I don't think dog toys or real bones for dogs would be bad for them. They make them extra small for small breeds so I am sure you can find one that is the right size for your little panther. Let me know how it goes. And please post of a picture of Jinxs when you get a chance!

 

Here he is!

 

He is gorgeous - and what a long tail!!!!!!!!
I have bought the little chew sticks for Lucky, but he would rather roll them on the tile floor and chase them!

 

Thanks!! :love2 He does have an incredibly long tail, though I have to say the angle of that photo might exaggerate things a bit, haha.

What chew sticks did you get? Are they for cats?

 

He is absolutely gorgeous! He does look like a panther.

 

I found some rubbery toys made for kittens at the pet store for our chewer. They had it at Petsmart. Maybe try the website


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My cat chews on dried duck feet and bully sticks... he's a chewer as well, and stole a duck foot, so now he gets one when the dogs do! I buy the Puppy Love brand

 

Here he is eating one!

 

I buy chew toys designed for small breed puppies for Muffin. He likes a sort of gummy texture, but it also has to be firm. The only chew toy made for cats that has stood up to him is this one: Buy Petstages - OrkaKat Wiggle Worm Cat Toy - CLEARANCE PRICED at LuckyVitamin.com

I bought it at petsmart and he's had it since he was 6months...he's turning 5 on Sunday.

I tried edible chews (duck jerky, chew sticks, ect), but he wasn't interested. They do get raw meat chunks for meals sometimes and all the cars like that. I buy gizzards or chicken necks every few months and those are definitly chomping material.

 

Thanks so much for these suggestions! I'm definitely going to head to the store this weekend and look for all this stuff to try. You'd think there would be more cat-specific things out there

Sara - I don't think your photo came though I'd love to see your little fluffball going at his treats!!

Becky - can you describe the raw meat you give to your kitties and where you get it? I'd love to do that sometimes in addition to their regular diet, especially if it helps with the chewing. Can you buy packages of chicken necks and such at the store, or do you have to be making a whole chicken and take it out somehow? Do you take the skin off first? Can you freeze a whole bunch and thaw them one by one when you need them? How do you keep your kitties from running off with the chicken and getting salmonella all over your house? Sorry for the many questions! I eat meat but I don't prepare it much myself, so I'm totally a fish out of water with this stuff, haha.

 

Munch eats chicken necks and gizzards too. I nuy them at specialty pet stores or I buy packs of necks and backs at the grocery store. The pet store are organic free range though. The gizzards and chicken hearts I buy at the grocery store. I'll try the pic again... I dunno why it didn't work...

 

nope, attachments dont seem to be working... I'll put it on photobucket...hang on

 

Ok here's Munch eating a dried duck foot lol I'm holding it just to get a half decent pic

 

Oh my god, he is too cute! I love that ferocious mid-bite look he's got going, haha. He and Jinks seem to be of similar body type -- they'd look so cute next to each other, all white and all black!

 

Long and lean lol

 

Yep, exactly! Alan is included for reference

 

Lol...giraffe I love it! Does yours have giant paws too?

 

Definitely way bigger than Alan's! I'm a bad judge, though, because my childhood cat had massive double paws (7 toes in front and 6 in the back). So everything seems tiny compared to his!

Cinderflower - thanks for the advice! Chopsticks is a great idea, but I think he'd actually chew through and start swallowing bits of wood within a half hour or so :\ What do you think is in the dog chews that would be bad for cats? And eeeew, do not want to think about eating pig ears myself

 

in the walgreens pet aisle they have all this dog stuff and hardly anything for cats, so one night a package of those really small rawhide bones was on clearance for a dollar. two of my cats chew on stuff but neither of them gave any of them a second glance or even chased them around so I threw them away.

I think wood is just something they like. mine all chew on any little wood things they can find. I actually had saved extra chopsticks and they loved them. they got pretty chewed up and I haven't been back to the thai restaurant lately but that reminds me lol.

Baci is so weird: if I am eating anything wrapped with that metallic-like plastic (I don't think they wrap food in mylar but that's what it resembles) he will start biting it. he doesn't want what i'm eating, he want to bite the paper! I had a balance bar earlier and he started doing that. the luna wrappers, meh. they have to be shiny.

