20 Best Freeze Dried Cat Treats (2023 Updated)

I bought these as a sort of enrichment to my cat’s regular feeding. I figured the new taste and texture may help drum things up a bit more that just the same old pate or kibble, without being too crazy.

Well, it did enrich, but not how I thought. My cat isn’t a big one on fish and is super picky, so i don’t really know why I thought this would be a good idea, but I did. I started by placing a whole minnow in the bowl with her regular 1/2 can of wet food, along with a dental treat and some hair ball gel.

She didn’t seem interested in the little freeze-dried friend right away, but I know that sometimes she will ignore things unfamiliar. I picked it up and showed it to her again, and she sniffed but seemed otherwise bored.

Then it began. She thinks it’s a GREAT DELIGHT to carry the little corpse around and leave it in random places for me to find; under her tower, by her bed, next to my shoes. The last spot I discovered the thing was in my bathroom, staring up at me from the bath mat while I’m trying to take care of my business.

This minnow has found it’s way into the trash at this point, but I do sometimes give her another one just to keep her busy. HOWEVER I did give my parents cat one to try, and after she actually ate it, she was in love.

She begged for more upon finishing that one, so I think it’s safe to say that if you don’t live with a devil prankster these might be a good option (or even if you do- live your life).

I bought these because I am trying to add raw and freeze dried meats to my cat’s diet. I have already purchased 2 bags of the chicken hearts from VE, and Itty loved them. Unfortunately, these rabbit treats were pretty much impossible to rehydrate.

I tried crumbling them in her wet food, cutting them up, adding to hot water, but nothing would get them to that “meaty” texture like other freeze dried toppers I’ve purchased. They stay extremely hard.

If your cat is weird about hard textures or has any dental issues, I would definitely pick something else from VE. My cat didn’t have any trouble with them and seemed to like them okay, but it did make me nervous she would break a tooth.

I’m going to try to find another rabbit meat option.

I’ve used these treats for awhile with two of my cats who are ravenous over their minnows. My third kitty, and my mom’s kitty, turn their nose up to these. Two out of four LOVE! My 12 year old experienced an acute event that required her to take a very large pill, twice daily, for 14 days.

I tried everything with my picky kitty and I could not trick her to eat the pill. The pill was too big to comfortably put down her throat and her condition made it painful to put the pills down her throat since she would squirm and irritate the condition.

I cut the pill in multiple little chunks, broke the minnows in half, and stuffed the pill chunks in to the stomachs of the minnows. My picky girl never blinked an eye at wolfing down the minnows with the secret stash in their bellies! These will be my go-to for pills forever!.

So happy that I came across these. My cat has both small cell gi lymphoma as well as pancreatitis, and this has affected his diet and food allowances greatly. I was having a very hard time finding a treat for him that was a single novel protein source that he liked.

He loves these! The bites are a little large (as they’re probably more often fed as dog treats) so breaking them can be a little tough, but otherwise they have been great. Shipping took quite a while, but I will continue to buy them as long as he approves.

We have been using this brand for my dog food for a few years now. I’ve been looking for a local small business. Ompany which cares about their quality and ingredients and this company does it all. They provide great products with good ingredients.

It’s a must for your pets needs.

A nutritious and convenient freeze dried liver treat for quick rewards and gentle ‘persuasion’. Both GSDs enjoy them, however my female will do anything for one. Thanks Only Natural Pet! 🐾

Since these are labeled “cat treats,” I mistakenly assumed they’d be edible by cats right out of the bag. No. They are whole, large hearts, and they’re hard as a brick. I have to saw at them with a steak knife to mince them into something edible, which is messy and likely unsanitary, since the bag advises you about washing things thoroughly with hot, soapy water after touching the treats.

While I’m no stranger to excessive efforts for my cats, I really just wanted small treats I could sprinkle as a food topper. Since other cat treats by this brand come in that format, I expected these would, too.

They apparently taste okay once I have minced them, but I won’t buy these again. I’ll stick with the duck livers and other treats that are actually minced in the bag. Disappointed.

