[kathrynj]

Ohhhhh, my dilemna exactly. I am so torn on this one.

My last cat passed away when he was 19 years old. I had thought that because of the meat eating/buying/supporting issue, I would not get another cat after he was gone.

After he passed away I was very greif stricken and my daughter wsa terribly upset also. We found that after a week, we were looking at the RSPCA adoptables, buying all the stuffed cat toys we saw, and ended up ringing the RSPCA to have a chat.

I asked about older animals, and they just 'happened' to have an older cat, even the lady I spoke to was surprised, as they dont' usually make it through the adoptable criteria, but by some miracle she did.

My daughter and I knew that she was the cat we were supposed to have, that our old boys memory would live on in sharing our love and home with an abandoned cat. We saw no picture of her, no description, but we knew. Our trip to the RSPCA was to pick up Millie, not to pick a cat. I cried at the cats in there but my daughter stood her ground outside Millies enclosure, in case someone else came along to grab her, even thoguh we werent' sure which one she actually was. Anyhow to cut a long story shorter than I have already rambled, we have a cat.

I once bought her a bag of vegan cat food online to try, she ate it fine, but me being really uncertain about weather I was doing the right thing, went back to RD Science diet.

Millie has been diagnosed with diabetes, and is on MD, a high protein low carb Science diet food, so I am unsure how a vegan cat food would work with her right now.

I am eager to hear others views and experiences in this matter.