vegan diet for cats (was exciting stories to cheer you up . . . )

[Guest guest]

Another vegan with kitty companions here. Like Stephanie,

I also wish it were otherwise, but I have yet to be convinced

that cats can survive without eating animal flesh. Pardon me

for saying this, but the story sounds made up, like urban

legend or something. If it's true, here's what I have to say

about it:

 

As for trying to break kitties of the " habit " of mousing,

and for tying kitty on a leash...!!! That is animal

cruelty, in my book. I feel sorry for the mice and

birds my two little feline roommates trap and kill, (if the

poor things are still alive, I take them and release them over

the fence, to either die in peace with a prayer from me, or to

hopefully have another chance) but we have an entire neighborhood of

backyards and gardens right outside my studio's patio door, so there's no

way they're not going to carry out their inborn instincts.

 

Try breaking a lion of that nasty

" habit " of stalking and killing gazelles.

That is the result of evolution, it's not " habit " .

A habit is something we start to do, like smoking or drinking, say, and then

become chemically addicted to or choose to continue doing. We're not born

with habit. Cats are born with the instinct to hunt and kill. To try to

train them not to do that, especially by tying them up, is absolutely cruel.

I would never want someone who would do this to any animal

to mind my two guys, even for an hour. If this person exists, and if they

really care about the well-being of this poor cat, I hope they will consider

finding a suitable home for the cat, with someone who won't treat them this

way. And then find a good vegan counselor for themselves, to figure out

why they try to impose their own warped human-centric values on members of

another species.

 

Janice

 

>> I also started my kitty on a vegan diet some time ago.

>>

>>

>> Please understand that I am writing this as a vegan myself, but cats are

>> obligate carnivores. Dogs, apparently can be healthy on a vegan diet, but

>> cats, unfortunately need meat in their diets. In fact, the archetypical

>> diet for a cat is mostly animal flesh, and commercial cat foods do them a

>> disservice by including a high percentage of cereal grains (because it's

>> cheaper).

>

> Stephanie (who wishes it were otherwise but feeds her two little kitty guys

> food with animal flesh in it).

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