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Healthy Homemade Cat Treats Worth Royals

My Meowmy was watching well known shopping network and she came across of the video on which they were preparing homemade treats for dogs. She realized she would love to have healthy, wholesome, tasty treats for me, her beloved kitty! I am extremely finicky sphynx and my favorite food in the whole wide World is…. tuuuuunaaaa!!!

I love treats which are made with wheat grass and tuna or cheese in them. Mom, who is obsessed with my diet, noticed that most cat treats (besides frozen dry proteins such as : poultry, meats, seafood) are packed with sugars, corn, preservatives, colors, salt, by-products or just plainly bad recipes. It is the main reasons she gives me only few types of treats. Today she decided to try to make me some goodies which would include my favorite proteins: tuna and organic, grass fed beef.

You must know she is not the greatest of cooks. Once she was preparing cake from the package for her friend and by mistake read one more zero behind the volume of water she should add. So instead 100 ml she read 1000 ml ! She placed her “diluted cake” in the oven. Two hours later she was really surprised cake was still runny. Then she looked at the box again…

This story gives you idea how clever she is in the kitchen. So if she could do treats for me, so can you for your cat.

Cranberry Infused Tuna Cat Cookies

1 can of tuna in oil,drained

2 tsp original cranberry juice

1/4 -1/3 cup of unbleached flour

1/5 – 1/3 cup chicken broth (you might use beef broth as well or just water)

2 tbsp of quality oil (EVOO or Grape Seed Oil)

1) Drain tuna and blend until smooth.

2) Place flour in bowl, add tuna and cranberry juice.

3) Mix together by spoon or (clean) hand.

4) Pour few tbsp of chicken broth until it’s easy to make shapes out of the dough (keep adding either chicken broth or flour to get desired consistency).

5) Add oil, it should make easier to roll dough and cut out shapes with cookie cutter. You might also mold little treats with hands (as Meowmy did).

6) Preheat oven to 350ºF.

7) Place shaped dough on greased baking sheets.Bake until golden brown for about 20-30 minutes (every oven is different , so the first time just test one cookie before removing them all), also bake longer if your cookies are thick.

8) Let stand on baking sheets on wire racks for 5 minutes, then remove them with a spatula to wire racks to cool completely.

Crispy Organic Lean Beef Cat Biscuits

1/2 cup of grounded organic lean beef ( or protein of your choice)

1/4 – 1/2 cup of unbleached flour

1/4 -1/2 cup of chicken broth 3 tbsp of quality oil

1) Cook beef in 1/4 cup of chicken broth until medium done.

2) After cooling blend meat, it’s juices and oil into a smooth paste.

3) In a medium bowl put flour, blended meat paste and mix all ingredients together.

4) Repeat steps from 4 to 8 from recipe above.

Some cats love catnip, you might ground some and add to your batter. Now it’s time to let your cat decide if she approves of your creation. You must remember to break treats to small size morsels before serving, because you cats can’t grind food.

You might also crumble them on the top of the wet food to make cats’ diet more exciting. If you take your kitty out a lot (on the leash, “purrse” or in a stroller) cat treats make a purrfect, healthy snack on the go.

Those recipes and ingredients are here to inspire you to become future “gourmet pastry chef for your cats”, you might change few things around, experiment as you go and add your cat’s favorite food.

Meowmy didn’t put cheese because she really believes hard cheeses are over-processed. But in case you wanted add some good quality cheese, you are welcome to. It brings a little ” funky aroma” which we cats go for. You might sprinkle treats with grated cheese, right after you took them from the oven (it will melt on the top).

Work on ingredients, experiment with different flavors, textures. You might add wet or baby food into a batter. Homemade treats will save you few dollars and they are healthy, natural option to ones bought from the store. You can store them refrigerated in tightly closed jar up to 2 weeks.

If you prepared too many, freeze some. Making treats with your cat is fun, yet creative way of spending your time together. So enjoy designing your treats and spoiling your kitty!

Meowglish Dictionary:

Meowmy- human mom of the cat

Purrse- purse or bag to carry pets in

Purrfect- perfect

Funky- stinky

Tuuuuunaaaa- tuna

Meowglish- English used by cats

Written by Coco-Mau Aqua

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BLOG / FURBABIES / PET FASHION / PET'S PHUN / WORLD OF PETS - 04/16/2014

My 5 Furbabies by Susan Stacy

My mother-in-law had taken in a stray cat and named her Boots. For some unknown reason, she had not gotten Boots spayed, but Boots didn’t have kittens until the year after my mother-in-law died. My husband Clayton and I were preparing her house for renting so we were there to feed the cats every day. I became very attached to one of the kittens and started calling it Carter after the handsome doctor that Noah Wyle played on the TV show ER.

One afternoon my best friend and my son’s godmother called me and told me the strangest story. She had been to the auto body shop just below the house we were preparing to rent and ran into my husband there. After Clayton left, they noticed a little kitten in the corner crying. My friend Sandy, being as cat crazy as I am, naturally took it home. When she called me to tell me about it and described the little kitten, I exclaimed “That sounds like Carter!”. Sandy brought it down to my house and sure enough it was Carter. She took him to the veterinarian to be neutered and they called her later that morning to tell her that Carter didn’t need to be neutered but spayed and that he was not Carter but was Carterette. We both had a good laugh out of that one. She changed the kitten’s name to Sweet Pea and has her to this day.

