vegetarian cats...and more

[jackie]

OH, you would probably be getting a lot more replies if this was posted in cat general.

[Kfamr]

I think this suits doghouse, IMO, simply because it's a very strong opinion about Vegetarianism/Veganism, not just kitty cats.


But, I don't think Vegetarianism for cats is a good thing at all. I saw on Animal Cops once a lady who was trying to make her cats Vegetarian. She fed them rice and green beans. The cats were all so sickly, had incredibly poor eyesight, and were almost near death.

[catnapper]

It boggles the mind. My brother is a strict vegan. Once upon a time, in his early days of being vegan, he tried to force his wife into veeganism too (I remember clearly one day mom, SIL, and I went to lunch where she ordered an egg salad sandwhich and begged us to never tell him she ate eggs)

Well, that was years ago and now he's still strict on himself, but his wife freely eats eggs when she wants to in front of him and they feed the babies meat, eggs, cheese, milk, etc daily. He now realizes that just because its his life choice does not mean he should subject his principles upon others - especially people (and animals) who cannot make the choice for themselves. He would hope one day his sons grow up and eat like him but doesn't insist upon it. Same goes for his cat and dogs. He feeds them quality food (well, now he does thanks to me... they were feeding utter crap until I told them about Nutro )

Same goes for the director of the rescue. She is a very strict vegetarian. Not sure if she's also a veegan. She knows that her cats need meat. She did look up the vegetarian diets just out of curiosity but never switched her cats to it. To her, the health of her cats is more important than the fact that they eatvegetarian diet.

[chrissycat21]

I've been a vegetarian for about 7 or 8 years now. Although I do not like the fact of eating meat, cats need it to survive and live a happy life. (I've never owned a cat, nor do I know much about them, but I think I know enough to assume that, right? )

Although I once looked into some vegetarian dog diets, I never seriously thought about switching Snowy to that. When my grandparents come over they sometimes bring her a little meat, she gets so excited and happy, she loves it and I'm not going to take it away from her. She does love veggies, too. She barks like mad if she sees a pepper in our fridge, I think those are her favorite!

[G.P.girl]

Well Batman is an omnivore; he steals cadbury's lettuce when he's out and heovs pretty much every fruit and vegetable, but also i could never take his meat away from him.