• Killercat103@slrpnk.net
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    1 day ago

    Soo… I haven’t seen any cat food owner offer anything but kibble and “wet food”. These are insanely processed and not natural at all. I have yet to see a cat hunt down a cow.

    Also this selfishness you speak of is kinda paradoxical because its from a desire to protect animals thats not only the one closest to you. You know, from being slaughtered to serve you to feed your cat?

    Unless you’re against kibble too can you clarify your position a bit?

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      Im not a fan of processed foods under most circumstances but realistically the stuff that is just meat + preservatives is still closer to what cats eat than any plant.

      If you have an issue with animals being killed to feed your pet you should not own that type of pet. Again your veganism does not excuse any form of abuse towards animals and forcing a plant based diet onto an obligate carnivore is abusive IMO.

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        Could you outline the specific differences between processed kibble / wet cat food and processed vegan cat food that make you believe the latter is worse for the cat than the former? You could link a recent study on the matter to help us understand your concerns. Otherwise, your concerns are completly vibe-based.

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          Wet food is still meat. You don’t need to teach your cat to eat it like you do plants because cats naturally eat meat.

          Before you accuse anyone of “vibes based” feelings you should check your sources. Dr Knight’s study is linked below. The vegan diet fed cats outcomes were entirely determined by their vegan owners which is going to have a very strong selection bias.

          To be crystal clear here you do not have a good study backing plant based diets for cats regardless of what this non-scientific source claims. So maybe dial it back a bit because the science isn’t suggesting what you think.

          https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0284132

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            1 day ago

            You’re right that Knight’s study being entirely determined by the owner’s own opinions could result in biased results. It seems like there’s not really much comprehensive research in regards to the health effects, whether adverse, beneficial, or neutral of vegan cat food on cats. This review [1] is fairly recent and points to that.

            [1] https://www.mdpi.com/2306-7381/10/1/52

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              17 hours ago

              So we are back to my initial claim about how this isn’t a good source and they are claiming benefits for a plant based diet for cats when the science isn’t there. It seems like you agree with that point now.