This post was created my youngest son, who will go by the moniker of PetKid here. He loves looking after all of our various animals, and today he’d like to share a method for making gerbil treats at home.
I decided to make gerbil treats today because I have an old gerbil, Flapjack, who isn’t feeling very well. His brother died suddenly before Christmas and he’s lonely. Here’s a picture of him when he was younger.
Flapjack on the run!
So, I looked on the internet for a recipe or an idea of how to make gerbil treats. Here is a link to the YouTube video that I found; it’s useful to watch. Here is my version:
Homemade gerbil or hamster treats
Makes 3 medium-sized treats
Ingredients
6 tsp gerbil food (whatever you have to feed your gerbil or hamster with)
2 tsp birdseed (make sure it has no additives to keep away other wildlife)
1 tsp currants
1 tsp golden raisins
2 tsp unbleached flour
1 tsp spelt flour
1/2 tsp cornmeal
1/2 tsp dried unsweetened coconut flakes
1 to 1 1/2 tsp honey (liquid)
1 egg white
Gerbil treats
Method
1. Combine dry ingredients and put them in a bag and hit it with a rolling pin or grind them very briefly in a small grinder. You want to end up with medium sized pieces and grainy bits all combined.
2. Then add the wet ingredients and mix it all together.
3. Spoon mixture into mini muffin cups or onto a baking sheet. Bake at 250 degrees celsius for about 25 minutes, and then check to see that they are no longer squishy in the middle. It could take up to an hour for them to be hard, which is what they need to be, otherwise the pet won’t eat very much!
Put one of these treats in your pet’s cage every two weeks or when there is just a little bit left. And a tip: before you give it to your pet, put the treat in the fridge for a few minutes if it’s still hot.
Hope your pet likes these! Please leave a comment if you have time.
With treats like this how could a gerbil not feel good.
Thank you!
Easy to mistake for your fabulous muffins!
Thank you for the comment, says PetKid!
I cracked up at the title–I half expected to see gerbil listed under ingredients. I’m going to share this with my little ones. I wonder if our rabbit would like them, too. What do I know? I get all my rodent dietary information from Beatrix Potter books.
I love that! I’ll use this as an opportunity to talk about possible alternate interpretations for blog post titles!
I bet the rabbit might go for these – worth a shot, even if not endorsed by Ms. Potter.
Tell your son: We want more posts!!
That’s so sweet, he’ll love to hear that!!
Those look pretty easy to make – and way too yummy – I hope no one gets confused and things they’re muffins for people! Hope they help Flapjack perk up.
There is an extra one sitting on the counter and I keep thinking “I’ll just snack on that”! Youngest son has been thrilled by all the comments – thanks.
What a terrific recipe! I had gerbils a long time ago, and your son’s recipe for gerbil treats is exactly what they would have loved to eat.
He was so intrigued to hear that you used to have your own gerbils! Thanks for the great feedback.
How wonderful that you are making your gerbil his very own homemade treats! I’m sure he loves you very much! Your muffins look delicious – just thinking that our bunny, Basil, may enjoy them too!
Aw, this comment really warmed youngest son’s heart – thank you! He thinks Basil would probably love them!
Great post. Minus the first 2 ingredients, they’d make pretty good human treats too! Hope Flapjack appreciated them.
Thank you!! They wouldn’t be half bad, would they?