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Probably a similar reason to humans. A cat in a healthy environment will regulate itself, but when stressed it may form eating disorders from using food as a coping mechanism. Or when given unhealthy food that has imbalanced nutrition
Cats will actually eat until they get the necessary nutrients from their food, unlike us where we stop when we’re full, regardless of how good the food actually is. So a cat free feeding terrible food can become obese fairly easily.
Kibble is the absolute worst thing you can feed cats. It’s usually at least half fillers and binders. They’re obligate carnivores so raw meat or high quality canned food where it’s mostly meat with some hydrating broth or something is as good as it gets for them.
A fellow ZeFrank enjoyer, perhaps? The obligate carnivore thing is so important to remember. I have a vegan friend who feeds her animals plant-based foods and her dog is underweight and her cat is overweight. Absolutely hate to see it, but adults apparently don't respond well to being told that their pets with completely different physiology and no choice in what they're fed won't live their best lives on a vegan diet.
This might be a little too tangential and not your area of expertise at all…
Is there a reason why we can’t make a plant-based diet that has the same nutrition as meat? I assume there must be otherwise I think that idea would take off more.