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• parrhesia@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Just because there is supplemental taurine in cat kibble doesn’t mean that’s the only thing they need from their diet. Just get a different pet jfc

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  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    How many live mice do you feed your cat?

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    • evranch@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      That’s practically all my cats eat! I only put cat food out in the winter or if they start to look slim. All summer they eat mice and sparrows and get fat. (Note that sparrows are a terrible invasive pest and removing them has a positive impact on the local ecosystem)

      They are barn cats though and that’s their job so it’s a little different from the pet cat situation.

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    • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      You’d hate a snake lol.

      Also my cat ruthlessly murders any creature unfortunate enough to stumble into her den simply for the pleasure of doing so. She doesn’t eat them, usually, but she isn’t exactly gentle regardless of whether or not she consumes her quarry.

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    • parrhesia@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I don’t feed her any, but she willingly hunts for them.

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    • Saledovil@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      It’s a little known fact, but if you killed an animal yourself, its meat is vegan.

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  • Omniforous@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Taurine is usually singled or because it is the only nutrient required to meet the AACFO cat food guidelines that can not be readily sourced directly from plants.

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• AnxiousOtter@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There’s a world of difference between supplementing taurine and engineering a synthetic meat-free diet for a cat, which requires continuous blood and urine testing which, if done incorrectly or not monitored correctly, will 100% fuck up and probably kill your cat.

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  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There’s a world of difference between supplementing taurine and engineering a synthetic meat-free diet for a cat

    What do you think the supplemental taurine is intended to accomplish?

    This just reminds me of people who lost their fucking minds when they found out a big chunk of McD’s hamburgers were soy protein. This is a cost-cutting measure as often as it is any ethical consideration. Your cat may be far closer to vegan than you even realize.

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    • AnxiousOtter@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      First of all, taurine is not the only thing you need to supplement. Second of all, you can’t just sprinkle some taurine over the kibble and call it a fucking day. This is serious shit. It needs to be calculated, tested, monitored by a God damn licensed veterinarian with literally continuous blood and urine testing. I had a diabetic cat for 21 years. Keeping her glucose stable throughout the day was deceptively challenging, and that’s one of the easiest long term care conditions for a cat.

      You people are going to kill your cats. Fucking shame on you.

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      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        You people are going to kill your cats.

        My cats lived to the ripe old age of 16, before they passed. Somehow, the vet never seemed to find all these maladies during their annual checkups.

        But hey, maybe the random haters on the internet know more than a couple of trained professionals.

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    • Saledovil@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      If I met a human who needs constant blood and urine tests, I’d assume said person is ill.

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