What's a nice treat (non-packaged) for a deserving cat?
I see the pet treats in bags that have shelf-lives of three years and include high-fructose corn syrup. Is there something better that is real food?
Now we are settling for some very small bits of organic cheddar cheese (and what he sneaks from almost-empty soup bowls).
Sadly, the mice have disappeared for the season (unless they are in my car’s heating system.)
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Have you tried Greenies?
Low sodium tuna
Bits of unseasoned chicken
My cats love to lick butter off of my fingers
My kitties go nuts for fish.
Another day under your roof.
@erichw1504: Raw or cooked or canned? (BTW, I cut three of Milo’s nails last night. A first, and I have only one small puncture wound near my jugular.)
My neighbor gives his cat live mice. The cat goes NUTS!
Kitty Pounce Balls
1 small can sardines
¼ brewers yeast
½ cup wheat germ
3 Tbsp. dried catnip
Pre-heat oven to 225 degrees F.
Drain and soak sardines in cool water for 5 minute to remove excess salt. Drain. Add brewers yeast and wheat germ and roll into 24 bite-sized balls, adding more wheat germ if necessary. Roll each ball in dried catnip to coat. Place on greased cookie sheet and bake in a low oven (250F) for 30 – 45 minutes or until very firm. Cool completely and store in an airtight container. Roll one of these in front of your cat and watch it pounce!
1 (8oz.) can tuna in oil
2 cups cornmeal
2 cups whole wheat flour
½ cup dried brewers yeast (optional)
¾ cup water
⅔ cup oil (use the tuna oil)
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Drain oil from tuna in can and save. Combine cornmeal, flour and yeast in a large bowl; mix well. Add in drained tuna, water and tuna oil; mix thoroughly. Roll dough out onto lightly floured surface to ¼-inch thickness. Cut out and mold into little fish (or other) shapes and transfer to an un-greased baking sheet. Bake until light brown on top. Transfer to rack to cool. Store in an airtight container and refrigerate.
@syz: I was hoping that Milo would cook for me. Anything that doesn’t require prep?
@gailcalled Cooked, whenever we have haddock sandwiches they love it.
My cats turn up their noses at kitty treats and prefer the dog’s Bil-Jac liver treats (available at Petsmart and Petco type stores).
My former cat loved steamed broccoli florets. It was a way better treat than anything pre-packaged.
My cat likes a scrambled egg.
Tuna sashimi. (Without the rice.)
Grill some chicken (without seasoning or anything) and feed that to him.
I give my cat a good brushing and vigorous petting.
You guys! I can’t imagine going though all of that for a CAT! I don’t even go through all that for myself!
Time for a partner that will give you a brushing and petting- good for the soul!
Even tho you’re a vegetarian, cats are carnivores through and through.
But maybe the next time you steam some veggies, you could wrap up a boneless chicken breast in foil or something. This way you don’t have any extra cooking work.
Then cut it up in bite size pieces when cooled. Whatever isn’t eaten then can be put in the frig and warmed up under running warm water.
Not too much extra work.
@Buttonstc Did you mean me? I think I’m the only one who mentioned veggies. My cat (and my dog now) had a carnivorous diet even though I’m a veg. I was eating the broccoli one day and he swiped a few pieces and loved it, so I kept giving it to him in addition to meat.
actually I was addressing Gail as I believe she has mentioned elsewhere that she is vegetarian.
Because she also stated here that she wasn’t that eager to take on separate cooking chores I was thinking that wrapping some chicken breast in foil could kill two birds with one stone, so to speak.
I just figured you had a quirky cat who occasionally likes broccoli. It’s not totally unheard of for a cat to enjoy veggies, but most would turn up their noses at it. Somehow, I don’t picture Milo (the avid mouse hunter) to be thrilled with the prospect of veggie snacks :)
I did have one of my cats who would even eat tomato. But that’s because she was really really into any type of people food. Every meal I ever ate would find her staring every single forkful from plate to mouth the entire time I ate.
So pretty much whatever she was offered from my plate she would scarf up eagerly. Most of the time it was cartilage from the ends of chicken bones and meat scraps, but I would put in the odd veggie pieces just to see if she would eat them just for fun :D
For those still riveted to Milo’s eating habits, he does seem to enjoy the last bits of an egg fried in a little butter.
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