Tue, Jul-10-07, 09:39
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Strong Chicks Rock!!
Posts: 8,999
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Plan: Atkins (total, not net)
Stats: 194/151.2/150
BF:35.8%/19%/17%
Progress: 97%
Location: MD
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Originally Posted by Nancy LC
Or you can add it to their food. I thought all uncooked meat had taurine. Yeah, pretty much most of it does. Not sure why you fixed on beef hearts but there's taurine in lots of uncooked meats: http://en.allexperts.com/q/Cat-Food-3490/taurine.htm
I do supplement my kitty's food though, and he gets insects sometimes outside, which are high in taurine.
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I focus on hearts (actually chicken, I never said what type and 2 of my cats don't tolerate beef) because it has a fixed amount of taurine (raw, of course). Different types of muscle meat, not only from different animals, but from different parts of the same animal, have different levels of taurine. There's also a difference in the same cut of muscle meat depending on whether you buy commercial or organic meats. There's even a difference between grass-fed and grain-fed cattle. It's simple, espcially for a newbie, to ensure that your cats are getting enough taurine by including hearts on a daily basis. That way you don't have to worry that the turkey wing you bought on sale isn't going to have enough, but the beef cheek does.
Last edited by LoveMyGSDs : Tue, Jul-10-07 at 09:53.
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