Freeze Dried Cat Treats

Freeze dried cat treats are raw meat, fish or offal with the moisture removed at low temperature, so nothing is cooked and the ingredient list is usually a single protein. For a cat, that matters more than it does for a dog. Cats form strong food preferences early and are genuinely difficult to shift, and a freeze dried treat smells much more like prey than a baked biscuit does — which is why they work on cats that turn their nose up at everything else.

The most useful thing you can do with them is crumble rather than serve. A freeze dried chicken breast or a green lipped mussel crushed over a meal turns an ignored bowl of food into an interesting one, and it is a far easier way to get something into a fussy cat than any powder. It is also how many owners get a kibble-fed cat used to the smell and texture of raw food before changing the diet itself.

Keep the quantity honest. Treats should stay a small fraction of what your cat eats in a day, and freeze dried pieces are concentrated because the water is gone — a few grams goes further than it looks. Reseal the pack; once the pieces take moisture back out of the air they soften and lose their crunch.

• Freeze dried cat food and boosters
• Freeze dried dog treats
• Green lipped mussel treats
• All cat treats
• Freezy Paws, The Paw Grocer, Meaty Treaty, Feline Natural