made out of a milk crate strapped to the top, with a cushion in it. Keep it in there and reach in to pet it often, always with treats in hand. A small room, like a spare bathroom could also work, but it might be too easy for it to avoid you in there. The best bet is to keep it somewhere where it has no choice but to let you pet it.

:loveya: to you for trying to find it a home.

[BikeWriter]

33. Okay, do you remember the last mama cat that damned near ate me?

[BikeWriter]

47. I may have to bring this one to you, but I was hoping not to...

traumatise it with the trap before I got some of its trust back. I'm wondering if it remembers petting at all, or just won't accept it from me yet. It seems to be sleeping soundly at the end of my bed right now. It had to have been a pet at one time or another.

[XemaSab]

15. Yes. Their kidneys aren't like ours.

:P

[BikeWriter]

19. Hmm, these Grilled Cheese Crackers may not be the best thing then?

[XemaSab]

20. OTOH, what's life without grilled cheese crackers?

:D

[BikeWriter]

22. True, very true, and the cat seems to like them.

[rurallib]

35. Feeding it to them or cooking them in it?

[BikeWriter]

36. Hee hee hee! Not this one. :-)