[Biscuit]

I'm not sure how I feel about the cats and the vegan diets. I know that until I have proper nutrition without animal products worked out for myself, I won't be trying it on my cat because he doesn't have a choice. I'm a pretty big failure currently at the veg thing, because I'm getting dizzy everytime I move and feel weak all the time. If I'm too idiotic to do it right for myself, I definitely won't be trying it for my cat yet.

To address the point that we shouldn't be trying to force a vegan diet onto them...we've already domesticated them a gazillon other things that aren't natural for them. Unless they go out and kill their own food, it's just as unnatural to feed them some stuff out of a can. Most of the major cat food brands are incredibly unnatural even though they include meat, they are primarily made up of grains and high in carbohydrates that cats don't need. So I wouldn't stress the naturalness of what we feed our cats at this point, heh.

On the original topic, I can see what you mean. I disagree about those improperly caring for their guinea pigs because most of those situations that person gets defensive regarding simple advice, or ignores advice and education opportunity. However, I think it is very plausible to read an arrogance into the posts of a few here regarding animal rights/welfare issues. But, it is the internet, you can't hear their voices. There are also a lot of different people, opinions, issues, and demeanors here; you won't like them all. You won't understand them all. You will perpetually misunderstand some. Such is the way of internet message boards. If we had less expectation of always getting along all the time, we would get along more.