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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The mod then decided that people posting information on why that is a bad idea were antivegan or something. The mod started then removing any information that pointed to cats not being able to be health while on a vegan diet.

Pets eat pre-processed food, and we've had vegetarian protein supplements for a while. How does this work for cats? Idk, ask a vet. But these foods have been around for a while and I'm not hearing about a mass die-off of indoor cats as a result, so I'm willing to give vegan cat owners the benefit of the doubt.

For the record, cats can not be vegan. They can survive on it but they will have shorter more painful lives and they will go blind.

The expected lifespan of feral cats in the wild runs around 2-5 years. House cats routinely live into their teenage years and can hit north of 20. The ideal lifestyle for a cat is indoors, regardless of the precise composition of their diets.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think the bug take away is to talk to and listen to a expert. Especially don't start making huge changes to your cats diet

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Vegan owners get new cats all the time. I don't think it's a question of changing the diet, but starting them on it.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's a good way to shorten the cats life and make it suffer terribly. Your car will go a while without an oil change but it will eventually quit on you

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That’s a good way to shorten the cats life and make it suffer terribly.

You've prevented no evidence to support the claim that protein enrichment in cat food will hurt your cat.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

https://www.aspca.org/news/why-cant-my-cat-be-vegan

Also there are people with horror stories as well

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

https://www.benevo.com/vegan-cat-food-from-benevo/

Benevo Cat foods contain all the nutrients an adult cat needs, including a wide range of vitamins (including A, B, D, E, K), essential fatty acids and taurine, without the need for slaughterhouse meat.

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Benevo Cat is a professional cat food, created by Benevo in 2005, formulated and checked by independent animal nutritionists to meet the AAFCO(USA) and FEDIAF(Europe) guidelines for animal nutrition.

shrug

Looks like they solved this problem 20 years ago.