Someone asked about feeding their dog, a feculative carnivore, a vegan diet. The response was overwhelmingly, “Don’t, it’s animal abuse”. In fact, that was my exact response. I posted links to several articles explaining that it’s very difficult to feed a feculative carnivore, like a dog, a balanced diet feeding them only vegan.
They didn’t like the word, “force” as in, “forcing a dog to eat vegan.” When I asked how not giving the dog a choice was not forcing their false moreal supperiority on an animal without other options I didn’t get an answer. I also suggested giving the dog a choice between meat and kibble or even a feculative carnivore kibble versus a vegan kibble so they weren’t forcing the dog to eat vegan. That wasn’t popular either.
So…I’m banned from c/vegan. My life will be richer for it.
EDIT: Some of this conversation happened with individuals after the mods hermetically sealed the echo bunker by removing all non-fawningly supportive replies and banning everyone who didn’t fawn positively.
Cats are weird. I have one that goes mad for raw chicken but won’t eat cooked chicken and one that is exactly the opposite. They will both eat a bit of melon but mostly want their cat kibbles or meat.
I have two sisters from the same litter. One is a chow hound and begs for anything a human is eating whether she actually wants it or not. Her sister will only eat cat food, period. She’s not picky about the cat food, but it has to be cat food. She will not eat chicken, salmon, beef, pork, no dairy products, nothing. I once got her to eat a tiny piece of tuna but she wasn’t crazy about it.
They have tastes just like we do. One of my cats is crazy for scrambled eggs but doesn’t like fried eggs. The other isn’t interested in cooked eggs at all but will eat raw eggs. One is absolutely mad for cured ham (which I give him very little of because it’s got a lot of salt in it) and the other couldn’t care less. They definitely have their own tastes and personalities.
OMG, I had a cat that would fight you for cantelope.
Our cats nibble on the plants and occasionally take vegetables that we’re eating. Beling an oblate carnivore doesn’t mean that you can’t eat vegetables, it just means that they’re a very small part of your diet. Who among us hasn’t seen our cat run outside and immediately chow down on grass? What are you? A cow?