• Adlach@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 months ago

    I'm actually genuinely surprised that cats do that well on a vegan diet. It doesn't have to be healthier than meat to be an upgrade—if it's on par with meat and no animal dies to make it, it's a clear winner.

    I didn't think we were there yet with cat food, but the study seems to suggest we are, even if they try to draw a stronger conclusion from their data than they can actually justify.

    • ButtBidet [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      Look at their data. The vegan cats are roughly where meat eating cats are:

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      • Adlach@lemmygrad.ml
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        2 months ago

        Yeah! It's actually really encouraging. I need to look into seeing if I can get my hands on any and if my cats will tolerate it.

        • NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org
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          2 months ago

          Aggressively vegan here: Please do, but be careful. Loop your vet in (it's gonna be painful as fuck, ask me how I know), when introducing any novel food (even if it was a new type of meat) be on the lookout for allergic responses and go slowly. Kitteh will need time to acclimatise.

          Also research the food carefully, there are a lot of brands that are dubious and very poor regulation. I don't care for any cats so I can't help there sorry :(