Tasty Hamster Treat Recipe!

Hello Everyone! I had a request from one of our Little Paws Pet Club members for some fun hamster ideas and thought that I would start with this tasty hamster treat recipe! This is a fun and easy recipe to make and the ingredients can easily be changed to give your cute little critter lots of treat variety.

Mash some banana in a bowl. Add enough dried whole wheat bread crumbs until you can shape the mixture into tiny balls that are a good size for your hamster to hold. You will want this mixture on the dry side, but still moist enough to shape into little balls. You can also add some finely chopped carrots or apples, ground plain oats, wheat germ or flax seed to your mixture. Refrigerate the balls until you are ready to use them.

You can make endless variations of these hamster treats by using mashed potatoes or any type of baby food that is safe for hamsters as the base of your treats and then incorporating any types of hamster safe finely chopped or ground fruits, veggies, sunflower seeds or dry ingredients into the baby food until it is dry enough to form into balls.

Please note: Before incorparating any ingredients into this recipe, be sure to do some research to be certain that the ingredients that you plan to use are hamster safe. For instance, Peanut butter has been known to cause choking in hamsters as well as get stuck in their cheek pouches and should be avoided.

I hope that your little hammies love this healthy rodent recipe! Until next time. Your Little Paws Pet Club President, Little