Vegetarian Pet Food

If you’re living life as an eco-friendly vegetarian, get your pet in on the green lifestyle.


While many people either don’t eat meat or eat only organic meat products to avoid risk of disease, they may not consider that the meat that doesn’t pass inspection for human consumption goes into pet food.


The same problems that affect humans, including allergies, cancer, and kidney, heart, and bone problems also affect pets. The diseased animals in the food supply that cause mad cow disease can also cause the same illness in pets as they do in humans.


To avoid health problems and risks for your furry friends, change their diet to vegetarian. There are cookbooks, supplements, websites and other resources that ensure critters get all their nutritional needs without any meat.


Wild animals subsist a great deal on plant matter, so it is not unnatural to exclude animals from their diet. In fact, it may even help them live longer, as the 2002 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records cites Bramble, a 27-year-old border collie as the oldest dog in the world.


While rice, lentils, and organic vegetables can make up much of a pet’s vegan diet, it is also important that they get more nutrition in the form of supplements. L-carnitine and taurine are important to help dogs from developing heart disease and may not be sufficient in either a vegetarian or store-bought diet, but supplements can be found at a health food store.


While dogs are natural omnivores, making them perfect vegetarians, it can be a little more difficult to convert cats to a meatless diet. For recipes and ideas about getting your pets to eat green, visit this link, which also contains valuable information about the benefits of a vegetarian diet for furry friends.