And cats being obligate carnivores, the more meat in the first few ingredients in the list, the better. For dogs, meat is also a good thing, but as I understand it, it is a smidge less urgent.
Pretty much everything I've ever read about feeding pets a vegetarian diet says that dogs are easy -- there are a few prepared vegetarian dog food brands, and a bunch of easy recipes for making your own vegetarian dog food that's got all the nutritional stuff that dogs need -- but that cats are much trickier. There's some nutrient (taurine, I think?) that cats absolutely need that's in practically no vegetarian foods. There are some supplements available, to give to the cat in addition to the vegetarian diet, but I've heard mixed reports about how good those actually are.
Now I can't correct it, because it is funnier that way,
Thanks, WindSparrow. I started to track my food on fitday.com and it takes time to adjust to keeping track of my life.
Now I want to see a
partial meat
dog.
Now I want to see a partial meat dog.
There are so, so many wrong ways to respond to that.
beth, that sucks! I hope it gets better in 3 months.
Now I want to see a partial meat dog.
Zombie cyborg dogs! Yeah!
And Miracleman FTdisturbingW!
today I rock. I caught an error that could have created a huge hassle and got kudos from home office. Yay me!
We feed the kits prescription food from the vet. When we have to go elsewhere we read the labels very carefully.
I cannot understand the point of feeding cats a vegetarian diet. They are carnivores. Honestly, the choice to force pets who have no say in their diet to eat something innately unnatural for them seems... cruel. Real health issues are at stake for these cats.
