In the past, all companion animals were fed home prepared recipes. One always knew where the food came from and its quality.

Now, multinational corporations, producing billions of assembly line meals, replace the efficient kitchen of yesteryear. Unfortunately, mistakes can occur that consequently affect millions of innocent animals and their caretakers.

How much safer and healthier it is to prepare meals for your loved ones, using foods that you trust, in your own kitchen. For many it is worth the extra time for peace of mind. Vegan Vegecat™ , Vegecat phi™ and Vegedog™ supplements “fill in the gaps” and meet nutrient requirements without animal products.

"As a veterinarian being concerned with the animal's health, it is very encouraging to observe their health improving in many cases after being on the new regimen." 

 Michael Lemmon, DVM

Here are five "vegecats" happily eating their home made meals. Read their individual stories on page 4 of "Stories & Pix".

Their caretaker writes:

Schmeeder, Gaudi, Voodoo, Nigel and Jasper chow down on the Krumpet and lentil stew.

My cats have been eating vegan food made with the recipes and supplements from Vegepet for over ten years. Schmeeder is now 11 and Gaudi is 14.

Everyone is in great health

The cats that I already had when I started making vegan food had to be weaned onto it; I had the best results by making 'gooey' food (lentil & soy) that I could mix with commercial canned meat food and very gradually increasing the proportion of vegan food till they were eating all vegan food. It's been my experience since then, though, that when I adopt a new cat, they accept the vegan food immediately. I think it makes sense to them that they are in a whole new environment and this is what cats eat here. "When in Rome".

I tried several of the recipes and have settled on two that they like the best. One is the Lentil & Soy recipe (which they prefer quite watery so it is more like a stew, not thick like play-dough). They prefer this made with TVP that is in smaller chunks; I buy Bob's Red Mill TVP from Whole foods, and find that they prefer this to Whole Foods brand TVP, which is in bigger
chunks. I make a quadruple batch of this and freeze it in quarts, which I then thaw as I need them. Then I shred a bit of fresh carrots to add to each quart after it's thawed.

The other recipe that they like is the VegeKibble. But they don't like it made from the kibble Mix, nor the recipe with whole wheat flour; they prefer the older recipe made with gluten flour. Again I use Bob's Red Mill brand gluten flour (and due to the recent melamine problems in the news, I wrote to Bob's Red Mill to check whether they use any gluten from China, which they don't; it's all grown in the U.S.) In addition to making the VegeKibble twice-baked as in Hoana's recipes, I also make it baked just once and cut into bite-size pieces, which I think of as 'Krumpet' since it is a bread-like texture. Then I also leave out a dish of the twice-baked 'Kibble' which they can munch on between meals.

I make a double batch of Kibble on four cookie sheets. I use 'parchment paper' (available in the baking section of grocery stores) to line the cookie sheets so there is no need to grease them and clean-up is much easier. I use more water than the recipe calls for, which makes the dough softer, and I can just press it into the cookie sheets with my hands instead of rolling it out with a rolling pin. I add a half cup of 'flax seed meal' (available at Whole Foods stores) to each recipe, which is great for omega-3 fatty acids and adds a nice texture and taste too. I also add a handful of seaweed of some kind. I have used many different kinds of unflavored seaweed from Asian grocery stores, or 'dulse flakes' from Whole Foods markets, and the cats like any of of these.

Then after it's baked (once) I cut it into slabs 1/4 the size of the cookie sheet and freeze these, thawing out a few slabs every few days and cutting them into bite-size pieces.

People often remark what beautiful coats my cats have, and how bright and shiny their eyes are, and they ask me what I feed them. Naturally I am happy to spread the word about vegan recipes and VegePet. Vets especially are quite surprised, having believed they needed meat.

I think you can't argue with over ten years of health on a vegan diet! If they 'needed' meat, surely they would have wasted away by now! Thanks James for doing all the research so that other animals no longer need to suffer and die for the purpose of feeding our pets.

Another client shares her story with a cat that had bladder problems:

Diane with Tomato

Diane writes:

I rescued Tomato when he was about 1 1/2 years old off the streets as a stray about 12 years ago.

Within 6 months he was having terrible problems with cystitis. After many bouts he finally had reconstructive surgery to open his urethra. This was a very serious operation and not one to take lightly with a long recovery time. He had to stay in the hospital for 7 days.

For many years Tomato continued to have problems with his cystitis. I tried many different commercial foods and medications along with another surgery to remove bladder stones. I started making my own homemade meat meals recipes formulated from a vet. This helped a little, but Tomato's troubles with cystitis continued. Not to mention I was now having to deal with handling raw meat, which being a vegetarian, I did not like it at all.

For years I had wished there was a way to feed my kitties balanced vegetarian meals. I have a friend from Mexico and she said they where too poor to afford meat and everyone including their cats (who must have hunted as well) and dogs ate beans and rice, and their animal companions where very healthy and lived for many years. So I knew somehow my animal companions could be vegetarians too. I just had to find a way to give them a balanced diet formulated for their systems.

I then found HOANNA through a friend. After only a few months on veggie meals and Vegekibble made with Vegecat PH supplement Tomato has not had one problem with cystitis and takes no medications since becoming a vegecat.

I'm proud to say he has been a kitty vegetarian for 6 years. Many thanks goes to James and HOANA.

Along the way we found time to document the research, and publish some of the many of letters received. We sold out of the print edition of Vegetarian Cats & Dogs, but it's available to download or to order as a CD-ROM.

Vegetarian Cats & Dogs is a solid work of ethical integrity and is meritorious as an example of applying scientific information to progressive ends. The scientific rationale is as sound as the moral arguments are incisive and persuasive. The author is sincere in his commitment to a scientifically sound means to feed dogs and cats with superior nourishment (meeting all the known nutritional requirements for different stages of life), while at the same time reducing large scale animal suffering in agribusiness.

David H. Jaggar, MRCVS, DC

Make wise decisions for your companions' food. With our help, everyone can prepare extraordinarily pure, delicious meat-free meals in their own kitchen. Use any of the easy to follow recipes that accompany each of our supplements, using ingredients such as soy products, garbanzo beans, lentils, rice and wheat. It's never too late to start. Products come in many sizes, and all have a 30-day money back guarantee.