HOME MADE CAT TREAT RECIPES

Every cat owner loves their cat and wants her to stay happy and healthy. Obesity can be a problem for cats as well as for humans. Heart disease, arthritis, and diabetes are only a few of the serious illnesses your cat can come down with just because it is overweight. As ever cat owner has found out, your little sweetie knows exactly how to play on your emotions for those delicious, though many times very fattening, extra little tidbits. How can you look into those big, wide eyes that seem to be begging, PLEASE, and still say no. You can't ! But one thing you can do is make sure those tasty treats you are feeding your beloved feline is good for them, whether they or fat, slim, young or old.

The pet stores have row after row of cat treats, all of which state how your cat will love them and how great they are for their general well being, and many of these are just as they advertise to be. However, if you would like to get a little more personal with your cats eating habits, and want to know for sure what they are eating, here are a few tasty, but healthy little treats that will them having purring to their hearts content.

If you have ever seen a cat eat grass, then you know they also like, or need, a little vegetation in their diet. Some of you may already be making your little pet it's home made meals, so one thing you might think about doing is adding a little cooked rice or pasta to the meat. Your cat will still love it and you can give them more food but with a lot less the calories.

I don't usually put recipes in my articles, but this one looked so great I thought you might just want to try it. I know I am. It starts with tuna, a no brainier. In all my life I have never seen a cat who didn't just love a nice scrumptious morel of fish. Here is all you need. It will make 12 cookie treats.

6 ounce can of tuna

¼ cup water drained from can of tuna

¼ cup cornmeal

½ cup whole wheat flour

1 cooked egg white

preheat oven to 350. Combine tuna, egg white and water. Add cornmeal and flour and blend to form a dough. Knead into ball and roll ¼ inch thick. Cut into one inch size pieces and bake for 20 minutes.

That is all there is to it and your little ball of fur will love you for it.

You can find dozens if not hundreds of different home made cat treats on the internet or even from recipe books found at your local pet shop. I can not even begin to print them all, but I did want to let you to know they are not only out there and available, but very healthy for your cat. Jump in and try one. When you see the reaction I am sure you will get, it will all be work the little bit of effort.