I was thinking about some raw fish or something like that, he seems to really like salmon. Any suggestions or things to watch out for?
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If you want to be extra safe, stick with stuff specifically intended for cats. My local pet store carries these small, cooked fish fillets that have only 1 ingredient.
My cat loves these so much. He just walked into the room and I assume it's because he sensed the image of these treats being displayed on my phone.
That sounds good! I'll see if my local pet store carries any treats like this.
Maybe get him some nice wooden chess pieces.
My kitty also likes salmon! I get him some birthday salmon from Whole Foods
Do you serve it raw or cook it one way or another as the other comment suggested?
With raw meat you always have to be careful. If it's super fresh cats can eat fish/chicken raw. However if you're not sure about how fresh it is I'd definitely steam it because salmonella is a thing.
There's special raw meat (chicken mainly) sold as food quality for cats l where I live and that one I'm feeding to my cats raw: They adore it.
However when I just buy chicken in the supermarket I'm always steaming it before chopping off some pieces for my cats because I can't be sure about there maybe being bacteria or so that really should be heated to death first. There's differences in how much the stores and such have to pay attention when labeling something "food quality in raw" vs "food quality after properly heating up".
Makes sense, thanks for the explanation!
I cook it! No seasoning or anything. He loves it
Chicken filet plain cooked and shredded into thin strips. I make it for Surinam Bami and always give the cat some. When I make bami he is always close on the lookout for his share. It is gone in seconds, eats like a hungry dog.
Also chicken livers cooked and finely chopped or puréed.
Normally he eats BARF…hehe.
The same thing I'd want if I were a cat. Nip.
I do have some catnip that came with the cardboard scratching board he has 🤔 I'll probably put it out for him that day.
FYI, the catnip that comes with scratching toys is often pretty shit quality. If you really want to treat him to the nip, get some high quality stuff. From the Field and Yeowww! are two brands that seem to usually be pretty high quality, and silvervine is a related plant that may be even more potent for some cats.
https://www.fromthefieldpet.com/ https://yeowww.com/our-products/catnip/
Oooh thanks!
I'd want to chase birds all over rooftops and run across roads and through the woods.
And that would probably kill me...
I get my cat tuna sashimi. She goes bananas for it.
I have a tuxedo lady that only eats her dry food and don't like anything else... beaides Tuna sashimi and Ham. She'll come runing for it
Freeze-dried chicken hearts
A CAT TREAT!
Get some silvervine sticks too! Cats love those.
a little salami, as a treat