I Am A Real Werewolf

1. I am a vampire, how do I substitute my feedings/stop my cravings?

 

There is no current substitute for blood. Blood delivers oxygen to vital organs, fights infection, and heals wounds. Technology has advanced significantly but even with the understanding of how blood works, there is no substitute yet that can recreate all of its properties and virtues. (i.e. Blood donors are needed to save lives. If feeding could be replaced or substituted, then so could blood donors.)
Many biotech companies have attempted to manufacture an artificial alternative for blood but all results have failed. Real blood transports oxygen throughout the body, containing platelets, red blood cells, and clotting factors, white blood cells and electrolytes, as well as myriad vital proteins that no substitute has fully been able to produce.
In short, there is absolutely no substitute for naturally produced blood. The closest thing to a substitute you could get for human blood would be animal blood.
One of the first blood transfusions ever to take place with a human recipient had the donor of a sheep. The recipient lived. Jean Babtiste, the physician that enacted this transfusion, also used this exact same method on several other patients, only stopping when one died. Not known at the time, but this was to blame for the different types of blood (A, B, AB, and O). (This was stopped and made into an only human thing, however, because it made survival rates more likely.)
This of course doesn't matter for the digestion of blood because it isn't going into your blood stream like in a donation. It would be more along the lines of tasting different foods. However, only mammals can replace mammals.
An avian creature, for example, has a nucleus attached to each of its red blood cells, while mammals only have a nucleus attached to the younger blood cells, which disappears after they fully mature.

 

 

2. Can vampires be turned or born?

 

Both. Vampirism can be passed down from mother to child during pregnancy, as the fetus and mother share the same blood circulation. The vampirism virus is spread through blood to blood contact, similar to HIV and AIDS. While you can be infected through a bite, the bite itself is not what turns you. Once the skin is broken, if the vampire has a mouth injury, even as simple as bleeding gums, the virus can spread.

 

 

3. Can vampires fly or turn into bats?

 

No.

 

 

4. Do vampires die if they go into the sunlight?

 

No.

 

 

5. Will a vampire die if they don't drink blood?

 

Yes. Blood is to a vampire as water is to a human. It is needed to survive. It has vital protiens and nutrients that a vampire cannot absorb through regular consumables. Blood is not, however, all a vampire needs. Just as humans cannot survive solely on water, vampires need food and water as well.

 

 

6. Are vampires immortal?

 

No, they are very much mortal.

 

 

7. Do vampires have fangs?

 

No.