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What treats do your cats love?

41 replies

Ilovelurchers · 12/02/2026 14:28

Just that really! Mine loves all flavours of Dreamiea (and own brand versions that are clearly basically the same thing)

And any and all of those tubes of disgusting meat paste you squeeze into their mouths!

But she is indifferent to all the other treats I have bought her, and as variety is the spice of life, I wondered if any of you could recommend anything your cats really go for?

She is an indoor cat, and to keep her mentally stimulated I use various types of toy in which you hide treats and the cat has to sort of "work" to find them. She's fine with the Dreamiea to be honest, but I just think it would be fun to find some other things she would really enjoy.

(Not too worried about calories - she was very under weight when I got her and still very slightly under, though definitely going in the right direction!)

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Toddlerteaplease · 12/02/2026 22:32

Lik e lix and cat milk are the only treats Penelope will touch. She will not eat dreamies or other crunchy treats. I have up
on trying to mentally stimulate any of my indoor Persians they just wouldn’t engage at all. Those puzzle treat dispensers just got ignored. Penelope will not play with any toys.

Toddlerteaplease · 12/02/2026 22:33

The late cheddar loved bread and pasta.

KitTea3 · 12/02/2026 22:35

Girl kitty absolutely loves dreamies and also lik-e-lix

Boy kitty refuses any and all cat treats but he will always want to have the humans food 🤣 theyre brother and sister as well so god knows why only one likes treats

KitTea3 · 12/02/2026 22:36

Toddlerteaplease · 12/02/2026 22:32

Lik e lix and cat milk are the only treats Penelope will touch. She will not eat dreamies or other crunchy treats. I have up
on trying to mentally stimulate any of my indoor Persians they just wouldn’t engage at all. Those puzzle treat dispensers just got ignored. Penelope will not play with any toys.

The way you describe Penelope reminds of Marie from the Aristocats 🥰😁

Spiderbat · 12/02/2026 22:40

Mine have a small handful of dreamies before bed every night (cheese is their favourite). They both love any biscuit treats and one of them goes mental for a ‘cat peperami’.

Toddlerteaplease · 12/02/2026 22:50

@KitTea3don’t give her ideas. 😂😂

catera · 12/02/2026 23:40

catera · 12/02/2026 17:40

Bonkers purr pops (Aldi or Amazon), meat sticks (Aldi), lick e lix (no other brand will do) and some random dog treats from b&m Confused

The purr pops are also heart shaped!

What treats do your cats love?
LeftBoobGoneRogue · 12/02/2026 23:41

Dreamies and Lidl meat stick treats.

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 12/02/2026 23:49

catera · 12/02/2026 23:40

The purr pops are also heart shaped!

Big fan of these here too, although he is less about the charming licky-lick and more about the big chomp. These are the only thing I can Pied Piper him around with - when he sees the packaging he goes absolutely wild.

What treats do your cats love?
Allergictoironing · 13/02/2026 06:28

catera · 12/02/2026 23:40

The purr pops are also heart shaped!

Currently heart shaped as it's the run up to Valentine's Day. They had star shaped ones before Christmas, and usually they are round.

Toddlerteaplease · 13/02/2026 11:50

CharlotteStreetW1 · 12/02/2026 20:39

Thank God our girl likes Lik-e-lix as she's on daily Metacam at the moment and it makes it very easy to get it into her. Has to be supervised though in case her brother or the Interloper (next door's cat) decide to wade in.

My parents cat adores his metacam. They show him the syringe and he opens his mouth. The cattery were so amazed they posted a video of him doing it.

Ilovelurchers · 13/02/2026 12:23

Loads of great ideas here! Going shopping now so will look out for them....

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Ilovelurchers · 13/02/2026 17:01

I got a pack of the seafood Felix Crispies today, and some Weblox sticks - she loves both! Thank you so much - she had such miserable little life before I got her, that I Iove finding any new thing that makes her happy, however small!

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70isaLimitNotaTarget · 13/02/2026 17:34

Toddlerteaplease · 13/02/2026 11:50

My parents cat adores his metacam. They show him the syringe and he opens his mouth. The cattery were so amazed they posted a video of him doing it.

One of our guinea-pigs had Metacam (Meloxicam) post castration, he had enough for three days plus a couple of spare ml
He cantered over on day 2 to scoff it down and insisted he needed the extra day even though he could move pretty well Grin . It must be guinea-pig crack cocaine .

Our cats like Dreamies and will stroll over between 12-12,30 . FemaleCat likes hers on the table , MaleCat likes his on the lid on the floor

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 13/02/2026 17:38

They hover round when I cook chicken for DS as they know they'll get share .
MaleCat looks at his reflection in the oven door "My goodness I'm handsome" while he waits Grin

chocciechocface · 14/02/2026 12:44

dementedpixie · 12/02/2026 20:04

@chocciechocface I used to buy cosma snackies but there was always a lot of dust and tiny pieces left in the tub. I get these chicken treats from amazon and they have bigger chunks and less waste

Thanks for the tip. We’ll try those. Although … the chef in our house uses the dust and tiny pieces as seasoning on other food while spoilt diner watches it being applied approvingly.

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