How to Make Inexpensive Rabbit Treats

I would do anything to make Sir Albert Gray, my bunny rabbit, happy and content. For my birthday, I received a whole bag of bunny treats that he loved! I put one out for him each morning and watched him roll it around for hours until he ate it. When I ran out of them, I wanted to buy him more of these treats. My goodness, these things are expensive! I don’t know about all you other kids out there, but funds are tight at my age. And this blog is not making that type of money (or any at all to be honest) for me to spend that kind of money! This is when I started thinking, could I make inexpensive rabbit treats?

After doing some research, I came across this recipe. When I saw that these were so similar to the ones that Albert loved, I was so excited. The best part was that I did not need any special ingredients and I could start making them right away.

Grinding the Rabbit Pellets and Hay:

I will admit, I had to go into a sneaky mode in the kitchen when I saw I could blend his rabbit food and hay in the food processor. I figured no one would be thrilled seeing this in there when we use it all of the time for human food. But I told myself I would just throw it in and wash it REALLY well when I was done.

I added the pellets and the hay and started cutting and grinding it as much as I could. The problem was that the pellets were already so small that I still had some pretty large chunks.

My next idea was to take a plastic gallon bag and use the meat pounder to bust up the pellets. This worked like a charm.

Mixing the Ingredients for Homemade Bunny Treats:

When the pellets and hay were turned into a powder, I added my carrots and banana.

I will admit, this did not smell wonderful.

Forming Rabbit Treat Balls:

You could decide how large to roll out your balls of rabbit treats. Sir Albert likes to roll these around, so I went with about a tablespoon and a half for each treat.

Alternatively, you could roll out these treats and use a cookie cutter to make cute shapes. I am not a fan of rolling dough, so I went with balls instead.

You might want to warn your family that the kitchen is not going to smell all that great for about an hour and half while these bake. My sister kept coming in and asking, “Ew, what is that smell?” I did not think it was as bad as our stinky cucumbers, but I love my bunny so much, I think I am biased.

At this point I started thinking these looked like a giant bunny had sat on the tray for a bit. Though not quite as bad looking as our homemade chocolate cereal that looked just like Sir Albert had done his business on a cookie sheet.

I was so excited to give these to Sir Albert once they cooled. We soon found out he would not eat them unless he got to choose which one he wanted from the bowl! Such a funny bunny.

I highly recommend these healthy and inexpensive rabbit treats! While you are at it, you can also make some apple bunny doughnut holes for dessert!