Homemade Cat Treats

I love this recipe! So glad i found one without corn starch or flour! How many treats does this make? and could i make a bigger batch so they would last a while? I would like to give one to my cat regularly but I dont want to have to make a batch too often. Let me know!
Thanks.

I see a few wondering about how truly healthy this is and I have to agree, I wonder as well. How paleo is this? Why not, if you want to make cat treats, make mini jerkies? Just small pieces of poultry, meat, fish or small shrimps drying in either a dehydrator or oven on the lowest. I do this for my cats and they love it. No high carbs, no tin cans, just pure meat and fish and nothing else. My cats love it!

These are not healthy for a cat at all. You’re talking about an obligate carnivore. Cats have no need for carbohydrates and carbohydrates introduce sugar to a system that is not made to process it- it can lead to inflammation and digestive upset.

If you want to give your cats a treat give it -more meat- or eggs, or insects, or anything, I don’t know, *species appropriate*

Animals should not eat canned tuna and fish, as they are very high in mercury. I have personally known of several cats, and a dog that have died from eating canned tuna. For an occasional treat, this recipe would be fine, if using other meats. My animals have been on a raw meat diet for years, with no health issues, perfect weight, etc.

As other posters have pointed out, cats systems are designed to only process animal product (along with a few bites of grass). Carbs are really very hard on them–especially in their main food, but also with treats. It’s just filler that spikes their blood sugar, taxes their pancreas and makes their poop stinky!
My father-in-law LOVES to “treat” our cat too. I wish he wouldn’t, but he’s not old to argue with. =P So I plan for the extra calories from her treats & give her slightly less raw food. It’s not perfect, but then again, it’s so sweet to watch how loved our pets are by the entire family and how much our kids (and parents lol) want to view them as identical to us. But, honestly cats would be happier and healthier with simple raw meat as a treat. Growing up (before supermarket treats), my mom would drain the tuna water into their bowls and that would be the way we treated our cats–they LOVED it!
After my last two cats passed from diabetes, we started researching pet nutrition. Now, we buy raw coarse-ground meat (whole carcass, organs, bones, fur & all) and that is the only staple food our cat eats. No canned, no dry. She immediately slimmed down after transitioning, her fur is shiny, she’s more calm, less thirsty, she never has gas and her litter box never smells. All wins in my opinion!

I made up some gelatin for my cat the other day hoping he would eat it plain, but no go. Although my roommates kitten did eat it that way. So I blended it with some wet food and he did eat it that way. I’m going to continue doing that until it’s gone, then I think I will try just regular tuna or chicken in a can and see if he will eat it that way. His back legs are stiff when he walks so I’m hoping this helps. I agree with what others are saying about them being obligate carnivore. Especially when you consider the length of the intestines, in carnivores it is very very short so that meat doesn’t putrify in the gut. Ours however, is much much longer, and is meant to allow plenty of time to break down fiberous veggi matter, while meat does tend to sit in our guts too long. With that said, the sweet potatos are vitamin rich, I assume that is why you chose those? Just wondering the choice to go with those? How do your kitties respond? Do they eat the whole treat or just a small bit at a time? I am of the mind that the animal instinctively knows and not to force them to eat anything. My cat will eat the blend I made him, but not a lot at a time.

Love this but my fur baby hates fish. Could chicken be used?