Small Animal Veterinary Information Network: Vegetarian cat

Premal Darji cat on vegeterian diet..what supplement needs to b added if cat is forced to stay on veg diet...????

03 August at 10:07 · Comment · · Flag

- Swarupmay Majumdar a cat is a complete non veg animal! he needs 40+ different nutrients compared dogs 20+ nutrients. So the list f nutrients to add is huge! Just add Some Aminoacid-Multivitain-fattyacid suppllements
  03 August at 10:26 · · 1 person
- Sp Singh difficult question---- the cat will not live healthy for long.tell the owner to keep a goat as a pet ---lol
  03 August at 10:56 · · 1 person
- Swarupmay Majumdar hahaha.....hope the cat owner never reads this!
  03 August at 10:59 ·
- Premal Darji
  ha ha ha..that was a nice one...
  
  but many jain families who hav cats..really bad health..most of thm..excpt for 1s whch go out and satisfy thmselves with meat/fish meals..so was thinking if v cud add sumting tht can help this poor pets to survive and stay healthy..like taurine is one in my list..what else..can i add in thr..
  03 August at 11:02 ·
- Premal Darji not ready to give pet foods..sum r on veg pedigree..i knw u dont beliv it..but u can imagine what health thy will b in..really feeling sorry for the cats..
  03 August at 11:04 ·
- Swarupmay Majumdar no dog food should be given to cats! still better to give tham home made food than giving a dog food exclusively tailored for dogs
  03 August at 11:15 ·
- Gautam Unny a rat a day could keep the vet away. cats in veg families often get their nutrients by hunting rats.
  03 August at 15:10 ·
- Premal Darji
  ya...sum hc access to outside world..so thy do that..not a problm for thm...but what about cats indoors..thy keep getting sumthing or he other ..i m sure if i change the diet it wud change..but owners wont do it..so if i can add sumthing in thr diet..like multivitamins+ essential AA,+ nething that is required the most..except rat...thy will do that 4 sure evn if it means spending more on ths nutients thn a cat fud..evn i m against veg fud for cat..but for now..its not 1-2 cats i m talking about..thr r many whch r kept on veg fud here in subarbs in mumbai..
  common problms like loosemotions and stuff kip occuring..
  03 August at 15:21 ·
- Gautam Unny then the provical syrup has lots of taurine etc and must be good for the cats
  03 August at 15:23 ·
- Premal Darji r u sure provical has it..provical or proviboost..
  03 August at 15:25 ·
- Gautam Unny must be provi boost and im quite sure
  03 August at 15:26 ·
- Premal Darji ok..
  03 August at 15:26 ·
- Sp Singh tell the vegetarian families that doctors are using propofol in humans babies and dogs too ---- which contain lacithin !!!!!!!!
  03 August at 23:01 ·
- Premal Darji thr r hundreds of such things i can tell thm regarding things used by thm daily..but u knw thy wont understand..
  03 August at 23:05 ·
- Charlotte Milazzo Oh my.... can you gently lecture them about species variations between felids and humans? Geez!!!!! I think that borders on abuse..... hopefully the cat gets outside to hunt! Poor cat!
  06 August at 21:31 ·
- Charlotte Milazzo I once saw a lion/tiger cross forced to be a vegetarian... almost every bone in the body had a fracture.... it died in the exam room.
  06 August at 21:32 ·