Comments on: Your Cat vegetarian? Is Vegetarian Cat Food an Option?

By: admin

admin — Wed, 05 May 2010 23:19:53 +0000

Thanks, Jennifer, for your comments and insight. Yes, cats are good hunters and instinctively most will want to hunt rodents, birds and other small critters if given the opportunity. For cats who eat their prey, they eat most of it, if not all of it. Most commercial pet food is of poor quality. One of the reasons is because many of the ingredients come from absolute discards from slaughter houses, other food production facilities, etc. Things like cancerous tissue/organs, tissue high in pesticide/hormone residue, diseased animals, road kills, spoiled or moldy grains, minced flea collars, rancid restaurant cooking oil, etc. No wonder the rate of cancer in dogs and cats has increased in the last 20-30 years. When you eat junk, you cannot have optimal health, that’s both for animals and people.
Marisa

By: admin

admin — Wed, 05 May 2010 22:51:20 +0000

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Marisa

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:15:16 +0000

I don’t think its cruel to feed a cat a vegan diet as long as that food is of good nutritional value. Although one thing must be remember, cats are very good hunters their whole body is made for this purpose. They will catch prey regardless of what they are being given in the house, therefore, it doesn’t make much difference whether you are providing meat or not. Why don’t people just get quality meat from the butcher if they think tinned food is not very good. We’ve fed all our cats a mix of tinned and dry, as well as some fish a couple of times a week and they live until they we 17 and 18, we’re also feeding our 6 year old the same way and never had any trouble with her. All this talk about it being wrong to give an animal the bits that don’t make it in to our food chain, wouldn’t the animal eat most of the prey anyway, there’s not much left of what our cat catches, and if she doesn’t eat it the dogs do if they get to it before we do.

Nice little insight though into the vegetarian diet of a cat. Very interesting as i’m doing an animal studies course that involves nutrition

Thank you.

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no deposit bingo — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:58:21 +0000

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By: admin

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:13:45 +0000

Thanks, Ray, for your comment. Based on what I’ve read, I believe one can feed a vegetarian/vegan diet to domesticated cat provided it is nutritionally balanced. Indeed, cats are not opportunistic omnivores; they are true carnivores. Of course, ideally one wants to enjoy the food being eaten. That’s why I stopped my first attempt at feeding my cats a vegan diet years back because they didn’t like it. I could not force it upon themselves. There’s another brand I want to try, which apparently cats love the taste. I will give it a try. Regarding the issue of being cruel for not feeding them a meat-based diet, I don’t see it that way. If my cats like the food are happy and it provides the nutrition they need, is that cruel? If not feeding them meat and/or fish decreases the cruelty inherent in creating meat-based cat food and the massive disruption to marine ecosystems, then I prefer to be cruel, if that’s how we define it.

By: Ray Beckerman

Ray Beckerman — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:28:46 +0000

I think it could be done so long as the diet is scientifically planned to include the correct nutrition, but I don’t think the cat would enjoy it.

Enjoying one’s food counts for something, too.

Human beings are true omnivores, we’re historically the most adaptable species, and can live on any kind of diet… some people live on nothing but fruits, nuts, seeds, & leaves… others live on nothing but fish, whale, & seals…

Cats are not opportunistic omnivores, like humans. They are pure predators, hence pure carnivores. I think it would border on cruel not to give them the taste of fish or meat.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:19:26 +0000

Thank you, Michael, for sharing your thoughts. I know this is a controversial issue and many do think that feeding a vegetarian/vegan diet to a domesticated cat is cruel. I understand both sides. This is not an easy issue for me because I want to provide the best for my cats, and by the same token, I want to ensure I am not contributing to more animal exploitation, where cruelty is rampant. I believe that a domesticated cat can live a healthy life on a properly balanced vegetarian/vegan diet. Is it cruel to feed them a plant-based diet that provides the necessary nutrients so they can be healthy & happy in order for other sentient beings to simply live? I don’t see that as cruel. I guess it’s a matter of how we choose to define “cruelty”. Webster’s II dictionary defines ‘cruelty’ as; “inflicting suffering, painful”.
Indeed, a lot of the commercial pet food is of poor quality. Preparing your cats home-made food with fresh ingredients is definitely a better choice.

Marisa

By: Michael Cecere

Michael Cecere — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:30:05 +0000

I think trying to turn cats into them into vegans is a misunderstanding of the facts and wishful thinking about the way the world should be. Everything you say is true about most commercial pet food products, but the health problems that cats experience stem from the poor quality and inappropriate ingredients added and not because it is meat based. I think feeding cats as vegan/vegetarians is unintentionally cruel and no, I would never consider it. I am trying to increasingly home prepare the food for my cats with fresh ingredients.

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