Healthy Treats

[Bambam]

Please can someone give me ideas for healthy treats? I have two very fussy buns who wont go near store bought bunny treats! Would love to spoil them, they are also picky with the fruit I give them (gave then banana yesterday and they loooooved it but when tried to give them a little last week and they walked away). 

Not used to this as my last bun, Bambam, used to eat anything that was near him! 

[RabbitPam]

First, don’t worry too much about giving treats because they are just that – treats. They do not have to be given daily as long as a simple, fully healthy diet is being provided regularly (2xdaily) of greens, unlimited hay, and 1/4 cup of good pellets. They do not get bored often when they are eating good food.

Try limiting the bunny treats to just one, and get the ones made for bunnies by more healthy companies like Oxbow. I love the Veggie treats that are shaped like hearts, but there is a large selection of treat products in the Binkybunny store. Some are even homemade, like the Kale Krispies, and they are different kinds so once you try one your bunny likes it’s a better treat to keep on hand to give.

If you need a food treat, try a 1/4 inch banana slice, or a very thin slice of apple. A small chunk of apple about the size of a nickel is good too. Raisins are good – only about 3 at a time. Craisins are a favorite of some bunnies and again, keep it to few like 3. Some bunnies like green treats, so a sprig of mint or dill or celantro from the produce section of the store can really go over well. A baby carrot (the kind in bags at the grocery store) will usually be gobbled up.

[Bambam]

What are good veggies to give them, theyre also very fussy with those!
So far they only like spinach, kale and carrots (especially the tops). If i give them left over salad (lettuce, cucumber and tomato) they wont eat.

[Bam]

Lettuce (iceberg-type), cucumber and tomatoes are not good for them, they can get poopy butt from such watery greens.

I give my bunny celery tops, parsley, carrot, kale, spinach, and during spring and summer, various leaves from trees and plants (apple, hazel, rose, dandelion, herbs like mint and basil.)

I use dried slices of apple as treats and sometimes a raisin or two. I don’t let my bun have free access to pellets since he’s a tendency to put on weight, so I give him pellets as treats and he readily eats those (Cunicomplete, Versele-Laga).

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