Both can be true. We keep them more indoors and have them eat more vegan.
Also, if cats are not fed natural meat, is there a chance they might hunt more, if allowed outdoors?
Why would the “naturalness” of the food matter? Perhaps if it’s more satiating, then cats are less inclined to hunt. But satiation is independent of whether or not it’s from animal flesh.
Also, maybe keeping cats indoors is easier to promote than feeding them vegan feed?
Apologies if it’s not clear above. My main point is that we should strive to be making it easier to feed cats vegan.
Re: Source of meat: I am not sure. I was just suspecting maybe (maybe not) cats might tell from the taste better than humans? But I hope not.
It could certainly be true with initial vegan cat food recipes, but then our goal would be to figure out why cats prefer the meat option and then to close that gap by developing new vegan formulations.
Cats love veggies too, though. My cat happily munches on sweet potato, and once got my entire lunch on the floor trying to get my avocado (she succeeded :( ). I use seaweed as treats for training her, and when I sprinkle nutritional yeast on my meal she would not stop nagging until I give her some, too.
Point is, it’s not that the only taste cats interested in is meat. They have a diverse palate :)
Both can be true. We keep them more indoors and have them eat more vegan.
Why would the “naturalness” of the food matter? Perhaps if it’s more satiating, then cats are less inclined to hunt. But satiation is independent of whether or not it’s from animal flesh.
Apologies if it’s not clear above. My main point is that we should strive to be making it easier to feed cats vegan.
Yes, both can be true. I just suspect that the priority might be reducing cat’s enormous impact on wild animal suffering.
Re: Source of meat: I am not sure. I was just suspecting maybe (maybe not) cats might tell from the taste better than humans? But I hope not.
It could certainly be true with initial vegan cat food recipes, but then our goal would be to figure out why cats prefer the meat option and then to close that gap by developing new vegan formulations.
Cats love veggies too, though. My cat happily munches on sweet potato, and once got my entire lunch on the floor trying to get my avocado (she succeeded :( ). I use seaweed as treats for training her, and when I sprinkle nutritional yeast on my meal she would not stop nagging until I give her some, too.
Point is, it’s not that the only taste cats interested in is meat. They have a diverse palate :)