Cat Treat Recipes Using Fish
If your kitties are anything like mine, some like tuna and some like salmon, and others like mackerel. No matter which they prefer, there's bound to be a recipe for cat treats here that your feline friends will enjoy.
Tuna Cat Treats
CAT CRACKERS
6 ounces of undrained tuna
1 cup cornmeal
1 cup flour
1/3 cup water
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Measure all of the ingredients into a bowl and mix thoroughly with your hands.
Roll out to 1/4 inch thickness and cut into treat sized pieces.
Place on a greased cookie sheet. Bake for about 20 minutes or until golden.
Let cool. Give to your cat and watch them gobble it up.
KITTY TREATS
1-1/2 cups rolled oats
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup tuna oil, chicken or beef bouillon
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix all ingredients into a dough. Dust hands with flour and form small, 1/2-inch-thick, round "biscuits". Set on greased cookie sheet.
Bake 30 minutes (or until biscuits are slightly browned).
Cool 30 minutes before serving.
TUNA POPS (even safe for diabetic cats)
Drain liquid from tuna packed in spring water. Freeze liquid in small ice cube trays (cocktail ice cube trays work nicely, as well as little square pill boxes available at most drug stores - only fill these half full).
Give no more than 2 cubes at 1 time as a treat.
Reuse your can of drained tuna by placing in it an airtight container and covering with filtered water overnight for a second batch of tuna-pop water.
TUNA TREATS
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup nonfat, dry, powdered milk
1/2 can tuna, in oil OR 1/2 cup cooked chicken, chopped into small pieces
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil OR cod liver oil
1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup water
Catnip (Optional, but my cats LOVE IT!)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease cookie sheets with cooking spray.
In a large bowl, mash the tuna(or chicken)into smaller pieces. Then add flour and milk. Mix well.
After all is mixed pour in water and oil. Mix well again.
Now, beat egg in a separate dish until egg gets a foamy texture. Add to mix. Mix well. The dough mix will be sticky, so don't worry.
Using your fingers shape dough into small bite size balls, about the size of a marble. Put balls on greased cookie sheets. Flatten.
Bake for 10 minutes. Remove treats from oven wait five minutes and turn treats over so other side will cook. Bake 10 more minutes or until golden brown in color.
Place treats on cookie rack to cool. Cool for 15 minutes.
Tuna Treats
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup nonfat, dry, powdered milk
1/2 can tuna, in oil OR 1/2 cup cooked chicken, chopped into small pieces
1 tablespoon vegetable oil OR cod liver oil
1 egg, beaten
1/4 cup water
Catnip (Optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease cookie sheets with cooking spray.
In large bowl, mash the tuna (or chicken) into smaller pieces. Then add flour and milk. Mix well. After all is mixed, pour in water and oil. Mix well again.
Next beat egg in separate dish until egg gets a foamy texture. Add to mix.
Mix well. The dough mix will be sticky, so don't worry. Using your fingers, shape dough into small bite size balls - about the size of a marble. Put balls on greased cookie sheets. Flatten balls with hand. Bake for 10 minutes.
Remove treats from oven wait five minutes and turn treats over so other side will cook. Bake 10 more minutes or until golden brown in color.
Place treats on cookie rack to cool. Cool for 15 minutes.
NEVER give treats to your pet right after cooking.
You can add the catnip in the recipe or sprinkle on top of treats. They like it either way. Store in air tight container and store in refrigerator or cool dry place.
Makes approximately 60 treats.
Salmon Cat Treats
PRECIOUS KITTY TREATS
1 12-oz can salmon with liquid
1 egg
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup instant oatmeal, ground in a blender
Combine the salmon and egg in a blender; mix until smooth. Add the oatmeal and blend well.
Spray cooking spray on a 9-by-13inch pan and spread the mixture in the pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.
Cool, then cut into bite-sized squares. Store in the freezer.
Makes about 24 treats for your favorite kitties.
Cat Treats Made With Sardines
SARDINE SURPRISE TREATS
2 flat cans of sardines in oil (Do not drain)
2/3 cup cooked rice
1 tablespoon pureed liver
1/4 cup chopped parsley
Combine all ingredients and mix well. Shape into balls of desired size or simply spoon into cat's dish and serve.
These treats may be stored in the refrigerator for up to three days, and may also be frozen.
Cat Cookies
7 oz mashed sardines
1/4 cup dry non-fat milk
1/2 cup wheat germ
Mix ingredients. Roll into 24 small balls. Placed on greased cookie sheet.
Flatten with a fork. Bake at 350 degrees until brown.
Mackerel Cat Treats
MACKEREL CAT MUNCHIES
1/2 cup canned mackerel, drained
1 cup whole-grain bread crumbs
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 egg, beaten
1/2 teaspoon brewer's yeast, optional
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a medium-size bowl, mash the mackerel with a fork into tiny pieces. Combine it with the remaining ingredients and mix well.
Drop mixture by 1/4 teaspoonsful onto a greased cookie sheet.
Bake for 8 minutes. Cool to room temperature and store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
YOUR KITTY'S KIBBLES
3 cups whole wheat flour
2 cups soy flour
1 cup wheat germ
1 cup cornmeal
1 cup nonfat dry milk
1/2 cup brewer's yeast
1 (15 ounce) can mackerel
5 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon cod liver oil
2 cups of water or as needed
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl. In another bowl, mash the mackerel into small pieces. Mix in the oil and water. Add the mackerel mixture to the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. The dough is tough, so use your hands.
Roll dough out to about 1/4" thickness and cut into 1/4" bits, using a knife or pizza cutter.
Mound the bits onto greased cookie sheets and bake for 25 minutes.
During baking, occasionally toss the bits with two wooden spoons, so they brown evenly. Turn the heat off and allow the treats to cool thoroughly before removing and storing in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
This recipe freezes very well for longer storage.