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Let's get this cleared up.
Recipe communities are for human foods, not animal foods. If you want to know about cats, dogs, mice, talk in those communities instead.
More importantly...
Cats are carnivores.
Under no circumstances should you attempt to put your cat on a vegan diet. That's right, I said vegan. Not vegetarian, which is still highly iffy, but vegan.
Cats need animal products. Shit, cats need meat, because dairy ain't good for them, and there's no way your cat can survive on eggs alone.
Now, there's nothing wrong with being a vegetarian or a vegan. You're making your own choices about what you eat, and humans did not evolve to primarily eat meat. In fact, if we ate as much meat as cats do (proportionately), we'd probably die of a protein overload. If the thought of animals dying is so much that you'll let your pet cat suffer with an inadequate diet, get a rabbit instead. They are perfectly happy to be meatfree, and they're just as smart.
Incidentally, I'm not too thrilled with the cat food that's generally available in the US.... aside from being bulked up with "animal byproducts" and grains, and containing dairy products (which, if you've been paying attention, is bad for cats)... Cats in the wild do not eat beef, nor turkey, nor lamb, nor even chicken. Cats in the wild eat pigeons and sparrows and mice.
Here is a page detailing some things to look for in cat food. It's a little cutesy, but....
Recipe communities are for human foods, not animal foods. If you want to know about cats, dogs, mice, talk in those communities instead.
More importantly...
Cats are carnivores.
Under no circumstances should you attempt to put your cat on a vegan diet. That's right, I said vegan. Not vegetarian, which is still highly iffy, but vegan.
Cats need animal products. Shit, cats need meat, because dairy ain't good for them, and there's no way your cat can survive on eggs alone.
Now, there's nothing wrong with being a vegetarian or a vegan. You're making your own choices about what you eat, and humans did not evolve to primarily eat meat. In fact, if we ate as much meat as cats do (proportionately), we'd probably die of a protein overload. If the thought of animals dying is so much that you'll let your pet cat suffer with an inadequate diet, get a rabbit instead. They are perfectly happy to be meatfree, and they're just as smart.
Incidentally, I'm not too thrilled with the cat food that's generally available in the US.... aside from being bulked up with "animal byproducts" and grains, and containing dairy products (which, if you've been paying attention, is bad for cats)... Cats in the wild do not eat beef, nor turkey, nor lamb, nor even chicken. Cats in the wild eat pigeons and sparrows and mice.
Here is a page detailing some things to look for in cat food. It's a little cutesy, but....
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Re: ...Long Comment Continued
Date: 2004-01-05 08:21 pm (UTC)I've always wondered what the Filipino diet was like prior to Spanish colonization...
And if every person who ate meat were aware and accepting of the fact that "chicken" and "chicken" are more than just homophones, as evidently you are, then things would be different. But that's not the case. If I were the evangelical type, you would probably know me as one of those guys who disturbs everybody's sleep on the subway/ferry by ranting loudly all the time. But I'm not.
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Date: 2004-01-05 09:44 pm (UTC)Re: ...Long Comment Continued
Date: 2004-01-06 07:19 am (UTC)Now I do take issue with this: I do my best to take a person's opinion seriously and to respect it, regardless of just about anything, save the person being a total idiot. Which happens. But there are too many people who will immediately write off someone's opinion as invalid, for any number of arbitrary reasons, one of which is having chosen a vegan lifestyle. Too many times I've heard people say, "Oh, that doesn't count; he's a vegan." It's really quite ridiculous, and also frustrating.
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Date: 2004-01-06 03:12 pm (UTC)