What treats do you give to your cats?

What kind of treats do you give to your cats? How often do you use the treats? Do you give in when the cats keep bugging you for it?

We get freeze dried chicken, ocean whitefish & shrimp by PureBites. Those are the only ingredients, no garbage. They usually get the treats once every day, regardless of how much they beg for more.

(03-15-2012 05:36 PM)bw Wrote:  We get freeze dried chicken, ocean whitefish & shrimp by PureBites. Those are the only ingredients, no garbage. They usually get the treats once every day, regardless of how much they beg for more.

Sound delicious. Are all those 3 ingredients mixed up into one threat or if they are separated food?

They are separate. They each have one ingredient. They really seem to like the chicken best.

By the way, what do they do when they try to beg you for treats?

They just come circling and meowing. You have pets, you learn to read some of their behavior. The male will get a little more aggressive than the girls. He will jump to where the trash is and try to find his own treats. I once found a licked clean butter wrapper in his kitty cup. (bed) We have learned, he no longer has access.

If you want a great treat for your cats (especially if you are trying to get them to drink more water), open a can of tuna packed in water (for your own lunch) and use the can lid to squeeze the liquid out of the tuna into a bowel. Tuna water, YUM!!!

As many cats do not drink enough water and end up with urinary problems because of it all our cats get water mixed in their food. They don't seem to mind and it helps. Our male had surgery for urinary crystals years ago and he gets "soup" now. He eats it with no problem, pig that he is, and there have been no more crystal problems.

I have never owned a cat myself, but it seems to me the cat food at my friend's place was really wet. Is it for the same reason you feed your cat "soup"?

Could very well be. You would have to ask your friend. We started adding equal amounts of water to food ratio after he had his crystal surgery. It must work as there have been no more crystals. We told the vet what we do and she said she wished more people would do the same. It sure is easier and cheaper than more surgeries!!

I thought the cat food was naturally wet instead of had water added to it by my friend.

You are correct, canned cat food is wet. BUT as many cats will not drink enough water on their own adding extra water to their food is beneficial. I have one cat out of three that I ever see drink water. So, soup!

On that same subject, a friend of mine will throw a spoon or two of canned (human) tuna and some water in the blender to make "tuna soup" for them.

Karenskatz, I have read many times, many places that human grade tuna is bad for cats because of the mercury levels. Can you shed any light on that? For years it has been on my list of foods to NOT feed a cat.

(03-23-2012 09:01 PM)bw Wrote:  Karenskatz, I have read many times, many places that human grade tuna is bad for cats because of the mercury levels. Can you shed any light on that? For years it has been on my list of foods to NOT feed a cat.

Mercury?
I wouldn't eat that fish if there is mercury in there. Let alone give it to a cat or any animal for that matter.