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Every cat owner loves their cat and wants her to stay happy and healthy. Being overweight can be a problem for cats and for humans. A few of the serious illnesses are heart disease, diabetes and/or arthritis which your cat can develop just because it is overweight. As every cat owner is aware, your little kittykitty knows exactly how to play on your emotions for those delicious, though many times fattening, extra little tidbits. How can you look into those big, wide eyes that seem to be saying, PLEASE, and still say no? Too difficult! But what you can do is make sure the treats you are feeding your furry feline is healthy, whether they are fat, slim, young or old. Homemade cat food is easy to make, easy to store or freeze and most of all your cat will purr!

The pet stores have tons of cat treats all of which say how your cat will love them and how great they are for their general well being and many of these are just as they advertise to be. However, if you would like to get a little more personal with your cats eating habits and want to know for sure what they are eating, here are a few tasty, but healthy little cat treats that will have them purring to their heart’s content.

Ever seen a cat eat grass? Then you know they also like or need a little vegetation in their diet. Some of you might be thinking about already be making your feline friend it’s home made meals. One thing you might  begin doing is adding a little cooked rice or pasta to the meat. Your cat will still love it and you can give them more food but with a lot less calories.

I don’t usually put recipes in my articles, but this one looked so great I thought you might just want to try it. I know I am. It starts with tuna, a no brainier.  In all my life, I have never seen a cat who didn’t just love a nice scrumptious morsel of fish. Here is all you need. It will make 12 cat cookie treats.

6 ounce can of tuna
¼ cup water drained from can of tuna
¼ cup cornmeal
½ cup whole wheat flour
1 cooked egg white

Preheat oven to 350. Combine tuna, egg white and water. Add cornmeal and flour and blend to form a dough. Knead into ball and roll ¼ inch thick. Cut into one inch size pieces and bake for 20 minutes. That is all there is to it and your little ball of fur will love you for it.

You can find dozens if not hundreds of different home made cat treats on the internet or even from cat food recipe books found at your local pet shop. I can not even begin to print them all, but I did want to let you to know they are not only out there and available, but very healthy for your cat. Jump in and try one. When you see the reaction your cooking gets, it will all be work the little bit of effort.