New ideas for cat exercise? healthy treat ideas?

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TREATS:

My cat Kitty is quite the chunky girl, shes 3 years old now, and i want to care for her health now that she is still young. she eats 1 canned food a day, and some snacks at night. she eats temptation treats, ive tried giving her dry food as a snack alternative, but she hates them. anyone know any yummy dry food, that can compete with her temptations treats, without them being unhealthy? i used to give her freeze dried chicken, but it is so expensive to buy.

EXERCISE:

I used to make sure my cat would get 15 mins of play time with a wand everyday, but we both got so bored of this that we havent done it in months. is there any other way for her to some exercise that is different than the usual wand routine?

i tried getting her a treat ball, but she looked at me like i was insane and would stand by this treat puzzle that she has, like she was thinking "can i have my treats here when you are done playing with that thing???"

any help would be appreciated.
 

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We cycle through a few favourite toys: wand with just string, wand with toy on the end, laser pointer, little pieces that bounce and can be thrown and chased (as long as your cat doesn't try to eat them, small plastic caps, little cardboard bagels, and we even use little black licorices). We also use straws - regular size and big bubble tea straws - and Sproket straws. Our cats love to mouth and paw at these, and if it sticks to their claws, they end up flinging it around and chasing it - good solo play. This ball track is fun too. Our cats also like to chase us and be chased by us.

Our younger cat goes nuts for any kibble, but I tend to stick with Petcurean Go! Free + Fit and Simply Nourish Source for our cats' treat ball. Are treats a necessity? If she's already on the heavy side, I would say snacks aren't necessary and just find some toys she can get riled up with, without the incentive of food.
 
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Are treats a necessity? If she's already on the heavy side, I would say snacks aren't necessary and just find some toys she can get riled up with, without the incentive of food.
i know they arent necessary, but she whines for them every night, i just feel bad. i could start weaning her from them, so its not so sudden. =( she will whine for hours at night before i go to sleep, and wont stop until her snack time. lol my poor baby.
 
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