My cat prefers the original version but I got this to try something new. She was a bit slower to warm up to it but now she likes them just fine. I feed the Origen cat treats to my dog as well. They make great training treats for a small dog as they are low calorie and only meat.

A lot of dog training treats are 3 calories or more and that just adds up way too quickly for a small dog. These also don’t contain added sugar like most training treats do. I will most likely stick to the original version as it’s less expensive and my cat seemed to like those more, but I don’t have any negative things to say about these.

I have been buying these treats for a few years now. My cats ALL absolutely love the PureBites chicken treats which is why I was willing to pay the price. However something has gone terribly wrong with the chicken.

I’m not sure if it has to do with the origin of the chicken due to the chicken shortage or disease within the poultry villa, and maybe they are unaware, but I smelled it as soon as I opened the bag. At first I though it was me, but then the cats snubbed them, which they never do.

As someone mentioned prior, it smells like rotten chicken and I would never feed my pets something that smells so putrid. Side note: When I first purchased these treats years back at a local store, they always had nice sized, light colored pieces in every bag.

I found Chewy and started ordering from them and as time has passed I have seen the color change gradually with each bag ordered and bought in store. In fact, I have been purchasing PureBites for so long that I can look at the item picture and tell you that is not a good.

It’s not just “a batch” either. It has been a gradual decline. This is not to get Chewy fussed at or give them a bad review because PureBites has been, in the past, a reputable company for the animal food industry, but like many good products during Covid, quality has fallen by the wayside.

Chewy has always been outstanding with their customer service and stood behind customers needs and the products they sell. In saying this, I realized times are tough for businesses these days, but I really do hope that Chewy will look into this before selling more if they aren’t already.

PureBites gets my 1 star. I’m super bummed to have this happen and my cats, well they are downright offended. ;).

My cat, Maui, is crazy for these treats! He’s gets one or two every day, and asks for them quite often. Several people complained about the bags being half good-sized treat and half pulverized treats.

I’m been dealing with that too. I purchase the jumbo-sized bag whenever possible. Since Maui goes through phases of loving some foods, then deciding not to eat them again. So, rather than throw away the crushed chicken Purebites, I tried sprinkling about a tablespoon of the crumblies onto the food he suddenly stops eating.

He starts eating the crumblies and continues on to eat the more nutritional canned food. Saves me money two ways. I save by actually using the crumblies, and I can continue to feed remaining cans to him until I can buy another flavor—thank goodness! However, I am a bit concerned about the folks that got rancid product.

I consider that a Quality Control issue for Chewy. They shouldn’t be selling a rancid product. I hope those who received the bad chicken will call or write to Chewy to 1) ask for a refund, and 2) ask what they are going to do about selling rancid meat.

Hopefully, that will spur Chewy on to work with PureBites to fix the problem.

My 4 animals love this freeze dried chicken I use it as a topper and it gets them all to eat even the cat! But for $27 bucks a bag and lately I have been getting such hard pieces and scared because they are sharp and I can’t break them with my hand I have to use a hammer to give them too the little dog and cat?? I’m usually very happy with this product but lately like 4 or 5 times lately I have gotten these hard bags and I order a lot from Chewy! And they always send me another bag?? But I’m getting tired of having to contact them each and every time! The last bag was like this and I used what I could?? And I tried other brands they won’t eat it?? And I have never gotten a coupon or discount code from them and like I said I order a lot and I’m disabled and on SSI I can’t afford to was money especially since this chicken has gone from $16 to $27 it is ridiculous! I like chewy but it’s getting so expensive and I can’t afford things I can’t use for my pets!.

I am very happy with the Life Essentials treats. my kitten likes these either crush on top of his food or broken up and given to him as a training treat, but I must say I will purchase the Life Essentials salmon or beef flavors in the future.

