http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Daily Kitten Chat Forum Topic: Unusual Kitty Diet en Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:09:32 +0000 http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/16202#post-366695 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:42:47 +0000 beth 366695@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>yes anna i thought taurine deficiency just as you did. i hope this kitty is being closely monitored by a vet. i just don't know how this kitty is digesting all this high fiber food? it just seems unatural for this kitty to eat that. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/16202#post-366679 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:04:30 +0000 anncetera2 366679@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I'd be very surprised if that cat doesn't someday develop a taurine deficiency. Cats are obligate carnivores. Taurine is absolutely necessary for them, albeit in small amounts; it is not found in any vegetable that I know of. Without taurine, cats go blind.</p> <p>(Unless this cat has some sort of weird abnormality in metabolism that renders taurine somehow unnecessary? Or receives some sort of general vitamin supplement for cats that contains taurine?) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/16202#post-366532 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:11:10 +0000 beth 366532@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>well, we could ask taco, he would know. lol.... i wonder how healthy it is for this kitty. i wonder how well this kitty digests this high fiber food? kizzy use to love to lick melon and eat speghtti with sauce. but i didn't think that many vegies were good for kittty? soo weird i know... it will be interesting to read the replies....</p> <p>must be one gassy cat.... should of named him "tooty" </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/16202#post-366481 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 09:14:11 +0000 DancingCatHill 366481@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5148172/The-UKs-only-vegetarian-cat.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5148172/The-UKs-only-vegetarian-cat.html</a></p> <p>I find this hard to believe but what do you think? </p>