Homemade cat food
Sprat & Pumpkin Omega Bites
Small whole sprats mashed with pumpkin and baked into soft bites — an oily little fish packed with omega-3s that most cats find hard to resist.
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Time
- 25 min
- Makes
- About 12 small bites
🧺 Ingredients
- 60 g fresh or plain tinned sprats (in water, no salt), well drained
- 1 tbsp plain cooked pumpkin puree
- 1 small egg, beaten
- 1 tbsp oat flour, to bind
👩🍳 Method
- Heat the oven to 180°C (fan 160°C) and line a small baking tray.
- Mash the drained sprats thoroughly with a fork, checking for and removing any tough bits.
- Mix in the pumpkin, beaten egg and oat flour to a thick, shapeable paste.
- Roll into tiny bites and flatten slightly on the tray.
- Bake for about 12–15 minutes until firm and lightly golden, then cool completely before serving.
- Store in the fridge and use within three days, or freeze.
Nutrition: Sprats are a small, sustainable oily fish rich in omega-3 fatty acids that support skin, coat and joints, while pumpkin adds soluble fibre and the egg binds the bites with extra protein.
📝 Notes
Choose sprats tinned in water with no added salt, or cook fresh ones plainly. Oily fish is a treat, not a daily diet — too much can affect vitamin E balance over time, so offer these a couple of times a week at most.
⚕️ Before you cook for your cat
- Homemade food must be balanced. Cats need taurine, and deficiency causes heart and eye disease.
- Treat recipes are supplements to a complete diet, not a replacement for it.
- Check any new ingredient against the toxic-foods list, and ask your vet before switching diets.