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Hi Everyone!
I'm currently researching the possibility of feeding my kitties (ages 2.5 years and about 10 months) vegan. Scouring the internet, I'm finding a lot of conflicting information. It seems like the arguments that say cats shouldn't go vegan are along the lines of "it's not natural," "they go blind or die without taurine" and "they can develop crystals." I'm trying to research this objectively, but these reasons seem either outdated or just illogical. The "unnatural" one doesn't hold much water, since absolutely everything about the practice of sharing our homes with animals is "unnatural." It seems they've taken care of the taurine thing (I'm wondering if vegan cat foods neglected including taurine in the past?) and both my kitties are girls, though it sounds like you can monitor urine pH to keep boy cats healthy.
So, TL;DR: I admit, I've become a little nervous, what with having lots of fellow vegans telling me that cats need to eat meat. I want to keep my cats as healthy as they are now (healthier even!), and I definitely don't think other animals should suffer so my friends can eat. So are there any other arguments against vegan cats that you guys have run into that I should be aware of? I am kind of assuming that vets are vegan-unfriendly, unless they see the results. That may or may not be true, but I'm not sure my vet would be for it if I brought it up. I've changed food brands plenty of times, and my cats eat whatever's put in front of them. I've never consulted with the vet. So, I thought I could stop by Karyn's in Chicago (website says they carry Evolution), see if my kitties will eat the food, first of all, and then consult with the vet with the baby goes in to get spayed? Good idea/bad idea?
Oh, and here they are! (Angie and Olive)
I'm currently researching the possibility of feeding my kitties (ages 2.5 years and about 10 months) vegan. Scouring the internet, I'm finding a lot of conflicting information. It seems like the arguments that say cats shouldn't go vegan are along the lines of "it's not natural," "they go blind or die without taurine" and "they can develop crystals." I'm trying to research this objectively, but these reasons seem either outdated or just illogical. The "unnatural" one doesn't hold much water, since absolutely everything about the practice of sharing our homes with animals is "unnatural." It seems they've taken care of the taurine thing (I'm wondering if vegan cat foods neglected including taurine in the past?) and both my kitties are girls, though it sounds like you can monitor urine pH to keep boy cats healthy.
So, TL;DR: I admit, I've become a little nervous, what with having lots of fellow vegans telling me that cats need to eat meat. I want to keep my cats as healthy as they are now (healthier even!), and I definitely don't think other animals should suffer so my friends can eat. So are there any other arguments against vegan cats that you guys have run into that I should be aware of? I am kind of assuming that vets are vegan-unfriendly, unless they see the results. That may or may not be true, but I'm not sure my vet would be for it if I brought it up. I've changed food brands plenty of times, and my cats eat whatever's put in front of them. I've never consulted with the vet. So, I thought I could stop by Karyn's in Chicago (website says they carry Evolution), see if my kitties will eat the food, first of all, and then consult with the vet with the baby goes in to get spayed? Good idea/bad idea?
Oh, and here they are! (Angie and Olive)