All of these items are loaded with complex carbohydrates and a ferret's strictly
carnivorous digestive tract can not process these foods.
Both of these are difficult to digest in
carnivorous digestive systems and will often pass through undigested.
Squash will be digested differently by
a carnivorous digestive system, meaning they don't absorb all of the nutrients available in it.
Dogs are direct decedents of wolves and share the same
carnivorous digestive tract.
Squash will be digested differently by
a carnivorous digestive system, meaning they don't absorb all of the nutrients available in it.
Not exact matches
But suffice it to say that we aren't built like
carnivorous cats, who can digest no - fiber animal proteins easily and quickly, because the
digestive tract is virtually a straight line from mouth to anus.
In one of my favorite books, The Tao of Health, Sex, and Longevity, Daniel P. Ried says about 50 % of humans have a balanced
digestive system that can adapt equally well to «vegetarian» or «
carnivorous» diets.
I have included some food lists that may be of interest if you want to pursue a
carnivorous approach or have major
digestive issues.
Intuitively, we think they need less fiber than humans because their natural
carnivorous diets contained considerably less and their relatively short
digestive tracts have less time to metabolize it.
Dogs aren't designed to require vegetables in their diet, meaning their
digestive systems work better when they're given a
carnivorous diet.