Is it okay to feed cats dog food?

Well, I never fed my cats dog food, but I never had a dog either... lol My pet rabbit used to eat from my cat's bowl and he's fine. So if your cats like dog food, I don't think that there's any problem with that.

Nope. I wouldn't do it deliberately. It may not make your cat sick to eat it once, but repeatedly, they may have nutritional deficiencies, etc, as cats and dogs have very different nutiritional needs. Like what was said before, they may get sick because they produce or don't produce different amino acids as well.

My cats eat dog food. I used to buy them different food but found they were eating out of the dog's bowl and not theirs. They are surviving just fine. It also saves me money on getting different food.

I didn't think it was a good idea as I knew (or thought I did) that there was something cats need to nourish them that wasn't in dog food , since I wasn't sure I had a check and sure enough I found this link! http://cats.about.com/od/catfoodandnutrition/f/dogfood.htm Hope this helps! xxxx

The only thing I think I know for sure is this. Cat's can't produce their own taurine, an amino acid, that dogs can. Usually when they eat mice and birds, they get it from them somehow. They actually get lots of stuff from the stomachs of their prey like nuts, berries, seeds and the enzimes to help digest it all. Dog food is formulated for the nutritional needs of dogs. They have a heavier frame and different energy requirements. Cat food is formulated for the nutritional needs of cats. They sleep for long periods of time and suddenly move very fast. They eat smaller amounts of food and usually higher amounts of meat to other ingredient ratio. Dog food often has around 26% meat dry and cat food often has 32% meat dry. 6% difference. Not sure what taurine does. Not sure what the difference in meat percentage does. Take care.

I spoke to a vet about it once, and he said you shouldn't. Can't remember about feeding cats dogfood, but catfood is far too fattening for dogs.

I can't remember the reasons, but I think it is not good at all to let a cat eat dog food. The dog food and the cat food are made especially for either a dog or cat. I think there is something in the dog food that the cat cannot digest. And it isn't good thing to let a dog eat cat food, just for the reason that someone else had mentioned, and that is it is very fattening for the dog. Anyway, I do believe that it would be better for the cat to have cat food. Don't have a clue what happens if the cat eats dog food and maybe they would be just fine. I have just always heard that it just isn't healthy.