• Boomkop3@reddthat.com
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    3 days ago

    I’m pretty sure cats do not have a strong enough digestive system for a plant based diet. I’d be interesting to see what they fed them

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      9 hours ago

      https://www.benevo.com/

      Our cats eat this, our older cat became allergic to meat protein and almost died, vet suggested hydrolyzed protein food which he was still allergic to so last resort was vegan cat food, 6 years later he’s still going strong at 17 years old. We had just got another cat around the time we switched him to the vegan food, she won’t eat anything other than that benevo food. My partner and I went vegan not long after that. According to most people our cats are zombies or something 🙄

      The whole obligate carnivore bs only works if the cats are wild, domestic cats esp indoor cats diet are mostly cooked processed foods with plant based fillers and added taurine/vitamins to make up for the nutrients lost due to processing/cooking… Don’t often see obligate carnivores cooking their food and chugging multivitamins.

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        5 hours ago

        I am sorry to hear that, I’m glad your cats are okay. Your cats eat quite some additives and processed food. At least they’re doing well, that’s the important part.

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        3 days ago

        True, but just read a 3rd grade biology textbook. you’ll see how plant eating animals usually look fatter with how much more bowels they have.

        They work the same (mostly), but you just need more of it