I headcanon the fluffies as half organic robots lore. Skettis are a reward system programmed into them. It is not about it being good for them or not or them even liking the food. Rather they feel like truly complete “good fluffys” when they recognize receiving it. This is why even sketti shaped things serve to trigger this response in thier minds. It may have started as a joke amongst the Hasbio staff or something but it is relatively cheap and easy.
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It is true that an animal who is better fed will produce more milk and higher nutrition will make the milk be more nutritious. That said, I think fluffies just wrongly assume that since skettis are the best that they must be the healthiest for fluffys. Especially considering that in alot of works I’ve seen some Ramen noodles in ketchup is enough to make fluffies super excited and grateful.
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well, My grandmother had a big doggo :v (labrador) and she fed him with too cooked pastas, big kibbles and a spoon of oil (I don’t remember which one) and time to time, she add real meat in it (like some Barf befor that Barf was a thing → old school dogs !)
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But why programm sketty as a reward, if you can use the power of monetization and make on overpriced brand sweets for that purpose? They are more compact, don’t need any cooking and can’t be replicated
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It’s kinda like kids wanting to eat candy for breakfast or any other meal. They love it, they are programmed to love it and want it as a daily basics. But at the end is not good as food but as a little treat once in a while
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it depends on the ingredients, really, though spaghetti’s fine in moderation. it’s the starchy noodles that’re more of a challenge than the sauce. more meat-based spaghetti is definitely more of a treat, while more vegitable-based spaghetti is fine for more regular consumption.
maybe add a touch brocolli to make everything more regular.
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I think sketties would be similar healthwise to humans. It does depend what you put in the sauce and the type of spaghetti used. I feel most sketties being served would be a simple tomato sauce affair, so with such simple and natural ingredients, it would be quite safe.
I do subscribe to the view that international fluffies enjoy other noodle dishes like ramen lo mein. So maybe it’s the fun noodly shape and the act of slurping it up that appeals to fluffies.
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SOLUTION! Cucumber/vegetable spaghetti in different sauces! That way it wouldn’t cause them to develop heart diseases!
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“Everything is medicine and everything is poison. Only the dose is important.”(c)
Is fish good for cats? Is salt good for horses? Is sugar good for humans?
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Only good to deny them it… Make them cry, or fight each other for it… Or maybe they choke on it, let natural selection work.
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Well, if we take a headcannon where they have horrible digestive systems then yeah it’s bad, spaghetti even for us is mostly carbohydrates, now imagine a fluffy only getting mostly carbohydrates from it, it’ll become fat eventually (more than the average fluffy)
Usually spaghetti is a treat, but let’s take a hugbox setting where the owner feeds the fluffy only homemade spaghetti, not fluffy special enriched spaghetti, eventually it will be sick due to lack of many nutrients, muscles are not much of a problem for them since they’re already weak af so the protein in the meatballs should do.
So no it’s bad unless used as a treat, but as a mod once said, headcannon
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I think too much can hurt them. No ones every really explored that.
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Marinara sauce is made from tomatoes, tomatoes being part of the nightshade family contain toxins that give irl horses bad poopies among other serious health issues.
Pasta isn’t as toxic, but still isn’t easily digestible for them.
I’d say the meatballs aren’t good for them either, but horses have been known to just gobble up baby chickens right off the ground.
In conclusion? It can be considered abuse to feed fluffies sketti with marinara sauce. Sketti without sauce is a grey area.
Edit: No clue on the herbs and spices but those might be toxic as well.