As a raw feeder who has done a lot of research on cat nutrition I find this *very* interesting. Given the period of time you have been using this diet I would think any nutritional deficiencies would be obvious by now. I took a quick look at the VegeCat website and they clearly understand what needs to be done in order to make a vegetarian diet work for an obligate carnivore. I do have a couple of questions but don't have time right now.Originally Posted by jisincla
The original question asked if anyone has actually tried it. I have. For ten years my cats have been on VegeCat vegan formulas. For 14 years before that I fed an ovo-lacto vegetarian diet.
Results: The first cat, who was ovo-lacto from weaning at 7 weeks until she was 14 years old, then went vegan, lived almost 17 years and died from complications of thyroid disease, which is not known to be caused by inadequate diets.
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Please don't go away. I'll try to post again soon.
BTW - I recently read in an authoritative source that thyroid problems in cats can be caused by nutritional deficiencies. I think I can find that info and post it. Of course lots of cats have thyroid problems when they've eaten a conventional diet their whole lives.