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Pet Treat Recipes

Try these pet treat recipes for your animal friends.

All kids love animals, whether it's a dog, cat, bird, turtle, or any other pet friend. Kids feel extra important if they can get involved by making their own pet treats.

It's fun to make homemade food that's healthy AND delicious for your special pet!

Dog Food Recipes

2 packets instant oatmeal
1 egg yolk
2 cups grated carrot and potato
1 pound raw ground chicken

Make the oatmeal in a large bowl following the package directions. Then separate the egg yolk from the egg white. Whisk the egg yolk for 1 minute and add it to the porridge. Carefully grate raw carrots and potatos. Add raw ground chicken. Mix everything together. Serve it to your dog for breakfast.



Homemade Dog Treats

2 cups oats
2 cups wheat bran
1 cup cooked liver
1/2 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs

Mix everything together and stir well. Get one spoonful at a time and slide onto a greased cookie sheet with a dull knife like you're making cookies. Drop them about 1 inch apart. Shape with your hand or press down with the spoon. Bake in a 350F degree oven for 10-15 minutes until the treats are browned. Your dog will love these!

Cat Treat Recipe

1 can sardines, packed in olive oil
1 cup whole grain bread crumbs
1 egg , beaten
1/2 teaspoon brewer's yeast (optional)

Pour contents of sardines in a medium bowl. Using a fork, mash into tiny pieces. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Drop 1/4 teaspoon of mixture onto a greased cookie sheet. Bake in a 325F oven for 7 minutes. Store in air tight container.

Bird Food Recipes

1 pound of lard
1 jar of peanut butter
5 cups corn meal
6 cups oats
2 cups sunflower seeds
2 cups raisins

Mix everything together (this will be nice and messy!). Roll into about 5 or 6 small balls. Roll balls in sunflower seeds and raisins. Place the balls in a bird feeder and watch your feathered friends enjoy their snack.

Bird Honey Stick

Honey
Bird seed

1. Find a stick that's between 1 and 5 centimeters in diameter(2/5 inches to 2 inches).

2. Cover the stick in honey with a brush or dinner knife.

3. Pour bird seed on the stick until the stick is fully covered by the bird seed.

You can leave it in the refrigerator to harden or just hang it on your bird's cage.

Hamster Treats

1/4 of a banana
1 teaspoon honey
1 tablespoon raisins
small squirt lemon juice

Mash up the banana and add a small squirt of lemon juice so the banana willstay fresh. Add the honey and raisins, then stir all together. Serve this in asmall bowl separate from hamster food mix.

*This recipe submitted by Holly, age 13.

*Warning: Please note that some hamster owners find that peanut butter can cause hamsters to choke.

Hamster Dream Dinner

1/2 cup peanut butter (smooth or crunchy)
1/4 cup of oats
1/4 cup of sunflower seeds

Mix ingredients together and serve to your pet hamster.

Hamster Bisciuts

1/4 a teaspoon of peanut butter
1 box plain Cheerios cereal
variety of vegtables such as carrots, celery, bok choy
small dog biscuit or stale or fresh bread
bird seeds and sunflower seeds
small amount of cheese

Spread peanut butter on dog biscuit, stale or fresh bread. Stick cereal on top and press in some of you hamster's favorite small foods such as bird seeds or sunflower seeds. Next, press in vegetables around the Cheerios. Press cheese around the vegetables to cover. Have fun hiding the treat where your hamster has to climb to get it.

I'm always looking for more pet treat recipes to add to this recipe collection. Have a special cat treat recipe, or some dog food recipes? Click here to submit your pet treat recipe.

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