Can cats eat pork liver on a regular basis?

[stealthkitty]

I know cats shouldn't eat beef liver, but what about pork liver? I normally give my cats chicken liver, but I can't always find it in the store, and they are so little that it seems like extra work to rinse and dry them. Is there any reason I can't give pork liver to balance their PMR?

 

[mschauer]

Why shouldn't cats eat beef liver??? It's high in copper but that is just a reason to not feed a lot of it. Use it in rotation with other liver sources.

And I don't know of any reason to not use pork liver. I use it. 

 

[stealthkitty]

I understood that cats shouldn't eat beef liver because of high levels of vitamin A. If that's incorrect, I appreciate your saying so.

Thanks, too, for your input on pork liver. It'll be easier to serve them that occasionally than chicken liver.

 

[mschauer]

All liver is high in vitamin A. That's one of the reasons it is a valuable addition to a cats diet. The caution with regards to feeding liver is to not feed too much of it (regardless of the source) because of the risk of vitamin A toxicity. BUT, you have have to feed A LOT of liver consistently over a long period of time to reach toxic levels.

 

[stealthkitty]

OK, good to know.

  Thanks for clearing that up for me.

 

[ldg]

Rotating sources of organs (beef, pork, chicken, lamb, etc - as many as possible) is actually ideal.