Try some of these:
Dried Fruit Balls
Ingredients:
* 1 cup-whole wheat flour
* 3/4 cup-yellow cornmeal
* 2/3 cup-dried mixed fruit bits
* 1 tsp .- oil
* 1/2 cup-fruit juice
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees and grease cookie sheets.
2. Mix all ingredients with a pastry blender.
3. Make 1/2 "balls and place on the cookie sheet. (The balls will not spread, so you can put them as close as you wish.)
4. Bake for 45 minutes.
5. Leave the balls in the oven until it cools. This will cause the balls to dry out and be crunchy.
Seed Crunchies
Ingredients:
* 1 cup-whole wheat
* 3/4 cup-yellow cornmeal
* 1/2 cup-rodent seed mix
* 1 tsp .- oil
* 2 Tbsp .- dried parsley
* 3/4 cup-beef (or vegetarian) broth
Directions:
pets question and answers,www.5d2d.com 1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees and grease the cookie sheets.
2. Mix all ingredients with a pastry blender.
3. Shape into 1/2 "balls and place on the cookie sheet. (The balls will not spread, so you can put them as close together as you wish.)
4. Bake 45 minutes
5. Leave the balls in the oven until it cools. By leaving the balls in the oven, will cause them to dry out and be crunchy.
Peanut Butter Crunch
Ingredients:
* 1 cup-whole wheat flour
* 1 Tbsp .- crunchy reduced-fat peanut butter
* 1 Tbsp .- honey
* 1/3 cup-water
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees and grease cookie sheet.
2. Mix all ingredients with a pastry blender.
3. Shape the mix into 1/2 "balls and place them on a cookie sheet. (These balls will not spread, so you can place them as close on the pan as you wish.)
4. Bake 45 minutes
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5. Leave the balls in the oven until it cools, as this will cause the balls to dry out and be crunchy.
I hope I helped!
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They love peanut butter.
You could combine peanut butter with sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, corn kernals and roll into one inch balls. Make them ahead of time put them in a ziplock bag and then into the freezer.
Take out one treat every once in a while for a special snack.
I had a pet mouse who liked every kind of nut, especially walnuts and almonds.
Rats will also like veggies. Chopped in small pieces.
1. Get mollasses and a treat that they are not used to having and mix it in a bowl with peanut butter and sunflower seeds.
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They love that
Simple treats work well. My ratties were ga-ga for yogurt, especially strawberry yogurt, and cooked noodles of any variety.
Mine absolutely loved sweetcorn and also coconut cream (a rare treat used to give medicine !)..
Try some peanut butter on a piece of apple, they love the double treat.
