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
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