Homemade Botanical Blend?

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- 01/28/2009 at 7:16 PM
  ManDuke
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  Petsmart has started carrying Oxbow products and I saw the “Botanical Blend” hay. It looked to me to be just timothy hay, lavendar, and chamomile. I have a ton of all three! I purchase the lavendar and chamomile from a healthfood store and they’re organic. Could I safely mix my own as a treat (and save mucho dinero in the process!)?
- 01/28/2009 at 7:32 PM
  Beka27
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  i think someone just recently said they do that. it would be less expensive.
- 01/28/2009 at 10:11 PM
  Kokaneeandkahlua
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  Yeh I don’t see why you couldn’t at all!
- 01/29/2009 at 7:15 AM
  Beka27
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  one thing i’m unsure of… i don’t feed “botanicals” myself, so i don’t know. do they have to be limited as a treat or is there no danger in feeding them as often as you want?
- 01/29/2009 at 3:30 PM
  Balefulregards
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  We do this – kind of – I have a great many herbs that we dried from our garden. I generally add them into the salad mix that I make every couple of days – I think of it as an additional “herb sprinkle”.
  
  But I can’t imagine why you couldn’t do it with dried herbs into the hay. And Yes – SO much cheaper – and you could add in dried mints too.
- 01/29/2009 at 4:33 PM
  ManDuke
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  Sa-weet! I just wasn’t sure if it was safe. I generally trust Oxbow but, you know, sometimes the commercialized treats/food/toys are geared more toward people than bun health.
  
  I was thinking as a treat because even though its cheaper for me, it wouldn’t save me much if I gave it to them everyday….plus I’d have none left for me! (I live in in apt. so growing multiple herbs can be hard, especially when I have to keep them out of bunny reach.)
- 01/29/2009 at 6:36 PM
  Scarlet_Rose
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  Knock your socks off, it’s what I do myself! It’s so much more cost effective.
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