Guest guest Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 The main thing you need to worry about is amino acids. In particular cats have a special need for the amino acid taurine. The only way to get a lot of taurine in a vegan diet is to get it synthetic, so you have to look for a supplement or cat food that has plenty of taurine in it. It doesn't look like the " pet essentials " has taurine. The cat food sold on " vegancats.com " does contain taurine. The other amino acid cats need a lot of (which is non-essential for humans) is arginine. It can be found in whole-wheat, nuts, seeds, peanuts, brown rice, raisins and soy. If you do decide to make your cat vegan, then do so gradually and stop if he isn't eating the vegan food. As long as your cat actually eats the vegan food then he should be healthier than one eating meat, even raw meat. Factory processed meat can contain parasites, ecoli, salmonella. Tuna and other fish have high levels of mercury (which is toxic). http://www.veganpet.com.au/whyvegan1.htm > > This is something that somewhere disturbs me, but I have to do it too. > A lovely cat honors me everyday by his visits, each time his stomac ask > for it ) > I always try to find the most simple meal components with as few > ingredients as possible and I add a spoon of Udo Pet Essentials > to his meal. This is > quite complete and contain lots of essential faty acids and nutrents > that he needs. > > Do you think that I could give him just cereals, seeds and vegetables > with the Pet Essentials added ? > I am always scared that he might react in an unexpected way to a vegan > diet and that it could be very bad for his teeth and eyes for instance. > > What do you think about it ? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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