Vegan is the future... for dogs and cats too! 8shares Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Download the free Plant Based Treaty guide to plant-based dogs and cats Until recently, the common belief was that our animal companions needed meat to be healthy. Thankfully, now there’s an alternative! Dogs and cats can thrive on veterinarian-approved vegan diets.
Proteins are chains of amino acids. There are probably proteins specific to animal muscle, but misguided legislation notwithstanding it’s the amino acids that are nutritionally required, not any specific protein configuration of those animos, and you can get those from a massive array of non-animal sources.
Taurine and arginine are amino acids, building blocks for proteins, not proteins themselves. Animo acids are quite ubiquitous across life, not specific to any one type of life. eg Plants contain both taurine and arginine.
Why?
Because @[email protected] heard the phrase “obligate carnivore” once and decided they didn’t need to learn anything else about pet care.
They require meat proteins to live, plain and simple.
It’s even law in some countries that classifies feeding cats a purely vegan diet is animal cruelty.
Proteins are chains of amino acids. There are probably proteins specific to animal muscle, but misguided legislation notwithstanding it’s the amino acids that are nutritionally required, not any specific protein configuration of those animos, and you can get those from a massive array of non-animal sources.
Ah, well I guess today many of us are learning more details.
well, there’s also stuff like Taurine, so make sure you give your vegan cat some red bull from time to time
My cat and I both have a diet of just redbull and edamame.
taurine and arginine, to be more precise.
Taurine and arginine are amino acids, building blocks for proteins, not proteins themselves. Animo acids are quite ubiquitous across life, not specific to any one type of life. eg Plants contain both taurine and arginine.
thanks for the additional information
i remember reading that plants can’t supply enough taurin. Luckily it seems easy to synthesize (that’s how we have redbull &c
And of course law is always, strictly based of the latest available science.