That’s probably particular to my kitten’s preferences; not that it isn’t as excellent as the other two flavors. they are shaped like a piece of chicken cut off from the breast. They crush more easily than the other two and quite a few were crushed at the bottom of the bag, So I only use them as a topper on wet food or mix it in with dry food.

He does not respond/eat them when using them for clicker training… whereas he is eager for the salmon or beef flavors by Life Essentials. Because of my kitten’s taste preferences only, we will probably not purchase these again, but in no way am I implying that the are any less excellent than the other two flavors.

Although they are somewhat costly, each flavor is well worth the price. However, we will from now on put that purchase price towards the other two flavors that he swoons over.

I started out trying Pure Bites for my two boys who will not eat nothing but kibble because I wanted them to have a healthy meat only treat instead of their usual carb laden treats. These are FAR SUPERIOR.

They come in nice big, chunks, not slivers or shards. I offered to them out of the bag at first and they loved then immediately and waited for more. I decided to try rehydrating them and wow, was I surprised at their reaction! My two boys, who don’t like wet food, wouldn’t eat raw, wouldn’t eat a homemade diet.

But love these! They smell like fresh chicken, they look like fresh chicken once you rehydrate them and the broth is excellent. they drank the little bit of broth too! I’m so excited they can eat some real protein every day, it’s low calorie and no absolutely no carbs.

I can feel good about feeding this to them. These are cats that have never eaten meat in their whole 8 and 6 years respectively. Every night we have our routine where they sit patiently next to me at my bedside letting me know it’s time.

As an owner of the persian cat breed for 39 years, I wish these had been around many years ago. These are first two who have never eaten wet food or raw or homemade diet. So frustrating worrying about health problems related to kibble.

I personally would recommend that you try to offer them rehydrated for the benefit of added water. I hope is to use these to try to transition them to high quality wet food or even better! Paws crossed! And well, Yes, you could make your own in a food dehydrator, but I don’t have one and these serve my purpose just fine! Maybe I’ll get one, but until then this is great.

Oh,and for those complaining about powdered pieces. Simply request that these be placed in a separate order from heavier items. Problem solved! Use the shake at the bottom of the bag as a topper or rehydrate! There’s always going to be SOME shake at the bottom,expect that.

And FYI, this is also a much better deal than two of the medium sized bags of Pure Bites, quality and quantity. Enjoy your bonding time with your kitties! Soooooo worth it!.

Our cat loves these treats. I give her 1 to reward her when she uses her scratching post instead of the sofa. This type of training has been effective but unfortunately not completely. She makes a point of using her scratching post in the morning when she knows I have treats in the pocket of my robe.

I also give her these as a reward for a good trip to the vet. When she gets home, she runs to her feeding area to get the treat.

The Nutra-Bite Chicken Liver Cat Treats must have the best flavor because how my cats love them and immediately devore them. They also really like the chicken hearts and in 3rd place, the chicken breast.

I like the treats because know they are 100% pure meat.

My cat loves these chicken liver bites as much as she loves the salmon Nutra Bites. They are a bit spendy, however, they are a quality, wholesome/healthy treat and my cat’s worth every penny! Thanks!

My cat absolutely LOVES these. But I noticed that she has a hard time chewing the skin, and a few times shes even thrown it up (and then ate the treat again like cats do, but didn’t eat the skin the 2nd time).

When I cleaned up what was left, the skin was still stiff and her teeth hadn’t punctured/torn it at all. Upon a closer look at the bag, I realized almost every piece has the salmon skin which, when freeze dried, becomes very, very stiff and doesn’t disintegrate like freeze dried flesh; and because they are cut into rectangles, there are 4 sharp corners on almost every piece.

I am really concerned that the skin was irritating her mouth and stomach, and that she was unable to chew and digest it properly because of the skin. BUT, the salmon meat itself was great, which is why I still buy them occasionally.

Now I just peel the skin off of every. single. piece. before feeding them to her.

I have a cat with a sensitive stomach and he had a hard time keeping these down. I kept finding little piles of kitty barf with a strip of salmon skin in it after I would give him a piece. I also tried rehydrating a bit with some water mixed into his wet food, but that made an even bigger mess when it came back up.

