What can you give a cat for a treat?

Question

im not looking for bought treats and i would like some recipes to

Answer 1

Hi Zoey...a safe and nutritious cat treat would be boiled chicken with no flavourings added including salt. Most human foods are not good for pet animals as they can contain ingredients we use to flavour them to our taste such as onions, garlic both which can cause anemia in pets. Even rinsed after cooking those will soak into the meat so plain boiled chicken is a nice simple recipe that you can freeze for use for many months as well.

Here's a website that indicates which human foods and ingredients that are toxic to cats:
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?cls=1&cat=1399&articleid=1029

Here's more info about why Tuna is bad for cats:

ASCPA: WE'RE TALKING TUNA: HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH FOR YOUR CAT?
http://www.lenhumanesoc.org/Tips/ASPCA-Tuna.htm

"TUNA FOR CATS? NO!

Tuna can be fatal to cats and is not something to be fed to them...The human variety of tuna fish contains an enzyme that destroys vitamin B1 (thiamine). Cats who regularly eat tuna can develop a vitamin B1 deficiency, which results in neurological symptoms like dilated eyes, loss of equilibrium, seizures and death if this vitamin is not replaced. The scientific name of this disease is polioencephlomalacia.

Clearwater veterinarian Richard Brancato said that though most
domestic cats do enjoy fish, feeding them a diet of only tuna can cause serious disorders.

Although it is high in protein, tuna lacks sufficient amounts of certain amino acids, mainly taurine, to maintain feline health. There is insufficient calcium to balance the phosphorus; the ratio in canned tuna is 1-to-14.8. This results in bone disease.

Many essential vitamins such as A and most B vitamins are also lacking, Brancato said. A common disease in cats fed a mainstay of canned tuna is steatitis, or yellow fat disease, an inflammation of the fat tissue in the body due to a deficiency of vitamin E.

Source:
St. Petersburg Times, published May 14, 2000"

Answer 2

My cat loves tuna and gets it as a treat. She also likes rice cooked in chicken broth instead of water. A cat I used to have loved popcorn and ice cream; she would climb into the sink to lick the ice cream bowls if someone forgot to share!

Answer 3

I give our cat a small bit of ham. The vet said it is not good for cats but it is only a treat not her staple diet, the small amount of salt will do no harm.She does tricks for it and she will actually drool. On Easter she is my closest companion, she is ready just in-case I trip and drop the ham.

Answer 4

Treats truthfully might want to not be served as a meal. it can make your cat ill (vomit, diarrhea, and so on.), and it not nutritionally balanced. in case you look on the substances, it really is especially quite some grain, which cats won't be able to digest. this is in basic terms pooped out. there is a few nutrition and actual nutrition in it, yet not adequate to keep up your cat. Low-high quality to mid-high quality nutrition might want to envision an same because the treats, in spite of the undeniable fact that the outcome's an same. a set of filler it fairly is pooped out. a sturdy nutrition might want to consistently have a meat because the numerous aspect (no secret "meat", it needs to assert what the beef is, which comprise "rooster"). i do not even provide my cats treats on the grounds that maximum of in basic terms finished of crap it really is not sturdy for the cat. when I do provide a "take care of" it really is piece of intense-high quality dry nutrition. I serve my cats foodstuff of canned nutrition with a useless night snack of yet another intense-high quality dry nutrition (in basic terms adequate to enable me sleep previous 6am yet not an entire meal). The "take care of" dry nutrition is a diffrent length and formual than their "snack/meal" nutrition so it fairly is particular to them. I in basic terms provide treats after nail trimmings, baths, heavy brushings, or after an interactive play consultation to advantages their searching skills.

Answer 5

Around here the cats that wander around outside love to eat baby birds. Maybe you could catch her one of those for a treat.

Answer 6

Here are some websites:

http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/6/Cat_Cookies48272.shtml

http://pets1st.ca/articles/00060catcookies.asp

Answer 7

my cats used to love imitation krab (really pollack fish).
it's nutricious, cheap, comes in bite size chunks, and is available in most grocery stores.
if you want to get more compllicated try mixing ground turkey, an egg, and farina or cooked rice. form into small balls and saute.

Answer 8

Little cubes of cheese. My cat loved this!

Answer 9

I use to give mine a little bit of Tuna every now and then, and she loved it, but she is now in heaven.

Answer 10

Mine like yogurt. I also have one who loves spaghetti. I can't wait to read the answers.