• Soviet Snake
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    I’ve read there are some ideas on how to feed cats non meat diets, but IMO until there’s like some solid ground and you do it following some expert opinions it’s not a good idea.

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        No, yeah, I know their are carnivores, I just remember I think I was some study that maybe it was possible to feed them something else or some shit like that.

        • @k_o_t@lemmy.mlM
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          21 year ago

          iirc @dessalines mentioned smth about how it’s possible to have vegan cats some time ago, can’t remember specifics tho

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            There are some veterinaries here in Spain which performs special diets for each individual which are completely vegan.

            Just a few though (I know a good one personally). Veterinary career is one of the most speciecist ones, if not the most.

            It is a matter of getting what they are not capable to synthesize in the diet.

      • Dessalines
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        People have been feeding cats the vegan cat food varieties for 20+ years now, its perfectly healthy. The main ingredient that cats need is taurine, which every one of these foods have.

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      That is honestly an idiocy, anyone doing that is hurting their cat for no other reason than ideological. If you don’t want a pet that eat meat, maybe don’t get a carnivore ffs.

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        carnivore just means they can’t synthesise certain stuff and need to get it from eating other animals, but if there are ways to artificially synthesise or somehow otherwise get those elements, why would that be a problem then?

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        I agree. Not to mention the relational implications for dogmaticly enforcing veganism as a moral good. As if we are not seperated from nature enough we must now be sure to make food in a lab so our pets don’t commit the sin of being a living creature. It’s sheer dogma that reinforces our own alienation and forces it on other living things.

      • @finley@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        I asked my vet what she thought about cats being fed a vegan diet, and she said she didn’t have a problem with it because they do that for cats with allergies already. Although taurine is a legitimate issue.