Field Scenario

A customer asks whether they can occasionally feed their cat a dog food formula since they already have some on hand.

What You Actually Explain

• Cats are obligate carnivores with a real, distinct dietary requirement for taurine that dog food isn’t formulated to meet
• This isn’t interchangeable, even occasionally, given cats’ genuinely different nutritional needs
• Recommend an appropriate cat-specific product instead
• This reflects a real physiological difference, not just a marketing distinction between species-specific foods