Did we pass the bunny test?

Since we had so much fun baking the horse treats we decided to try our skills at bunny and dog treats!  

We were especially excited about the treats for Chloe and Oscar, while the dogs are spoiled daily with various milk bones, chew sticks, bacon strips and bacon poppers (can you tell there are two Grandma's here in town? :)), the bunnies have never had a treat!   

Since Oscar and Chloe turn 5 months old tomorrow we decided they were old enough to branch out from their normal diet which consists of of Purina Complete pellets, timothy hay and oatmeal.  We started with a simple recipe to ease the bunnies into some new foods.  

  

Simple Cookie Ingredients:

1 mashed banana

1/2 of a large carrot shredded (we used a small carrot)

2-3 Tbs of Oats










This is a quick and easy recipe, our awesome bakers had these put together in no time!

We baked them for 15 minutes on 350 and our simple cookies were done!

Now the fun part, it was time to put our treats to the ultimate test...

We got some good cuddle time, but they had no interest in the treats!  As a matter of fact, they opted to chew on the blanket instead :)

We weren't ready to give up yet though, since even the most gentle bunnies can get nervous when being held, we decided to get out their favorite plate and just put the treats on the floor with them so they could explore on their own in the open hallway.

We waited patiently while they sniffed around the plate and checked out the mysterious treats.

Turns out they were still more interested in hanging with us!

I think the kids were just as happy with the outcome.

In a final effort to encourage them to try their cookies, we left the plate in their rabbit hutch overnight.  

It appears that Chloe and Oscar enjoyed a midnight snack, this morning the plate was licked clean!  We didn't witness it, but we are going to call this recipe a success!