Need some new treats!

[Jessica_Merlin_Meep]

I'm starting some essential training with my cat (teaching him some cue calls to redirect passive aggression) and he is not food motivated at all. What are some of your cats favorite tasty treats that they just can't resist? He is so hard to please!

 

[Juniper_Junebug]

For clicker training, I currently use PureBite freeze dried shrimp. They're quite small, so perfect when you need to treat 10 times in a row. If I didn't feed them individually, my kitty would snarf a whole handful of them in an instant. I think she likes them because they are crunchy and they are stinky.

 

[Ana74]

Temptations, I don’t think the ingredients are great but kitties love their catnip flavor. My Zone Blue, chicken treats are a kitties favorite too, better ingredients and raw freeze dried. Also you can boil some chicken breast and see if your kitty likes it

 

[LTS3]

Temptations, I don’t think the ingredients are great but kitties love their catnip flavor.

There's a thread here on TCS about how harmful Temptations treats are. Not sure if it's just the brand or one (or more) of the ingredients. With any treat, moderation is best.

There's a recent thread about treats: Would like to introduce my kitten to treats, any recommendations?

You don't need to give a food reward to train any animal. A reward of a toy or catnip or a brushing works. The key is constant reinforcement of the expected response with something positive.

 

[Babypaws]

I started giving 1/2 my cats the Temptations at bedtime, boy they would gobble them in seconds. But I decided to stop giving them after Christmas..they aren’t good for them every day....I would buy them when on sale so I have some pouches left but will only give them once in awhile.

 

[Neko-chan's mama]

When I was training Neko-chan to use her scratching post instead of the couch, I used salmon pure bites. She loves them because she gets fishy foods only for her birthday and holidays.

 

[di and bob]

You might try small pieces of shaved deli turkey, my cats love that. I quit giving Temptations, (boy, they dearly LOVED those!) because they are too fat anyway and if one grabbed anothers', too many gave them diarrhea. that happened three times, so I quit.

 

[Ellis75]

There are a lot of cat treats made of single ingredient freeze dried meat that are really good, like the PureBites a couple people have mentioned. My cats have loved both the Life Essentials and the Whole Life Pet freeze dried chicken. Freeze dried treats are nice because they're not too calorie heavy and can be broken into small pieces so you can give a lot for training!

 

[Kiyangoin]

At petco they have freeze dried sprat (a small bait fish) - I found it in the dog section but thought what the hell. They smell disgusting but my boy loved them. He really likes the freeze dried turkey tendons also (similar texture to rawhide but not actual rawhide). We got them to keep him busy while we eat (he’s a huge food wh*re and a beggar). He didn’t know what to do with them initially but I soaked the tip of it in water until it got soggy and then after a few days he realized he could chew them without me having to soak them first... I try to find new stuff for him because he gets bored really easily but now that we know he has allergies he’s down to just freeze dried chicken pieces.

 

[Kiyangoin]

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You might try small pieces of shaved deli turkey, my cats love that.

you should know that most deli meats are seasoned with onion and garlic powder which is not good for cats and dogs. I actually learned this because I have IBS and was doing searches for trigger foods...im not saying it’s going to kill them but still, just an FYI

 

[Lari]

These Inaba Churu pops! A coworker gave them to me, and they go crazy over them. You can decide how much you push out, and I'll clip a tube shut and put it in the fridge and use it over a few days.

 

[lokhismom]

Since Pure Bites went up on price on Amazon I tried the Halo freeze dried treats and my cats love them

 

[klunick]

Bursts from Blue Buffalo. I tried Greenies in the past but they tired of them quickly. They only gets treats when I clip their nails or put flea/tick meds on them.

 

[kat003]

Mine loves any kind of freeze dried, but her favorite are the whole freeze dried minnows.

 

[HAS]

Tiki cat Stix are my cats favorite! I mix medicine and probiotics in them like a charm, too!

 

[corvidae]

A freeze dried option I haven’t seen anyone mention yet is orijen! They’re Jem’s favourite.