Mary Allen
The term “sweet tooth” is no coincidence: cats have a real sweet tooth and love sweet treats just like we do. But you should better keep your hands off these treats!
Pleased to
- Good ingredients
When buying treats, be sure to check the ingredients! Of course, you can also turn a blind eye to the irresistibly wide eyes of your velvet paw, after all, we treat ourselves to one or the other unhealthy snack in between.
With regular snacks, however, the following applies: As with normal food, make sure that there is a large proportion of meat or fish. It’s easy to digest, healthy, and still tastes good to Miezi!
- Treats for digestion
Treats can also be an ideal supplement to normal food. If your darling likes to nibble, give him delicacies with a high malt content. This supports digestion and helps to cope with the change of coat. Our house tigers swallow a lot of hair, which can also be dangerous.
The malt ensures that the hair is more easily excreted through the intestines. If the snack also tastes good, you have killed two birds with one stone.
- Snacks for dental care
Sweets, that are good for your teeth? does it exist Yes, cats actually do? Since your darling cannot brush his teeth alone, treats can help him with dental care. There are special products that clean the teeth or protect the gums.
It also helps to choose snacks that need to be chewed well. In the wild, cats of prey take care of their teeth through the bones and harder components of the prey, which of course are missing in our wet food.
- Snacks for overweight cats
Even chubby cats are allowed to snack on something from time to time. So you don’t always have to take cover when your chubby one stands in front of you with a hungry, longing look. For those with a sweet tooth, there are light snacks that contain fewer calories.
But you can still rely on normal treats with a trick: simply make feeding a game and let your little bullies conquer the snack first. So you have integrated the sports program into the feeding right away!
Dairy products such as cheese or low-fat quark are also well suited in moderation, after which your darling will surely lick its paws.
- Appetizing snacks for skinny cats
Of course, the opposite can also be the case: If your darling has lost their appetite and really needs to be fed up, treats can also help. After all, they are much more interesting than the normal feed and can be fed in a playful way.
This way you can also be sure that your skinny kitty is getting all the vitamins it needs. In addition, there are even special treats that increase appetite and make your velvet paw really want to eat again.
Please do not
- Bad ingredients
Caution! Cheap cat treats in particular often contain inferior ingredients. So before you buy, read carefully what you are giving your darling or, if necessary, seek advice from a veterinarian. Sugar and grain in particular can be harmful to our velvet-pawed friends in the long run.
- Too many additives
Too much of a good thing can also be harmful. Snacks to supplement various vitamins or other substances are actually a good idea but do not overdo them. Too many vitamins are either of no use to your kitty or, in the worst case, can even be unhealthy. Of course, too many of the healthiest treats will eventually make you fat.
Extra tip: Is your loved one overweight? So the cat becomes slim again.
- Snacks from the dining table
Does it sound familiar to you that Miezi is also part of your meals and is waiting for a tasty snack? Don’t get weak here! Of course, you can give your darling some raw meat or fish before you have prepared it, but afterward, the food is taboo for cats due to the many spices. Especially because cooked meat loses a lot of the ingredients that are important for cats anyway.
But you should be particularly careful with garlic, onions, avocados, or grapes. These foods can cause severe poisoning!
- Sweets
That should actually be self-evident, but children, in particular, might think that your pet must also like something so delicious. It is therefore essential to ensure that your cat does not come into contact with sweet treats for humans such as chocolate or candy. Even if she might like them, these little treats are unfortunately pure poison for your darling.
- Tuna
If the above hasn’t surprised you, tuna might be able to. After all, he’s just a fish, what’s supposed to be harmful about that?
First of all, your cat’s tuna will taste great, probably so good that she won’t want to eat anything else. However, this can have serious consequences: Fish contains thiaminase, an active ingredient that attacks vitamin B1 in the small cat’s body and can thus trigger deficiency symptoms.
In addition, the popular sushi ingredient is hopelessly overfished and often contaminated with pollutants. There really is nothing better than to spoil your little sweet tooth!