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kisa-chan · Veteran Member

Vegans or Vegetarians?

Remamian · Senior Member

Sorry I is can-able keety .. I eats no shrubbery

Lawls but no I'm an 'All organic' kitty, freerange meats and organic everything else

Kitten · Senior Member

i eat meat too im afraid, i like my chicken too much
but theres nothing wrong with being a vegan kitty

Daemonfelis · Senior Member

I can't be vegan. My system reacts strangely to soy, I don't really trust it either. Heh. I have a friend who has a vegetarian pit bull, and she is a vegetarian kitty I think. I haven't really pried, but I do suspect that they play a little on the pet side.

Joli Minou · Senior Member

Oh, no need to feel left out from anything! All I do kitty-wise is drink milk and eat fish. Lol. And here I thought I was weird for not liking any other kind of seafood! Hehe.

janet · Senior Member

I'll say right off the bat that I eat meat but I think it's awesome that you're a vegankitty! I mean, it is sort of strange to say, "I identify with anima--ooh, look, animal, let me torture it for its flesh!" so I don't think it's inconsistent at all to be a vegan kitty.

Ignoring the cruelty aspect of it, I hate sushi and I have a lot of trouble drinking plain milk (it sort of makes me gag) so...we can be strange kitties together :D I don't see any reason why a cat's favorite food can't be pad thai (in my case) *grins*

Daemonfelis · Senior Member

You have yet to meet my cat Biscuit. I have to keep him away from my Thai foods. If I do not... I won't have Thai Foods for long.

janet · Senior Member

Yay! *takes Biscuit, goes to Thai restaurant, has lovely dinner date*

Remamian · Senior Member

OH OH!! Can I comes to!!! Ill dancers fer you for scraps!!! I'll even sing a song!

Daemonfelis · Senior Member

.... Is it wrong that I am envious of my cat....?

Remamian · Senior Member

Yes.. Yes it's very wrong SHAME!! heh

Faete · Senior Member

Of course it isn't bad to be a vegan kitty! Go you!

I'm not vegan, but I've slowly (super slowly) been transitioning to a vegetarian diet. It's hard though, because I am allergic to soy which means that my meat choices are limited a lot more.

Side note:
Also, while a lot of people are vegetarian for animal rights reasons, that has nothing to do with why I am transitioning. Animal rights are great, but it isn't the reasoning behind my change. I just don't like meat all that much.

tigrenpanthera · Senior Member

i think it's actually very admirable to be vegan or vegetarian. i can't do it, as much as i would like to; i love meats too much. but it's great! it makes you happy, and it's so much better for you.

so good on ya for it. =)

w1ntermute · Senior Member

I support vegetarians and vegans on the point that they support much less of the destructive farming that happens for all of those McBurgers. To get proper nutrition as a vegan or vegetarian though, it takes much more work and time shopping. Thats not even mentioning my preference for the taste of most things meaty.

A good balance of both is what our bodies are made for, but I do understand the vegetarian and vegan preference on -some- points.

-- Edited by w1ntermute at 05:37, 2009-01-03

kisa-chan · Veteran Member

Well, it's sad that I'm so far the only veggiekitty that I know, but I'm happy that everyone is so supportive of me! Going out to eat is hard of me though because a lot of places don't have vegetarian options let alone vegan options. When I do go shopping for food, I have to read labels and look out for more common animal ingredients or animal by-products. The same thing goes for normal items like shampoo, tooth paste, so on and so forth, just a lot of items that people wouldn't even think about, I have to check labels. But I'm kind of a confused veganatarian (I made that up, I will explain, hold on), I don't eat meat (obviously), but I do eat cheese, and items with milk in it, but I would never drink a glass/bowl of milk, so I'm strange like that. But I have very valid reasons for the things I do.

janet · Senior Member

*nods* I've always had lots of vegetarian/vegan friends, so I'm well-aquainted with your struggle.

Synae · Newbie

Heya =)
Vegetarian kitty here =} You're not alone kisa-chan ! ^^ I'm not vegan though... As a real french girl i love cheese and such things, but i only drink rice milk. I also eat organic food as often as i can.
Couldn't but register on seeing this topic. I've been following this forum for quite some time now, i'm glad i finally dared to register.

joyfulgirl · Member

No Kisa, it is not strange that you are a vegetarian. I myself, want to become a pescatarian. Which is a vegetarian that eats fish. Kittys love fish! perfect! :) <3

Sui Juris Cattus · Guru

<- omnivore

Is your Master also a vegitarian or vegan? I had an ex- who was vegi, but I refused to switch over and I think that began our eventual breakup. Stupid really, that food would be the cause...especially since everything she ate as her dinner I ate as a side-course. Wasn't like there had to be two completely different things fixed for a meal.

Sorry about that little rant.

kisa-chan · Veteran Member

No he isn't. His dad is a meat-cutter, so I get a lot of **** from him. And Master doesn't love me enough to even consider doing it, so I just put up with all of the teasing from him and his dad.

LonePuppy · Member

I'm also vegan :)

SnowQueen · Newbie

I'm Vegetarian, I'm pretty much vegan but I eat cheese.

My master has no problem with this either.

kisa-chan · Veteran Member

Yay! I'm not so alone anymore

faery · Veteran Member

To make you feel even less alone: I'm a vegetarian too :) Not vegan though (don't want to miss my yoghert and cheese and liquorice), but I don't eat meat or fish and try not to use beauty products tested on animals or buy things out of leather (which is quite hard, as someone into bdsm :P)