The pieces with the skin attached are hard as a rock, and I mean SOLID to the point I couldn’t break them apart with my bare hands. I’m not surprised it was irritating his stomach, I don’t know if he was even able to chew it much before swallowing.

My other cat had no interest in even trying them. I gave them to a friend with 2 cats and a dog, hopefully one of his furbabies will like them!.

My cats adore this. All I have to do is pick up the bag, and they come running. A lot of these treats have some unhealthy and questionable ingredients, but this has one ingredient. It helps their skin.

My only complaints are the salmon skin and the inconsistency of the sizes of the pieces. Some pieces have skin on them and are really tough to chew. One piece was pure salmon skin. Some pieces are too big (so you’ll have to cut them up) while others are tiny.

Other than that, this is a good treat.

First off, the way this cake packaged was really neat! It was in a long box that looks like something flowers would come in and it had beautiful packaging. It didn’t just come with the treats but also came with a cute little pet bandana! This was the first time we’ve tried freeze-dried treats for our cats and they were a hit amongst all 3 of our cats.

Seems to be of good quality and value. I like the natural ingredients. Overall, very pleased!.

I got my first bag from a friend whose kitty didn’t care for them (texture issue I think) and now I have to buy a new bag every couple of weeks. My boys have found my hiding spots 2 times and have decimated the bags.

They use to be kept with the Temptation treats and it’s obvious on which is the winner in the house. One cat is in a cone and very mad about it. I brought out the Wild Boar treats and I was his best friend again.

Of my three cats, only one really liked these Grass-Fed Lamb Freeze-Dried Cat Treats. One tried them once and wouldn’t eat them again, and the other one doesn’t eat cat treats at all. These are a very different texture than traditional cat treats, and are also larger pieces.

I break it in half for the one who eats them.

My Millie is currently on a novel protein diet because of allergies and chronic ear infections. I purchased these treats along with freeze dried rabbit cat food from the same brand. The food is r÷ally great and Millie eats it well.

The treats seem difficult for her to eat so I have to break them into smaller pieces. They are kind of hard and that may be why she has trouble. I break them into smaller pieces and then it is somewhat easier for her to eat.

She really likes them and they are helping her enjoy getting treats on her restricted diet. I do wish they were a little softer.

My girl cat goes crazy for these treats! I already knew she liked freeze-dried rabbit and duck, and she will steal broccoli off your plate if you’re not paying attention, so it was kind of a no-brainer to order these.

(My boy cat, a stray, hasn’t figured out treats yet — but he’ll sniff these before he walks off. ) I only have two minor complaints: 1) They’re kind of big. I sometimes have to break them up for her before she’ll eat them.

2) They’re crumbly, unlike the other freeze-dried treats I buy for her (shrimp, whitefish) which feel like. well. meat! Maybe it’s because of the cranberry & broccoli? Either way, it helps when I do have to break them up.

🙂 Neither of these complaints are a dealbreaker for me. As a matter of fact, I’m writing this review while buying another bag!.

She used to be a quiet cat, not fussed about her food, barely any begging. Along comes sassy cat. It does look like cardboard and it’s smell is questionable. But this cat is all about it. You can’t even approach the fridge because she expects it’s sass time.

And sass is what we get with meows and jumping on the table. Beware of sass addiction.

50% chance your cat will like this. My cat likes the ginger part of relax treats so I bought this not expecting much. One cat loves these, and the other isnt thrilled. To be fair, she is only a #6 cat so her mouth can barely hold this treat.

For bigger cats and a great different flavor. Would definitely recommend.

I have a cat with multiple food allergies and I have been trying every treat, even making a bunch of my own, to see if she would enjoy it as much as things like Temptations. However, I have yet to find any treat she will eat.

The smell is always a big hit, but she gave one lick and walked away. More wasted money.

