Comments on: To Vegan or Not to Vegan: Eco-Celeb Pets (& Product Giveaway)

By: Pet Memorial

Pet Memorial — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:01:00 +0000

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By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:05:21 +0000

My girlfriend and I are both vegan, but we made the choice to feed our cat all natural cat food that we buy at a local all natural pet food store. We felt it was selfish of us to impose our vegan lifestyle onto an animal that has no choice in the matter and is evolved to be a carnivore. The grains that are in many vegan cat foods are not good for cats and they have trouble digesting them. All natural canned food is the best route to take.

By: Gail

Gail — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:30:17 +0000

My little guy Thelonious is such a great cat. My sweet dog Cicely died last week, and he has been such a lover boy since then. He has made sure that I receive lots of extra love and affection. It’s as if he knows how deeply my heart is aching, and he’s trying so hard to fill the emptiness there. He’s truly the best! And he thrives on Evolution vegan cat food, supplemented with all the melon, rice, spinach, peas, and other fruits and veggies his heart desires. See his flickr photo from healthyndelicious

By: Darrell

Darrell — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:45:55 +0000

We have sold vegetarian pet food to 1000’s of customers in Europe since 2003 and have nothing but good feedback.
Meeting the animals full nutritional profile is the only requirement and that can be sourced from vegetable, synthetic and mineral sources. But only buy professionally made products.
As every owner knows, if they don’t like it, they wont eat it, you can’t force them.

By: Man’s best green friend? at Green Girls Global Blog

Man’s best green friend? at Green Girls Global Blog — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:38:52 +0000

[...] Alicia Silverstone is one of many famous vegans and from what I understand about her lifestyle she’s pretty strict right through to her pet owning. I don’t doubt for a second that she loves her dogs but is forcing them to be vegans too healthy and fair? [...]

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:47:12 +0000

I buy “Nature’s Recipe” vegetarian dog food.

By: D.H.

D.H. — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 05:01:29 +0000

My recently adopted shelter pup has been vegan/vegetarian for roughly 6 months now. Before my months of research and consultations with holistic veterinarians and nutritionists, I would have NEVER thought to even THINK about putting my dog on a veggie diet. NEVER. Right after I got him, I put him on one of the best(and slightly costly) high-protein, organic diet. I thought he was getting the best diet–no by products, lots of meat, no grain, all organic, etc. BUT, after days of eating, he began losing hair(not excessively but more than usual), his breath STUNK, he had horrible gas, and he had large volumes of stool. So, after months of research, I’ve placed him on an organic, veggie diet. He rotates around 3 brands of veggie, dry kibble and is also supplemented with nutritional yeast, baby food(no onion flavoring), fruits, and ofcourse veggies. His coat is now breathtakingly soft and shiny, his mouth no longer smells AT ALL, and his stool volume has decreased. He is happy, and most of all, healthy. He enjoys playing with his 18 year old vegan Labrador friend, and 16 year old, vegan Basset Hound friend.

By: cokane

cokane — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:18:12 +0000

Agreed that it just ain’t right to try to make a cat or dog vegan. I attempted this at the height of my vegan extremity; I made dry cat food for my cat and she was not having it at all. Why should she eat these bread-like pellets that don’t taste like anything cats eat? But I was still putting a vitamin supplement into a can of Tuno (soy tuna) and she seemed OK with that. Then my vet talked sense into me and now I just buy the natural cat food. Come on, don’t be ridiculous. Also think of the time/money/effort you spend making or obtaining this veggie pet food; it could be put to better use.

By: Rick [brand new eyes]

Rick [brand new eyes] — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 19:55:20 +0000

HI! my name is rick, and i have 2 cool catz. I have an older, cat, kitty [a 12 year old russian blue] and a recent addition to my family is this tiny black kitten, baby. unfortunately, since this picture, my baby has gotten mange in her ears. although kitty and baby don’t really get along, it would be nice if they could both be pampered in style with this really nice kit. i, myself am a raw vegan, and though i try to not give much human or raw food to my cats, i would love for them to earn these treats!
thank you very much for your time!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/buttergood/866694883/

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:06:13 +0000

It really is not fair to a dog or cat to impose your dietary choices on them, especially when dog and cat livers produce all the vitamins they would need from sources outside of meat. A veggie treat isn’t bad, but dogs and cats need meat to live a healthy life. If you want to be more natural, buy organic, or give them the MOST natural diet by feeding them raw meat itself, but I know many veggies would get pretty squimish at that.