Home-made Cat Treats

Even cats deserve homemade culinary delights. You know what's in them, you can check the ingredients, and you avoid additives. Here are 5 easy recipes that cats love.

Golden Rules

  • Never onion, garlic, chocolate, raisins, alcohol, sweeteners (especially xylitol).
  • Never added salt (cats tolerate it very little).
  • Never dairy products (most cats are intolerant).
  • Snacks = max 10% of daily calories.
  • Store in a glass jar in a cool place, max 1 week.

Recipe 1: Chicken Bites

Ingredients:

  • 100g boiled chicken (breast), finely chopped.
  • 1 tablespoon homemade chicken broth (without salt).
  • 1 tablespoon oat flour.
  • 1 egg yolk.

Procedure:

  1. Mix everything until you get a dough.
  2. Form small balls the size of peas.
  3. Bake at 170°C for 12-15 minutes.
  4. Cool: ready to serve.

Cats go crazy for them.

Recipe 2: Frozen Fish Broth Cubes

Ingredients:

  • 200ml fish cooking water (steamed salmon or mackerel, without salt).

Procedure:

  1. Pour into ice cube trays.
  2. Freeze.

Refreshing snacks for hot days, fragrant and highly adored.

Recipe 3: Tuna Cookies

Ingredients:

  • 1 can of tuna in its own juice, drained (50g).
  • 1 tablespoon rice flour.
  • 1 egg yolk.
  • Water if needed.

Procedure:

  1. Blend the tuna with the yolk and flour.
  2. Form small balls.
  3. Lightly flatten them.
  4. Bake at 170°C for 15 minutes.

Flavor bombs. Maximum 2-3 per week (for the tuna).

Recipe 4: Salmon Cream (for picky eaters)

Ingredients:

  • 50g boiled salmon without bones, blended.
  • 1 tablespoon lactose-free low-fat yogurt (for intolerant cats).
  • A dash of fish oil for cats.

Procedure:

  1. Blend everything until smooth cream.
  2. Serve 1 teaspoon a day as a treat or to "convince" a picky cat.

Great for hiding medications too.

Recipe 5: Chicken Liver Bites

Ingredients:

  • 100g boiled chicken liver.
  • 50g rice flour.
  • 1 egg yolk.

Procedure:

  1. Blend the liver.
  2. Mix with flour and yolk.
  3. Form very small balls.
  4. Bake at 170°C for 12 minutes.

The "golden cookies" for cats. Maximum 2-3 per week (excess liver is rich in vitamin A).

Bonus Ideas

Dried Fish

Available in specialty stores, but you can also dry them yourself in the oven at low temperature (60°C for 4-6 hours).

Frozen Tube

Blend chicken and broth, fill silicone tubes, freeze. A long snack to lick.

Coconut and Fish Oil Cubes

Coconut oil + fish oil mixed and frozen. Snack for a shiny coat.

What NOT to Do

  • Never cow's milk: most cats are intolerant.
  • Never garlic or onion: toxic.
  • Never chocolate: toxic.
  • Never cooked bones: they splinter.
  • Never salt or spices.
  • Never raw supermarket fish (risk of anisakis and bacteria).

Storage

  • Dry cookies: airtight jar, 5-7 days.
  • Creams and wet snacks: fridge, 2-3 days.
  • Frozen cubes: freezer, 1-2 months.

What Really Matters

Indulging your cat with homemade snacks is simple, economical, and allows you to control every ingredient. A few attempts to discover their favorite recipes. And then: the happiness of a cat pouncing on the snack you prepared is priceless.