I say pretty good but only because being dried they fall apart extremely easy. My cats are the pickiest of cats and they came right away to eat these treats. They are best served on a dish since they fall apart in the package.

Omg my kitten 🐈‍⬛ of six months has been picky with the foods we have tried so far she hated purina but that’s what she was sent home with from the humane society, she didn’t really like wet food or canned food and is picky when it comes to kibbles, but she loves this brand even runs to the food bowl once she hears me opening the bag! I’m so glad my local pet store (green dot) inspired me to transition over to this raw cat diet! She’s loves it moist with just water! 🤍🤍🤍thank you guys for creating this amazing weightless healthy product 🫶🏽.

Our cat Hedy, a determined reject-queen of even the priciest delicacies available, shamelessly scarfed up a small bowl of the Northwest Naturals turkey dinner earlier this week. Don’t know why this brand wasn’t on our radar previously, but it’s a relief to have found it.

Because this little tyke has no teeth due to a terrible case of stomatitis in her youth, wet and freeze dried foods are Hedy’s mainstays. But she’s gotten immediately tired of most of the freeze dried brands she’s had so far.

This seems to be the exception. Four paws up. Seriously.

I’ve researched raw diets for awhile and decided to mix it with my cat’s current food. I know there’s benefits, but I also am worried about him getting sick from it since that’s what the vet said might happen.

He isn’t interested at all, so I have to mix a bit of wet food with it to trick him into eating it. I wouldn’t say it’s a bad brand, he’s had more energy and his coat is softer, but it’s just a bit annoying.

Overall, a good brand, but I might have to experiment with the chicken flavor.

I purchased these for my 85 yr old mother’s cat. She is the most finicky cat I have ever seen. She won’t eat rotisserie chicken or things that I cook that any other cat would scarf down. She will eat strange things like salsa, potato soup, apple, etc.

Mom needed something to bribe her with to get her to listen. These were the answer. She goes nuts over these. If she hears the bag she comes tearing into the room from anywhere in the house. She did receive one bag that was broken up and had a lot of powder.

Didn’t matter to the cat though. She ate every last crumb. I have to say that a freeze dried minnow is really delicate and short of packing in a box I don’t know how you would not get some that are kind of busted up from time to time.

Others have commented on the bad smell. It’s dehydrated minnows! Once these were not available and I had to order the Vital brand. The cat would eat then but was not nearly as excited over them as she is for these.

I got these for my cats with IBD who can only eat prescription food and treats. Their usual prescription treats have been out of stock for months due to manufacturing issues, so I gave these freeze dried treats a try.

I’ve purchased the tuna bits, salmon, and shrimp. They have no extra ingredients that would flare up IBD. I soak them in warm water to bring them back to their original soft consistency and my cats gobble them up and have no IBD flare-ups after eating them!! They’re healthy and a great option for cats with digestive problems! They’re definitely my go to for treats from now on for ALL my cats! I definitely recommend them.

We have 3 kitties and all of them really like these treats. The negative is that they don’t skin the fish prior to freeze drying them. Quite a few pieces are so stuck to the skin that it’s really hard to peal any of it off.

There are sharp pieces of skin and other fishy parts that you have to take out or remove before giving them the treat itself. Some pieces are a strange almost oily texture, while others are nice pieces of freeze dried fish.

I plan to try another flavor to see if there are less inedible parts because they do like them in spite of the things I have to pick out. It would really help if they’d skin the fish first, but flavor-wise all 3 kitties think they’re pretty great.

My two Siberian Forest Cats absolutely love these treats. They will come running when the bag is shaken! On the rare occasion that one gets outside all I have to do is shake the bag and they immediately return to me for a treat! These are the best natural treat and I highly recommend them!!.

I love the other treats we order, but the heart pieces smell like plastic. I will continue with my other treats for Miss Boo. So please remove them from my other shipments. Thank you so much! Leisa

I have three cats and not one of them likes these turkey hearts. They seem like a good idea, but an expensive disappointment. Hopefully other cats like it!!