the ONLY treats that my bengal will eat are Catswell brand, and within that, he will eat all of the flavors (Vitakitty, Salmon Happy Hips, Breathies, etc.) He goes nuts for them, while turning up his nose even at bonito flakes... which according to the pet store I frequent, is very odd as bonito flakes are, in the cashier's words, "kitty crack."

thanks for all the advice everyone <3

If you try whole pray treats I suggest the hopper mice from a pet store to start. The hoppers aren't messy because they eat them whole(mine does). Like miki129 I lay a towel down first. This works but with the quail sometimes he tosses it around and feather get everywhere. When he was a kitten everything got tossed first.

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Haha! I now have this mental image in my brain of a Here's Johnny! Style cat, sat in the bathtub looking crazy with a dead creature in it's paws, LOL!

My cats have always loved whole tiddlers (young fish, can get them from bait shops sometimes, been a while since I bought any) and they also had these little fishy flavoured disks, and I can't remember for the life of me what they were called. They were grey and had vitamins and stuff in them. My household was also terrible for hiding tiny slithers of cheese in a pile of toys or whatever and making them find them! (i know, cheese is so bad!) Cats went mad for it though.

I also thought about grinding beef heart and making chews and cubes, baked in the oven. I used to make these for the dog but would often bind them with a dab of egg and wholewheat flour. Might have to tinker with a similar recipie for the cats without so much of the flour. Trouble is, without it, it doesn't bind so well. I expect you could make your own jerky from beefheart and chicken strips though.

I have a contact with a farm too, seeing as cats can't have normal cows milk, mine will get the odd treat of a tiny dish of fresh Goats milk when I can get hold of a bottle! or i buy my own goat...

Soph.

I have a question about Thrive treats: are the ones for dogs (ProReward or something) any different from the ones for cats? I'm asking because the price/quantity is much better for the dog ones (they come in 500 and cost 14£ where as the cat omes come in 200 g max and they cost 23£ I'd much rather buy the larger quantity, I'm fairly sure it's the same thing but I need a confirmation.

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I gave Eric his first treat yesterday, a tuna loin. He didn't really know what to make of it. He tossed it around and played with it. It ended up shredded up all over the kitchen floor and was a bit stinky! But he had fun! Not sure what I will try next?!

louise, try cutting a small piece, smaller the better to start and give it to him like a treat. Let him get a taste for it. My boy loves tuna and tilapia but I always cut it up first. The whole pray like quail he just tossed around until I cut one up and gave him pieces. Then I started to just cut it open, now I just give it to him whole.

Thanks very much that sounds like a sensible thing to do!