Meet Dante Britain's first vegetarian cat

[ChrisH]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/CwmmawrJet/snips/vegcat1.jpg

Click link for full story
Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1169637/Meet-Dante-Britains-vegetarian-cat-refuses-eat-meat-fish.html)

[catmandu]

Now thats something that you certainly do not see everyday and thats a Cat delving into a bowl of vegetables , and savoring it.
Perhaps I should try this with the Found Cats???
:D:D:D:D

[lvpets2002]

:love: WoW such a Cutie Pie.. That is prob what this baby was eating out of garbage bins in the open world.. So he got used to it.. What a diff story of a special kitty..

[Randi]

That's one healthy kitty, and he looks gorgeous! He probably was used to leftover veggies from his streetlife. Fister actually likes veggies too, cooked green beans and corn are some. :)

[happylabs]

Unusual for a cat. He looks just like my little baby Tink too.

[Laura's Babies]

What a story! Never heard one like that before.. SMART cat!

[Don Juan's mom]

Oh, good lord. I saw a case on "Animal Precinct" on Animal Planet of a woman with several cats who was feeding them a vegetarian diet. They were all malnourished, and some had vision problems (one completely blind) due to the lack of nutrients available only in meat. :( Zerlina loves her kitty grass, but she's definitely a carnivore.

Hey, if you want your pet to be a vegetarian, get a rabbit or a guinea pig!

Liz

[catmandu]

That is what I have always been led to believe as well Don Juans Mom that Our Cats are essentially carniverous and that a strictly vegetraian diet was harmful :confused::confused:
But Dante refuses meat and certainly appears healthy.
And just now The Found Cats unanimously walked away from a salad.
Maybe Dante the Cat is one in a million
:love::love::love:

[beckipage]

Hi,

Thanks everyone for your lovely comments, as you can see from the pic he is a very healthy cat, and it is something he chooses, not something we force on him. We always put down meat for him so he does have the choice.

Becki

[Don Juan's mom]

Hey, Becki, welcome to Pet Talk!

After I posted, I read the full story on the Daily Mail site. I'm glad to see that you do give Dante meat. Some of our "indoor" dry food formulas contain greens; perhaps that would help him transition to a more normal diet.

At least he eats something that's food. Zerlina ate most of the flowers my sister sent for my last birthday. :mad::rolleyes:

Liz

[columbine]

He's a cutie, all right! I can't help but think that his farts must be pretty potent, though... Maybe you can find a treat with taurine in it that he'll enjoy - almost all of them have it these days.

Love, Columbine

[catmandu]

THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING AS OUR CATS DO NEED TAURINE FOR THIER EYE SIGHT :):)
I TRY THE ODD VEGGIE BUT THEY ARE ONLY INTERESTED IF BUTTER AND CHEESE ARE INVOLVED.:D:D
DANTES SUCH A GOOD LOOKING TUXEDO,:love::love::love: AND QUITE THE HAPPY CAT!!!:love::love::love: