Comments on: for the kitties

By: vegtasticvoyage

vegtasticvoyage — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:21:23 +0000

Yes, as of right now I give her canned. She’s an 8-pounder almost-13-year-old, so she eats about a half can of moist food a day and not very much kibble.

I know I’ll never be able to give her the ideal diet of birds and squirrels and whatever she might catch outside, but she’s an indoor city cat and we do what we can. She also needs a lot of help cleaning her teeth because half of her face is a little paralyzed (the vet thinks she stroked at birth) so I don’t mind giving her the dry–and she loves it. She still plays and fights and jumps up doorframes like a maniac so I’m guessing she’s pretty healthy.

The stuff at Whole Foods is what I’m talking about. They have it at some high-end pet supply stores, like Meat here in Portland. My friend just goes to the natural food store and buys fresh organic ground turkey for his kitties and they love it.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:00:34 +0000

When you say you feed her organic chicken do you just mean canned cat food? I, too, have not been able to bring myself to feed my cats vegan diets because as you say they have flesh tearing teeth.

I have recently heard bad things about feeding kibble because in the wild they would be chewing on soft flesh (ok gross for us I know). I guess in the wild they would be noshing on flesh so I am interested in this raw meat you mentioned. I think I have seen it in freezers at Whole Foods.

I just found your blog via LindyLoo over at “Yeah, that Vegan shit.” Will be adding to my Favorites. Thanks!

By: Alison

Alison — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:00:48 +0000

I’m with you on not keeping a cat on a vegan diet. I’ve read a lot of research on the subject and I just can’t justify feeding my cat vegan. And yes, that may make me less of a vegan in someone’s book, but so be it, I’d rather have a happy, healthy cat.