Ideas for healthy treats

Hi TCS

I am looking for some healthy treats to give my kitten. She does not really take to cat treats, also I live in South Africa so a lot of the brands you might suggest I will most probably not be able to find here.

For instance, my best friend has a border collie who gets Bulgarian yogurt as a treat and it also gives her a beautiful coat. Anyone know the cat equivalents? Anything I can make myself which she will love but will also benefit her health?

She already loves cooked chicken breasts and tuna and the spring water from the tuna and also mince meat I cook for her (no spices).

Can't wait to hear your ideas and suggestions!

Raw goat's milk or goat's yogurt is good as a treat. Any meat or poultry cooked plainly is fine - my cats love turkey as well as chicken. A little cheese is ok occasionally too. My cats go wild for cheese. Just be aware that cats don't digest cows milk very well, so if it's a cows milk cheese don't give very much or too often.

Leafy veggies like lettuce are fine for cats if you give them just a little, once in a while. If your cat is a leaf eater, she'd love the treat 

If your cat has a tendency toward constipation, a little pumpkin is a good treat if she likes it. If your cat already has perfect stool, pumpkin isn't good for her though. It can make the stool too soft and stinky.

And of course, any meat can make a good treat!

You could just save meat table scraps, if you have any. Liver is cheap over here. Hard boiled eggs?

She is not so into veggies, even though i have been trying my best to get her to try some. I want her diet to be quite varied so I will keep trying to find some that she will take to!!

I will remember the tip about the pumpkin, very helpful, thank you!

I just discovered that she loves eggs this weekend (have only had her for two weeks)

I, personally, don't eat liver but it is a good idea to go get some and cook it up for her thanks for all your suggestions!!

Are they able to digest goat's milk better than cow's? I know that dairy is not very good for cat's but never considered the idea of goat dairy!! Thanks for the suggestion!

will definately give it a shot

Purebites freeze dried chicken is loved by most cats if they sell it! Some cats enjoy canalope melon. Mine enjoy eggs with a wee bit of bacon.

Goat's milk (especially raw) is often recommended as a kmr substitute for hand rearing kittens. The molecular structure is different to cows milk, and that's what makes it so much more digestible for cats (even lactose intolerant people can sometimes tolerate goat's milk, and it's the lactose that cats find so hard to process - they lack the necessary digestive enzymes to break it down).

Never seen it before but will shop around and see if I can find any