... except the fermentation / mammalian species point: wild carnivores, and some domestics like cats, eat
the gut of their prey — their prey are mostly vegetarian animals; these organs have a large amount of fermented, pre-digested vegetable matter — wild grains, seeds, grasses, root and woody fibers.
The carbohydrates that your cat would naturally ingest would not exceed more than 5 %, and those carbohydrates would have been predigested in
the guts of their prey.
They eat vegetables including herbs, from
the gut of their prey.
In the wild vegetable matter in their diet is minimal and in a semi-digested state in
the guts of their prey.
Any fruits, vegetables or fiber they receive is from
the gut of their prey animals.
In the wild, the only vegetable matter they would normally eat is in
the gut of prey or in the form of grass chewed for medicinal purposes.
Not exact matches
Even their ancient cousin the wolf is omnivorous, engaging in the eating
of plant matter with similar acts
of grazing on grasses, as well as eating the plant matter out
of the
guts of their herbivorous
prey.
«In addition to live
prey, eviscerated tissues (
gut piles) from hunted deer and black bears would be a source
of infection for wild cats... Prevalence
of T. gondii in wild game and venison in the USA is very high and hunters need to be aware
of the risk
of transmission
of infection to humans and, more importantly, spread
of infection in the environment.
Instead
of feeding your carnivorous companion entrails (
guts) found in whole
prey, give him a «
gut replacement»
of pureed veggies and probiotics.
From smallest
of prey gutted and skinned alive for cats» tortured play - toys, up to the top predators that are starved to death from cats destroying their ONLY food sources.
For the most part, they would only eat plant foods when they gobbled up the
guts of herbivorous
prey animals.
However, the practice
of gut loading — feeding
prey a high - quality diet prior to offering them as the main course themselves — goes a long way toward providing a healthy diet.
A carnivore's
gut is designed to handle fur, its own as well as the fur
of prey animals.