Home Made Cat Treats

Panda and Goofy

Several times this past year I have opened the paper to learn that some pet food has been recalled.  I am really nervous about what I should be feeding my furry little family. 

I saw this recipe for home made tuna treats on All Things Homemade.  It doesn't look to difficult, so I think I am going to try it.

Tuna Cat Treats
Ingredients:
1/2 cup of whole-wheat flour
1/2 cup of powdered milk
1/2 cup of tuna packed in oil
... 1 large beaten egg
1/4 cup of water

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a cookie sheet or line with parchment paper. In a bowl, mix tuna and egg together making sure to break up the tuna really well. Next stir in the dry ingredients and add the water in a little at a time until you achieve a sticky dough ball. Break dough ball up into smaller bite sized balls and place on cookie sheet approximately 1 inch apart. Cook at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Let cool completely before serving to your pet.

Home-Made Flea and Tick Treament for Your Pets

Here is a safe home-made flea and tick treatment for your pets from Annie's Homestead-The Holistic Homestead and Primal Rights.

Image from www.packerlandvet.com

Flea & Tick Remedy

8 oz apple cider vinegar
4 oz warm water
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda

Mix dry ingredients first then slowly add to wet as the vinegar and baking soda will react slightly. Put into spray bottle and spray pets down. Be careful not to get in pets eyes.

Use Borax throughout the house, sprinkle it on the carpets and let sit for a few hours, then vacuum. This should kill all the fleas and ticks in your home and on your pets.

* It is safe for any animal, apple cider vinegar has a shelf life of about 3-5 years so I would assume you'd be fine to store it for a long time, just keep it out of direct sunlight and it shouldn't spoil. As for application, if your pet if flea and tick free then once a week, or after every bath. If they're infested, spray every couple days until infestation is gone, then do maintenance spraying of once a week or after every bath.

* Borax on animals: I wouldn't put borax directly on the animals, it might irritate their skin, but use on the floor is perfectly fine. I've used this combo in the past when I had dogs and cats that were indoor/outdoor. Works great! Also cedar chips in and around pet beds works to repel fleas and ticks.