Thursday, February 9, 2012

What pets are herbivores/ can be fed a vegan diet?

I know there is vegan cat and dog food, but that doesn't sound right to me..What pets are herbivores/ can be fed a vegan diet?
rabbits, small rodents (hamsters, guinea pigs, etc.), birds (cockatiels are amazing pets if they've been hand-raised)

Cats are obligate carnivores, but dogs are omnivores %26amp; can thrive as herbivores. Hmm...maybe turtles?

If you have yard space, ducks %26amp; chickens are great pets.

And if you have lots of land %26amp; can afford it, a cow or horse would be cool. :)What pets are herbivores/ can be fed a vegan diet?
Cats definitely can not live happily on a vegan diet, they're carnivores by nature. Forcing one to be vegan is just cruel, like you said.



Dogs are scavengers, and are somewhat omnivorous, but have developed on mainly meat diets. While not as cruel it certainly isn't natural for them to be vegetarian.



Hampsters, rabbits, chickens, other birds, mice, rats, and pet insects can all live happily on vegetarian diets. Anything that only eats plants in the wild basically.



Changing an animal's diet so radically purely because you personally don't agree with certain foods is very cruel, but you know that so it's all good.What pets are herbivores/ can be fed a vegan diet?
Isn't the mere act of owning an animal, confined and controlled by you, kept out of its natural environment, for the purpose of your pleasure, a form of exploitation? I didn't think vegans owned pets for just this reason.What pets are herbivores/ can be fed a vegan diet?
Rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, iguanas, birds(most), degus, millipedes, stick insects, gerbils.



*and because I would not feel right without adding* Please remember that research needs to be done before acquiring any pet. Please be sure that any pet you choose fits into your lifestyle and that you have adequate means to care for them.
A pet rock?

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