DIY Rat Treat Recipes:
Ever feel like making a yummy surprise for your rats? These DIY treats are both scrumptious and safe to feed to our rats, and what better way to show your rats your love than by making them some yummy treats!
Rat Donuts (Ronuts):
Ingredients: Plain Cheerios, chocolate chips, and sprinkles
Directions: Melt several chocolate chips in a small bowl. Dip Cheerios into chocolate and cover with sprinkled. Next, place the Cheerios onto a baking sheet and place the baking sheet into a freezer for 5 minutes.
Directions: Melt several chocolate chips in a small bowl. Dip Cheerios into chocolate and cover with sprinkled. Next, place the Cheerios onto a baking sheet and place the baking sheet into a freezer for 5 minutes.
Lab Block Balls:
Ingredients: Lab blocks (I use Oxbow), water, meat baby food (your choice)
Directions: Place half a cup of lab blocks into a cup and add warm water. Wait 10 minutes for blocks to soften and then stir until mushy (Note: If you have leftover lab block dust in the bag you can skip this step!) Now add half a jar of meat baby food to the mush and mix. Take a pinch of the mush and place onto baking sheet. Finally, place sheet into freezer and once cooled, serve to your rats!
Directions: Place half a cup of lab blocks into a cup and add warm water. Wait 10 minutes for blocks to soften and then stir until mushy (Note: If you have leftover lab block dust in the bag you can skip this step!) Now add half a jar of meat baby food to the mush and mix. Take a pinch of the mush and place onto baking sheet. Finally, place sheet into freezer and once cooled, serve to your rats!
Rat Fruit Cake:
Ingredients: One banana slice, yogurt, 4 Cheerios, chocolate chips
Directions: Place banana slice onto small plate and cover in yogurt. Arrange the four Cheerios on top of the yogurt (I do 2 on each side). Finally, melt several chocolate chips and drizzle chocolate over the cake!
Directions: Place banana slice onto small plate and cover in yogurt. Arrange the four Cheerios on top of the yogurt (I do 2 on each side). Finally, melt several chocolate chips and drizzle chocolate over the cake!
Rattie Pizza
Ingredients: Tortilla, tomato sauce, shredded cheese, veggies (I usually use mushrooms and peppers)
Directions: Cut out several small circles from your tortilla, about 1-2 inches in diameter. Slather some tomato sauce on each tortilla circle, then sprinkle on some shredded cheese. Now cut up a few pieces of small veggies and sprinkle these onto each tortilla piece. Finally, cut each piece into 6 slices and serve it to your rats!
Directions: Cut out several small circles from your tortilla, about 1-2 inches in diameter. Slather some tomato sauce on each tortilla circle, then sprinkle on some shredded cheese. Now cut up a few pieces of small veggies and sprinkle these onto each tortilla piece. Finally, cut each piece into 6 slices and serve it to your rats!
Yogurt Drops:
Ingredients: Yogurt
Directions: Place tiny drops of yogurt onto a baking sheet. Stick this sheet into the freezer and allow it to harden. After the yogurt hardens you will have delicious little yogurt drops to feed to your rats!
Directions: Place tiny drops of yogurt onto a baking sheet. Stick this sheet into the freezer and allow it to harden. After the yogurt hardens you will have delicious little yogurt drops to feed to your rats!
Stack Of Yum:
Ingredients: Yogurt, Veggies (I use celery and carrots), and fruits (I use grapes and raspberries)
Directions: Dip each item into yogurt and then stack them up. Yum!
Directions: Dip each item into yogurt and then stack them up. Yum!
Lab Block Mush:
(Note: Great for feeding sick rats!)
Ingredients: Lab blocks (I use Oxbow), water, meat baby food (optional)
Directions: Take half a cup of lab blocks and place them into a bowl. Add warm water and wait 10 minutes for blocks to soften (Note: If you have leftover lab block dust in the bag you can skip this step!) Stir softened blocks until mush consistency is reached. Finally, mix in half a jar of meat baby food (if desired) and serve to your rats!
Ingredients: Lab blocks (I use Oxbow), water, meat baby food (optional)
Directions: Take half a cup of lab blocks and place them into a bowl. Add warm water and wait 10 minutes for blocks to soften (Note: If you have leftover lab block dust in the bag you can skip this step!) Stir softened blocks until mush consistency is reached. Finally, mix in half a jar of meat baby food (if desired) and serve to your rats!
Rat Birthday Cake:
Ingredients: Banana, yogurt, chocolate chips, cheerio bits
Directions: Slice off a piece of banana, about an inch thick. Cover this with your yogurt, add a chocolate chip or few, then add some cheerio bits. All that's left is to serve it up to your rats on a tiny plate!
Directions: Slice off a piece of banana, about an inch thick. Cover this with your yogurt, add a chocolate chip or few, then add some cheerio bits. All that's left is to serve it up to your rats on a tiny plate!
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