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Looking past the recent vegan drama, have you ever wondered why your pet might not like particular foods? Have you ever actually tasted the food yourself?

I have, and some taste more like a chemistry lab than actual nutrition.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

Animals don't taste the same way we do. For example, cats don't have the receptors for tasting sweet things...so they can barely detect sweetness at all.

Dogs only have 25% as many taste buds as humans, so most things have a very mutes taste for them. Plus, every dog I've ever had absolutely LOVED cat shit covered in kitty litter, so I never put much faith in their sense of taste.

Yeah, they'll have flavors they like more or less, just like us, but even we can't trust our sense of taste as a metric for nutrition...if we could, we'd all be addicted to brocolli and spinach instead of processes foods and sugar.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I also wouldn't know what my dog thinks of the taste of cat shit, as that's not on his menu. Not sure where that thought came from even, that's not even food.

I'm referring to actual food products for pets. If the pet doesn't like it, there's probably a reason why, and that reason is likely that companies tend to make substandard foods not suitable for human consumption for pets.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

lmao nobody feeds their dog cat shit. but they try to eat it anyway because they are dogs and they'll eat a dirty diaper if you don't throw it away out of reach. smh

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