By this time, Boots had disappeared and the mother of Sweet Pea had a litter of kittens. We also found homes for these kittens with the exception of one that my son John picked out that he wanted to keep. It was a little black and white boy that John named Moo because he looked like a little moo cow. Since then he has had several nicknames such as King Moo, Moojus Poojus, and Moo Moo. Because he sits on their cat tree in the window and watches everything that happens in my Mom and Daddy’s house next door and watches down the road, my Daddy began calling him the Mayor of Mimosa Street. My son John was about 12 years old when we got Moo and he jokingly named everything after him using his nickname Moojus. For example, there were Moojus books, Moojus shirts, Moojus lights, Moojus everything. One day when I was out of town with a good friend, she wanted to go to Best Buy to purchase a scan disc for her computer. Neither of us could remember what it was called so she phoned my son to ask him since she knew he was proficient in computers. I didn’t know what he told her until we got into the store and she asked for a Moojus stick. I had to walk away because I was laughing so hard. I would love to have been able to capture the look on the employee’s face as he excused himself to go in the back supposedly to see if they had any Moojus sticks in stock.

King Moo remains the alpha cat in our house. He walks around like a tiger and thrives on tormenting Princess Puff. He growls at people he sees outside that he doesn’t recognize and always growls at the water meter man. He can be so sweet and lovable one minute and the next he’s cat cursing, mumbling and growling. He is one of the most unique cats we have ever had. As tough as he acts, he is horribly frightened of storms and hides under the bed half an hour before they hit. Another interesting thing is that Sweet Pea and King Moo are the only cats that we know the whereabouts of that are the decendents of Boots, and they belong to my best friend and I.

BLOG / FURBABIES / WORLD OF PETS - 10/05/2013

My Furbabies by Susan Stacy

Once upon a time, many years before my 5 current furbabies were born and came to rule our house, there was a neighborhood stray named Molly. At this time, Clayton and I had just gotten married and were living in an apartment complex. One day, the lady that lived next door came to get me to tell me that Molly the stray had three kittens in her utility shed. One of my other neighbors wanted the little girl, who was gray with white feet. I absolutely HAD TO HAVE the little black boy. A few days later, the other kitten disappeared. We soon learned that the black baby was extremely shy and fearful. His eyes were matted and needed treatment, but we had such a difficult time catching him to work on his eyes that he was eventually partially blind in one eye. It took me all summer of working with him to get him to trust me. We soon became inseparable with him sleeping at my head every night.

Blackbaby

After about six years, I got pregnant and Clayton and I became concerned that BlackBaby would be jealous of the new baby when he arrived. Black would sit on my lap and purr when John kicked. When John was born, Clayton brought something home that the baby had worn to let Black smell of it. From the day we brought little John home, Black took it upon himself to become the baby’s personal guardian.

He would sit at the door of his room while he slept. If the baby cried, Black cried and ran back and forth between us until I got there. When John got a little older, BlackBaby starting sleeping at his feet. It didn’t matter what John did to him, including trying to ride him, BlackBaby never scratched him or hissed at him.

Blackbaby and Johnny

When John was in 2nd grade, my Daddy gave us a tract of land next to his house downtown. We built a house and of course, brought Black with us. After a year or so, John decided he wanted his own baby kitten. We found a little 8 week old rescue kitten that was a precious ball of fur. We knew she was the one when she took her tiny paw, placed it on my cheek and looked directly into eyes.

Having been an indoor cat since we adopted him, Black had never seen a kitten and we were apprehensive about the arrival of the new tiny little 4-legged diva. We named her PrincessPuff. BlackBaby adopted this kitten like she was one of his own. He washed her, played with her and taught her everything she would need to know.

It broke my heart when we lost BlackBaby. I still think of him every day, but I know that he lived a long, happy life and he is patiently waiting for me when I cross Rainbow Bridge.

RIP BlackBaby

Written by Susan Stacy, you may find her on Facebook under same name and on Twitter @Trancer1092

BLOG / FURBABIES / WORLD OF PETS - 07/15/2013

Five Furbabies by Susan Stacy

My home is ruled by five very spoiled cats, that are loved and cherished beyond belief.

The oldest, PrincessPuff, is a 12year old ginger female, which I have been told is unusual. She is definitely the diva of the
crew.

PrincessPuff in her glory:

KingMoo was the next one to join the family. As his name indicates, he is black and white like a moo cow. He is the boss, the alpha cat. Because he often sits in the window and watches everything that happens next door at my parent’s house and down the street, my Daddy calls him the Mayor of Mimosa Street. The three youngest furbabies are all bobtails and
all related to each other.

Here is KingMoo and BabyTwo

Sammy is the largest cat in the house and the oldest bobtail. He is also the sweetest, most loving baby. Daisy has the same mother as Sammy, but was born in the next litter. She is petite, shy by nature, and absolutely gorgeous.

Sammy with Daisy smiling behind his back:

BabyTwo is believed to be their cousin. She was born to a stray in the same neighborhood. We rescued her the morning that she was being sent to the pound. The reason she is named BabyTwo is because she looks so much like KingMoo, but without a tail.
Even though she is no longer a little kitten, she is still very much a baby and I suspect that as spoiled as she is, she will always be a baby.

Written by Susan Stacy, you may find her on Facebook under same name and on Twitter @Trancer1092

BLOG / FURBABIES / WORLD OF PETS - 06/15/2013

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