I would think those duck feet are especially enticing, and pig ears would be too, but i'm a little suspicious of the dog jerky/pig ear treats because something has been in quite a few of them. maybe if you got pig ears that people can eat (yes, there are people who do that. I don't know any of them though lol they would be okay. just nothing from china.

 

The duck feet are perfectly safe and healthy. The brand I buy is made about an hour and a half from my house, and everything they make is from ingredients sourced within Canada.

 

Do you happen to know the name of the brand? If not, what should I look out for that I wouldn't want to be in there, that dogs could eat but not cats? I'm thinking the usual garlic, onion, etc. -- or is there something else?

Munch has a normal number of toes, but his feet and lower legs are very big, for a 10lb cat! He seems to be heavy in frame... but he's alittle too skinny... and I'm paranoid about my pets' weight so that's saying something if I think he's too thin lol

I know what you mean! Jinks weighs more than Alan but is definitely skinnier, so it's all bone and leg. He could definitely stand to put on a pound or two. How old is Munch? He's beautiful!

 

Munch has a normal number of toes, but his feet and lower legs are very big, for a 10lb cat! He seems to be heavy in frame... but he's alittle too skinny... and I'm paranoid about my pets' weight so that's saying something if I think he's too thin lol

 

I posted the link to the site in my first post on this thread. Pigs' ears aren't safe for dogs even, imo. I also only feed raw edible bones, bully sticks and the dried feet. I don't feed my dogs anything that has more than one ingredient for treats or chews. I figure they get enough bad crap in the commercial foods I still have to feed. Look for chews that are dried or dehydrated. Only one ingredient or raw edible bone, like chicken feet, necks or wings. I prefer to stick to ingredients sourced within the country they're made. Look for "product of" vs "made in" cuz then you know they have no ingredients from countries like China. I prefer to buy Canadian products but will also buy American, as long as it says product of on the label.

 

Munch is just a year so I think he's still growing. He sure eats like he is! He eats almost double the calories an adult cat needs!

 

So you did! Sorry about that, I even had the link open in another tab already and had completely forgotten to look at it *facepalm* Clearly I should go to bed soon

You mention dried bones/treats... is that the same as smoked? I see 'smoked' on a lot of the dog bones in my local pet store, but I was worried that might be too close to 'cooked'.

Munch is just a year so I think he's still growing. He sure eats like he is! He eats almost double the calories an adult cat needs!

Haha, that's so funny. You may have a roly-poly polar bear on your hands yet!

 

Smoked bones I wont let my dogs have. They are cooked and are too hard, but that's mostly because they're weight bearing bones. I highly doubt your cat will touch them. Try a small bully stick first, I think.

 

i bet i could find duck feet here if i went to a market that specializes in Chinese food supplies.

 

Oh I see. I'll try some supervised chopstick time with him then in addition to the dog chews. I have about a million from takeout orders that I never used and just stuffed in a drawer. I knew I wasn't crazy to not just throw them out!

That is weird about the ingredient source. If it's not from China, why not just say??

I was googling bully sticks earlier for my trip to the pet store in a little bit... did you guys know wikipedia says they are actually animal penises!? :shock: I've walked by them a million times at Petco and never realized what I was touching! haha

 

Oh I see. I'll try some supervised chopstick time with him then in addition to the dog chews. I have about a million from takeout orders that I never used and just stuffed in a drawer. I knew I wasn't crazy to not just throw them out!

Wow, I do the chopstick thing too! Definitely give it a try. Especially if you've noticed your cat trying to chew any similar shaped hard objects. My cat has a few bamboo chopsticks I keep around my desk for when I'm trying to write something, or knit, etc. and she keeps trying to nibble my pens, knitting needles, tablet stylus, etc. So I can easily pull out a chopstick while I work and let her gnaw that instead. I wouldn't let her chew one unsupervised, though. Don't leave them lying around in case your cat manages to break off a piece.

 

Yup they are bull penises. Sounds gross, but dogs love 'em

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