People seem to be freaking out about vegan thing.
I am pretty sure the artist is referring to the owner literally going out and buying either wet food with meat chunks or some other meal with meat directly in it, as opposed to dry food with no meat bits.
No, robot, you’re loved. We scoop all the poops you make. We feed you all the food you need…
And you haven’t chosen a name yet, but I’m happy to start calling you a nickname based off “tin” since you are made of metal.
- Tin man
- Rin-tin-tin
- Tin-o-beans
- Tintin
I can also call you Siri
No such thing as a vegan cat. No such thing as a vegan cat. No such thing as a vegan cat.
Hey, I found this.
Taurine and arginine aren’t just desirable for cats, they are essential—without sufficient taurine, your cat will go blind.
Ok. People who even attempt to put their cat on a vegan diet should Fuck off forever.
Please read the next line
Fortunately, taurine and arginine are both easily synthesized from vegan sources.
BOOM BLOCKED another animal abuser.
That article actually gives some strong arguments to not make your cat go vegan…
Yeah that’s a good thing. Being vegan is a luxury for a lot of people, due to meat subsidies and societal pressures at present.
I just enjoy hearing other people’s perspectives on this kind of stuff.
Can you try to be less toxic to others?
I won’t be forced to politely tolerate dumbasses.
Your username suggests otherwise.
Zing?
You chilled out yet?
That’s a very balanced and well written article, thank you.
Hey, thanks for getting all the cat abusers to out themselves so I could block them all… 👍
Carnivore means that nutrients typical found in meat are required for a nutrient-complete diet. Carnivore doesn’t mean that meat itself is needed. Vegan cat food exists and has artificial taurin added for example. The kneejerk reaction of CaTs NeEd MeAT ThO is so frustrating. Educate yourself and stop be hypocrits.
Edit: Should have guessed you just want to parrot your existing believes lol but sure keep downvoting
There’s a lot more to a balanced cat diet than just the nutrients. Even feeding a cat cooked rather than raw meat will lead to malformities and deficiencies in the long run. Forcing a cat on a vegan diet is an experiment with their health and well-being, which will most likely cause it to suffer unnecessarily.
If you really are that militant about not serving meat, just don’t have a pet that is an obligate carnivore. There are plenty of herbivore animals to have as pets.
Yes, because cooking destroys certain nutrients. Has nothing to do with the source of the nutrients.
A diet is balanced as long as it contains all the nutrients an organism needs in a bio-available form and vegan cat food that checks these marks exist.
Not wanting animals to be needlessly killed isn’t militant btw. but nice buzzword.
Should go stop lions from eating gazelles ass first. You should always intervene in nature.
aaaand you’re now blocked.
Thanks for telling all of us. Vital information 🤡🤡🤡
Vegans that are Vegan for the animals probably wouldn’t feed a cat other animals, it makes no sense. There is Vegan cat food that works just fine.
cats are carnivores. no diet will ever change that. feed your cats meat.
If you knew the history of cat food you would know that even meat made cats sick without added synthetic taurine.
They have since added taurine to all cat foods.
Vegan cat food is perfectly healthy for cats.
Was curious so I looked it up.
Couldn’t find anything backing up your claim that meat without synthetic taurine makes cats sick (which sounds like BS) and actually find some info that said that long-term affects of synthetic taurine is unknown in cats, and may not be as bioavailable for them as animal-based taurine.
“Looked it up”
Not seeing the word “synthetic” there chief. Wanna try again?
Also from your article: "Cat foods that contain high-quality animal-based protein will supply adequate levels of taurine for a normal, healthy cat.
Supplemental taurine may be added to certain cat foods, especially diets that are formulated for specific needs such as heart disease or growth and development"
There is literally no difference in chemical structure between synthetic and natural taurine.
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No but if you’re a vegan you can’t have the stuff out of animals; you have to make your own.
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You’re willing to toy with making a cat blind AND spread information. Fuck off forever.
Food is just chemicals and it turns out it doesn’t actually matter if the chemicals have a soul attached to them or not. Personally don’t think vegans should own pets at all but the whole “they carnivores tho” is rly dumb
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Vegans wouldn’t “Own” someone else. Plenty of vegans rescue other animals and take care of them as wards.
I personally don’t use the word pet when referring to non-human animals in someone’s care.
Why not? That’s the exact scenario the word applies to.
There is not vegan cat food that works just fine, and you’re a fucking asshole if you force an obligate carnivore to become a vegan because of your personal human beliefs.
I’m the asshole for not paying for animals to die?
Makes sense when you actually think about it for more than one second.
/S just incase.
Don’t adopt a carnivore if you’re not willing to meet their biological needs. It’s not a complex solution.
Except I would be meeting their biological needs. Y’all really don’t like understanding science do you?
Cats eat no plant matter naturally. Absolutely none. If you have studies somehow proving that they can live by eating only things that they naturally never eat, feel free to educate me. But as far as I’m aware, attempting to put cats on a vegan diet is animal abuse.
I don’t think they propose feeding your cats literally vegetables, but cat food made specifically for them, containing all the proteins and micronutrients they need, sourced from plant based materials.
Yes, but I am questioning whether such a thing is being produced and actually equivalent. The thread further down cites for example synthetic taurine to be of inferior nutritional value to natural taurine.
This isn’t something I know a lot about, and it’s probably possible to produce vegan cat food with sufficient nutrition somehow, but there’s still a burden of proof that such a thing is actually on the market and shown to not be worse for cats.
I agree with you but cats will eat some grasses occasionally.
wouldn’t feed a cat other animals, it makes no sense. There is Vegan cat food that works just fine.
No! Cats are obligate carnivores. A vegan diet would literally kill them painfully.
I call bullshit on your anecdotal video from deranged people with an obvious agenda.
Cats are carnivores. Forcing a vegan diet on them is animal abuse and anyone who does so should never be allowed to care for animals again.
In the link I sent there are references to plenty of articles. Just scroll down.
Vegans for the animals that own an animal and deny it the choice of food are hypocritical.
Sentient beings aren’t food!
Well. My cat gets regular cat food, but I do kinda deny him “the choice of food”. (He’s prone to get diarrhea and gets a specialty food for sensitive stomachs.)
I fail to see how choosing for your cat somehow would he wrong, since literally every cat owner does it. We don’t sent them shopping and accept whatever they bring home.
Vegans that are Vegan for the animals probably wouldn’t feed a cat other animals
So a cat isn’t the right pet for them. Abusing a cat is literally the opposite of caring for an animal.
The fact that this has so many upvotes is upsetting.
Abuser.
The irony.
Vegan cat food is not just vegetables for the uninformed. It is made to have all the necessary components that a car needs in its diet, mostly it is just missing the death of an animal part.
like motor oil?
And gasoline you fucking idiot can’t you READ
maybe try learn to write first?
