Homemade cat food
Rabbit & Apple Sensitive Bites
Gentle baked bites built on novel-protein rabbit with a whisper of apple — a mild, single-meat treat for cats with food sensitivities to chicken or fish.
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Time
- 35 min
- Makes
- 12–14 bites
🧺 Ingredients
- 100g lean rabbit mince, cooked and cooled
- 1 tablespoon peeled, cored apple, finely grated (no seeds)
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 tablespoon plain oat flour, to bind
👩🍳 Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) and line a small tray with baking paper.
- Cook the rabbit mince plainly until done, then cool and blend or chop very finely.
- Mix the rabbit, grated apple, egg and oat flour into a stiff, mouldable paste.
- Roll into small pea-sized bites and flatten slightly on the tray.
- Bake for 15–18 minutes until firm and lightly golden, cool fully, then refrigerate.
Nutrition: Rabbit is a lean, novel protein many sensitive cats tolerate well, while the tiny amount of apple adds a little fibre and natural sweetness without upsetting a delicate stomach.
📝 Notes
Apple flesh is safe in tiny amounts but the pips, core and skin are not, so peel and core carefully. Novel proteins like rabbit are useful when trialling a sensitive cat, but any true elimination diet should be guided by your vet.
⚕️ 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.