Neither is a vegan by nature -- dogs are omnivores, and cats are carnivores. While both dogs and cats belong to the class carnivora, this doesn't mean a lot, so does the panda bear and they are near vegan. By nature cats and dogs wouldn't eat anything like what is commonly found in a can of pet food either. Special diets must be provided for cats, as they require an amino acid called taurine -- found in the muscles of animals.

There is no one-size-fits-all answer. Often, cats first switched to raw will eat voraciously for a few weeks when they're first transitioned and then they level off. As a very rough guide, start with feeding about ? cup to ? cup of food per cat per day, split among two or three meals. Bear in mind that the weather, your cat's activity level, and mood all affect appetite. I find that when the weather gets cold, for example, my little female can easily eat almost twice as much as my bigger cat.

No. Cats must eat meat, which provides them with the protein they need to remain healthy. Cats need at least twice as much protein as dogs for basic health maintenance. Proteins are made of amino acids such as taurine, which is vital for the prevention of blindness and some heart diseases. Cats get their necessary taurine from meat. Furthermore, the fat in meat provides cats with linoleic acid, which cats cannot produce on their own.

Both animals can be fed a vegetarian diet, although neither is a vegan by nature -- dogs are omnivores, and cats are carnivores. While both dogs and cats belong to the class carnivora, this doesn't mean a lot, so does the panda bear and their diet is basically vegan. By nature cats and dogs wouldn't eat anything like what is commonly found in a can of pet food either. Special diets must be provided for cats, as they require an amino acid called taurine -- found in the muscles of animals.

Label instructions are general guidelines. Your individual cat may require more or less based on the above factors. Your veterinarian will be able to advise you on what your cat's ideal weight should be and how to make any necessary and safe adjustments to the current nutritional program.

All cats, diabetic and non-diabetic, should be fed only low carbohydrate, high protein foods. This effectively removes all dry foods from consideration, including dry foods that say they are “low carbohydrate” and all dry foods made for diabetic cats.

There are many balanced cat diets available at your local pet shop or from your veterinarian. There are as many answers to this question as there are people feeding cats. I feed mine Nutro Complete Care products, kitten, adult and pouches. Very young kittens I feed either Iams Kitten or one of the Royal Canin kitten foods. If one of them needs additional calories or vitamins, I add Wysong Archetype to their regular meals.

We do NOT recommend combining a raw food diet in the same meal as processed foods. The digestive rate for dry processed food is much longer than for raw foods which can cause digestive disturbances. While acknowledging wholesome foods as basic to their own health, many people still believe their pets will be healthiest when fed processed junk food. Not surprisingly, this simply isn't so.

A raw diet provides a range of benefits that commercial dog diets can never hope to even closely match. the time it takes for a dog to chew a raw meaty bones give their stomach adequate time to get the acids moving mirrors what a dog would be getting in the wild - and certainly even the modern day dog has a digestive tract exactly the same as a wolf puppies develop at a more appropriate rate - and quick growth spurts are avoided. A GOOD breeder will want to stop fast growth in any pup.

Absolutely, you can feed your pet a vegetarian diet. But the most important thing you will need to remember, since your pet won't be getting any meat, is to feed high quality protein with the meals, just as you do. The amino acids in meat are essential nutrients, and if you're not feeding meat, your pet will get all the necessary amino acids from tofu, grains and beans. As you learn more about feeding a raw diet, you'll likely bump into many people who are totally against feeding grains.

Make food changes slowly for your dog to adapt. It is always a good idea to mix new foods in with the old diet to decrease the chances for some initial upset--usually just some loose stools that tend to correct with a little time and patience. A general rule of thumb is to add between 25-50% of the new diet to the same diet you have been feeding for the first week or two.