DIY Healthy Cat Treats

DIY Healthy Cat Treats

All pets do need to get a treat once in a while and cats are no exceptions. Although it can be quite tricky to make some DIY homemade healthy treats, it is not impossible. You will need to keep in mind your pet feline’s favorite eats before you start your DIY project to make healthy cat treats.

Here are some easy do-it-yourself treats that you can make for your cat:

  • Cheesy cat treats
    These cheesy, gooey cat treats are made from a combination of cheese, yogurt, water, cornmeal, and flour. Once you combine all these ingredients together, just flatten out the mixture with a rolling pin and bake it in the oven for around 25 minutes. Once it is baked, you can cut it out into tiny cat-friendly squares. The treats once done need to be quite firm on the outside but soft and chewy on the inside.
  • Holy mackerel cat treats
    This treat makes use of canned mackerel along with vegetable oil, breadcrumbs, bacon grease, yeast, and egg. Make a mixture of all the ingredients mentioned above and then bake them for 25 minutes on a non-stick baking tray. These treats will simply delight your cat to no ends.
  • Freshly baked flour treats
    Start by mashing tuna with a fork and then add whole wheat flour, milk, vegetable oil, and an egg to it. Form balls of the above mixture and bake for 10 minutes. In case your feline is not a tuna lover, you can always substitute salmon, ham, beef, or chicken instead of the tuna in the recipe.
  • Tuna cat treats
    Add canned tuna, egg, parsley, water, and egg to a food processor and blend all the ingredients till they are well mixed together. Then using a bottle cap as a cutter you can cut out and place them on a parchment paper; bake the treats in the oven for 20 minutes.
  • Catnip crumbles
    Catnip crumbles can be served as a treat or it can be sprinkled over your cat’s regular food. Either way cats love them. These are simply a concoction of eggs, ground beef, and catnip, which once mixed together can be baked in the oven for 10 minutes. These catnip crumbles need to however be refrigerated once they are cooked.
  • Kitty delights
    This is a simple four-ingredient recipe that you can whip up really fast and what’s more your cat will be simply thrilled with these snacks.
  • Chewy bars
    There are so many variations of the chewy bar recipe that you will find on the internet that you can just pick out the one that your feline will enjoy the most. This recipe calls for canned baby food or canned wet cat food along with parsley, flour, and rice which need to be baked for just 10 minutes in the oven.
  • Chicken crunchers
    This recipe is such a versatile one as you can add your cat’s favorite protein to it. Combine the chicken with catnip, flour, and an egg. Place them on a baking tray and using a pizza cutter cut them into a grid and then bake them for 10-13 minutes. Once cooked, you can break them out into pieces and serve but do remember to refrigerate these snacks.