Hello,
I baked hay cookies for my bunnies' christmas pressie last christmas. They were over the moon and I had to literally peel them off the bag
The got the recipe off the forum - just do a search for cookies or hay cookies. It's an old one from a couple of years back. It doesn't use bananas but a dash of apple juice instead.
What I learnt (might be useful for you?):
1) make the cookies thin and in small bite sizes. I make mine too thick (i had these christmas cookie cutter with all sorts of animals shapes
) and they took very very long to dry out. Some of them went bad due to the left over moisture after a few days. In smaller sizes it would dry out faster.
2) You can really personlise the recipe. I used more hay bits (i used the small ends and dusty parts at the bottom of the bag) than pellets which I think is better for them and less calorific. I also added grated carrots as a treat. You can pretty much add anything in there.
As someone said before, I dont think this is a great way for them to eat hay though. More as a healthy snack and treat. The benefit of hay is the chewing movement that the stems/stalks force the rabbits to make, hence wearing down their teeth. I dont see how hay ends and bits would provide that.
One of my bunnies is a dental bunny too with really bad molars that grow inwards and cut her tongue. She didnt like hay very much
So I am now giving her meadow hay with lavender (I have a local store that sells this mix) which she loves. You can try adding some dried dandelion, lavender, mint or thyme with your hay. Sometimes, they just want some taste! :lol:
I hope this helps!:wave: