Homemade Treats Recipes

[gurl2005bby]

I was wondering if anyone have the recipe for treats that i can make it for my cats?

[Traci]

Why not just give treats like Pounce or Whiskers?

[momPaws]

I have seen recipes on the net. I made homemade treats for Honey and she loved them. (now my oven is not so good) I liked to do that cause I knew there were good natural ingredients in them. Try googling homemade cat treats or something like that. Have fun!

[Traci]

The problem with homemade treats is that the ingredients are not always appropriate for cats, and feeding in excess can make cats finicky and expect treats all the time. The effort, time, and money spent for proper ingredients you could just as well pick up treats at the store. "Most" commercial pet treats are healthy, providing they are not fed in excess.

[gurl2005bby]

I dont give all the time.. I just wanted to make homemade halloween treats for them without the dye that i have seen in store. Yea I prob will have to go to googling it.

[chrisg]

I know Halloween is over now but I have this recipe. I've never made them so can't say what they're like or if the ingredients are particularly 'cat friendly'. I have to agree with Traci, though. If you buy commercial cat treats at least you know that what you're giving is healthy.

My cats have always been a bit ambivalent towards some proprietory cat treats and I gave up buying them in the end!



Cat Cookies

1 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon catnip
third of a cup of milk
third of a cup powdered milk
2 tablespoons butter or vegetable oil
quarter cup Soy flour
1 egg
2 tablespoons Wheatgerm
1 tablespoon Unsulfured molasses

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix dry ingredients together.
Add molasses, egg, oil and milk.
Roll out flat onto oiled cookie sheet and cut into cat bite sized pieces.
Bake for 20 minutes and let cool.
Store the cookies in a sealed container.

[Traci]

Hi Chris,

Not sure I would recommend the recipe, just a couple problems off the bat: wheat: many cats cannot tolerate wheat (the recipe calls for an excessive amount). Catnip: I'd think baking it would make it offensive to the cat. Butter/vegetable oil = fat.

[chrisg]

Well I did say that it was untried and I wasn't sure about the ingredients. It was given to me by a friend who said that her Aunt used to make them, but I took it with a pinch of salt.

As I said, I'm with you on cat treats. At least proprietory treats have been made with suitable ingredients.

I wouldn't cook anything for my cats unless I was 100% sure that all the ingredients were OK. Much easier and much less fuss to go to the supermarket!

[Traci]

Also, for others reading, soy products in pet foods are not always a good thing (the recipe above calls for an unusual large amount). They are of little nutritional value, and in excess, can cause flatulence and voluminous stools, watery stools, interference with absorption of other nutrients, inflammation, allergic responses etc. Responsible pet food manufacturers who use soy in their products will extrude/process them appropriately, but there isn't enough data available currently to suggest much nutritional value of soy in pet foods.

[momPaws]

Wow- Traci, there is a lot more to this than I knew. You really know what you're talking about.