You may not have come across as many ads for cat treats as dog treats, but this doesn’t mean that felines don’t love them! Instead of relying on expensive, and mostly unhealthy store-bought cat treats, why don’t you DIY some healthy options this year? It is not only cost-effective but you can control exactly what your pet is eating. You can offer them on their birthdays, or for Christmas, or when they are acting stubborn!

7 DIY healthy cat treats that your kitty will love
Ideally, cat foods should have more moisture as cereal-based or grain-based foods are not suitable for them. You may find many types of cat treat varieties in pet stores but these commercially-available products tend to have artificial colors and flavors, and cheap fillers that are not good for their health.

1. Tuna hearts: These easy-to-make cat treats can be the perfect gifts for your cat. All you have to do is roll the tuna and dough containing catnip into balls. You can then flatten these a bit and press heart-shaped stencils into their center. Once done, bake these for about 12 minutes till they become golden on the surface.

2. Chewy bars: To prepare this, you need canned wet food or baby food as the base and you must add rice, parsley, and flour to this mix. You can then bake this for 10 minutes to get these extra-nutritious chewy bars.

3. Catnip crumbles: This has to be one of the simpler DIY healthy cat treats for which you require ground meat, which can be mutton, beef, or chicken, eggs, and catnip. These crumbles can be sprinkled over dry foods or mixed with wet foods.

4. Chicken or tuna crunchers: This recipe makes use of either tuna or chicken that is mixed with flour, eggs, and catnip. You may use a pizza cutter for slicing the dough mix into a grid. This is then placed onto a baking sheet for around 13 minutes. Finally, you can break these into pieces for serving and store the remaining in your fridge.

5. Cheesy cat treats: Gooey treats are always appreciated by cats, and this healthy DIY recipe can be made from a mix of yogurt, cheese, water, and cornmeal. You can flatten the mixture and then bake it just like pizzas for about 15 minutes. The idea is to keep the outside firm and the inside chewy.

6. Mackerel cat treats: To make this treat at home, you need to buy canned mackerel. This must be mixed with eggs, vegetable oil, breadcrumbs, yeast, and bacon grease or oil. The treats are then placed an inch apart on baking sheets and baked for about half-an-hour.

7. Fish and coconut croutons: This recipe is easy to make using coconut flour, canned tuna, water, eggs, and catnip that must be mixed inside a food processor. The idea is to get a powdery consistency. Then, you can roll the mix into croutons for baking and place these inside the oven for 15 minutes. You must wait till they are brown on the surface and dry; store these easily in airtight containers for later use.