fish oil for cats?

[nancylebov]

It looks as though fish oil is good for me. Might it be good for the cats (one with dry fur, one possibly depressed, one young and healthy who might as well get anything possibly useful and harmless)?

I've googled, but most of what I've found is commercial sites. What I want is either scietific studies or personal accounts on a site that isn't biased. I did see a couple of studies, but they were for specific skin conditions. There was also one statement that fish liver oil is a bad idea for cats--too much vitamin A.

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[zenlizard]

>personal accounts on a site that isn't biased.


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[redbird]

When our previous cat got old, the vet had us give her something called "EFA-caps", which I think included fish oil and borage oil and I'm not sure what else. I don't recall if that was for the arthritis or the kidney problem.

[thespian.livejournal.com]

fish oil is fine for cats; I've had to administer it to them in the past, as well. It's just the fish *liver* oil that causes problems. Then again, I don't like it, either :-)

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

Wha' happened? Someone posted a bunch of interesting links about fish oil, I was following them up, and now they're gone. They were about people rather than cats, but I liked them anyway. Please come back, all is forgiven.

At least I remember crazymeds and still had bipolarabout.com in the browser.

And it was nice to find that some of my other favorite fish--catfish and trout--are also good for omega-3.

[thespian.livejournal.com]

that was me. I realized I'd made a mistake. Uhm...I don't have them anymore. There's cat stuff below.

Did they get mailed to you?

[thespian.livejournal.com]

I should also say, I can have them for you in about 10m, because I remember what my searches were for, and they'll still be marked as visited on Google when I go back. But if they got mailed to you, that'll be much easier than me doing that...

sorry about the deletion...I read the thing right after getting up, misunderstood the question, and then deleted them because I realized they weren't what you were asking....my bad...

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

They never showed up in my mail box. Thanks very much for re-posting them.

[thespian.livejournal.com]

Veterinary Medical Uses And Sources of Omega-3 Fatty Acids (http://www.serve.com/BatonRouge/n3favet.htm)

with pictures of treated cat:
http://www.serve.com/BatonRouge/nutrition/Omega2.htm (http://www.serve.com/BatonRouge/nutrition/Omega2.htm)

Fatty Acids for Allergies & Dry Skin in Cats (http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=0&cat=1448&articleid=665)

Chronic Renal Disease and Failure (CRD, CRF) (http://courses.vetmed.wsu.edu/vm552/urogenital/crf.htm) includes a section on modification of dietary lipids, as Omega-3/fish oil is often used to treat chronic renal failure cats (it was also recommended as part of Chiya's lipidosis treatment, which is the administration I refer to above)

Diet and Sink Disease in Dogs and Cats (http://www.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/128/12/2783S)

google search was: Omega-3 fish oils feline veterinary studies

[dcseain.livejournal.com]

EFA is good, as redbird said. My cat's skin cleared up beautifully during a period when he was getting chicken on a regular basis from my partner. He likes sauces i make that are heavy in olive oil too, and will lick that up when i'm done.

I now give him 1/3-1/2 can of Lick Your Chops cat food 2x/day, and it's done wonders for him. He's lost weight, eats less, is more active, and his fur is so soft.

[thespian.livejournal.com]

the fish oil stuff I posted before:

Search was for: fish oil health studies

General health information, some cites:
http://vvv.com/healthnews/fishoils.html

American Heart Association, 'Fish Consumption, Fish Oil, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, and Cardiovascular Disease':
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/106/21/2747

Very detailed page, 'Fats, Fish Oil and Omega-3-Fatty Acids':
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=23820

Search was for: fish oil health personal results

Lots of cites, ignore the sales pitch:
http://www.infinityfitness.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=27&

Personal accounts of use by bipolar people:
http://bipolar.about.com/cs/experience/a/sfe_omega3.htm

Reuters article on commercial site, 'Fish Oil may be Heart Healthy for Postmenopausal Women ':
http://www.vrp.com/art/441.asp

Search for: fish oil I me (in order to find personal accounts)

Scroll down to j3nuinebrui17's account:
http://www.healthboards.com/boards/archive/index.php/t-72639.html

Omega-3 on Crazy Meds:
http://www.crazymeds.org/omega3.html

Searched for: Omega-3 fish oils I me

Looks like a pro site, but registered to a guy at a home address in england, and the whole site is very comprehensive:
http://www.omega-3info.com/faqs.htm

I *think* that recreates the earlier post.