If you are thinking about learning how to make rabbit treats for your pet, you’re going to love this list of 10 easy-to-follow recipes, all of which are made from simple ingredients. You can make a batch of treats in no time, and you will know what the treat contains, so there are no surprises. Keep in mind that some treats for rabbits aren’t meant to be given frequently and should only account for around 5 to 10% of their diet, so it’s important to know what and how much you should be feeding your rabbit. If you’re not sure, speak to your vet to find out what your rabbit needs to stay healthy, and read up on the right things to feed your rabbit.
Top 10 DIY Rabbit Treats
1. Easy Apple Rabbit Treats
Apple Balls for Rabbits
Equipment
- Blender
- Bowl
Ingredients
- 1 apple peeled and cored
- 1 banana peeled
- 2 medium carrots peeled
- 1/2 cup rabbit pellet food
- 1/4 cup dry oats
Instructions
- In the bowl of your blender, combine the apple, banana, carrots, and pellet food. Don't forget to peel and core your fruits and vegetables!
- Blend until the mixture is smooth.
- Form into small balls.
- Roll each ball in the dry oats.
- Serve to your rabbits as a fun treat!
Notes
Nutrition
Apples are an excellent treat for rabbits! These Apple Ball Treats combine delicious apples and bananas along with carrots, oats, and some dry pellet food of your choice. All you need is a few minutes and a blender to make these yummy rabbit treats. This recipe makes 12 apple balls.
2. The Cape Coop Homemade Rabbit Cookies
The Cape Coop offers a baked recipe for rabbit cookies that includes timothy hay, which rabbits absolutely love to eat. You pulse all the ingredients in your food processor, form into cookies to the size you prefer, and bake in the oven.
The recipe calls for canned pumpkin, so just make sure you choose one that contains no additives – just 100% pumpkin.
3. Instructables Living Homemade Rabbit Treats
Instructables Living gives you a treat recipe that is made with your rabbits’ daily food, and then you add bananas and carrots to form a cookie. The yield amount will depend upon how large you form the cookie. These work great as training treats.
4. Epicuricloud Gnaw Gnaw Biscuits
Epicuricloud shows you how to make a rabbit treat with items that you will most likely already have on hand. Ingredients include rabbit food, applesauce, carrots, and hay. Then you bake them up and cut them into squares. You will have yummy treats for your rabbit in no time with this recipe.
5. Timber Creek Farmer Pine Cone Rabbit Treats
Timber Creek Farmer has a great idea for rabbit treats. If you have a pine tree outside, why not put the pinecones to good use as a delicious treat for your bunny? These will take a little longer to make, only because you need to clean, soak, and then bake the pine cones.
The cleaning process is the most important part of making these boredom-busters, so don’t cut any corners. In addition to being used on their own, you can even hide some small fruit or vegetable treats within the pine cone for added enjoyment!
6. Herban Lifestyle Organic Bunny Treats
Herban Lifestyle shows you how to make rabbit treats that are healthy and organic. It is customizable, so you could easily add cilantro or parsley to the mix. The base recipe calls for oats, alfalfa powder, and jarred baby food.
Be sure to check that the ingredients you are going to use are safe for your bunny, as not all herbs are.
7. LiveJournal Homemade Rabbit Treats
LiveJournal has a recipe for treats that your rabbit will go bonkers over and beg for more. These take a little more time and preparation, but the result is worth it. Make sure you prepare plenty of these because you know that you can’t resist your cute rabbit when they beg.
8. Rabbit Hole Hay DIY Pumpkin Treats
Rabbit Hole Hay blog shows you how to make the perfect fall treat for your rabbit. In fact, they will love it so much that you will want to make it year-round. The recipe calls for pureed pumpkin, oats, apples, and flour. You roll the mixture into a ball and then bake it for 15 minutes.
9. My Mind Patch Rabbit Granola Treats
My Mind Patch teaches you how to make banana carrot granola cups that are perfect for a rabbit treat. The recipe makes 14 servings and uses bananas, carrots, oats, and pandan leaf. Fresh pandan leaves can be purchased online fairly easily, or you can substitute some parsley, cilantro, or some other rabbit-friendly greens.
10. Bunneh’s Bunny Rabbit Treats
Bunneh’s bunny treats is a recipe that has five natural ingredients and includes bananas and carrots, with honey for sweetness. You bake these treats and then slice them into bars. It yields a decent batch of 30 bars that your rabbit is sure to love.
As this recipe contains honey, we strongly recommend rationing these treats out sparingly. You might want to freeze some to keep for later.
Conclusion
We hope you enjoyed reading through these easy recipes and have decided on which to try first! Many of these recipes contain sweet fruits and vegetables, which is what makes rabbits go mad for them, but it also means we need to be careful not to feed too many of them.
Featured Image Credit: timbercreekfarmer
Contents
- Top 10 DIY Rabbit Treats
- 1. Easy Apple Rabbit Treats
- 2. The Cape Coop Homemade Rabbit Cookies
- 3. Instructables Living Homemade Rabbit Treats
- 4. Epicuricloud Gnaw Gnaw Biscuits
- 5. Timber Creek Farmer Pine Cone Rabbit Treats
- 6. Herban Lifestyle Organic Bunny Treats
- 7. LiveJournal Homemade Rabbit Treats
- 8. Rabbit Hole Hay DIY Pumpkin Treats
- 9. My Mind Patch Rabbit Granola Treats
- 10. Bunneh’s Bunny Rabbit Treats
- Conclusion
