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Animals Matter

CAT TREATS

INGREDIENTS
2 cups of whole wheat flour
280 grams of chopped salmon
1 large egg

METHOD
Preheat oven to 180°C.
Place the 2 cups of flour in a bowl.
Stir in all ingredients until combined and form a dough.
Flour your work surface and mould the dough into a
ball before rolling out the mixture evenly with a rolling
pin. (Dough should be ¼ inch thick).
Cut shapes with a tiny cookie cutter or knife.
Place them on an ungreased baking tray and bake for
20 minutes until it is nice and golden brown.
HORSE TREATS

INGREDIENTS
2 grated carrots
¼ honey
½ cup plain flour
3 cups oats
Diced apple
Unsweetened apple sauce

METHOD
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Grease a baking tray with a cookie
sheet or line with baking paper.
Combine carrots and an apple.
Mix flour and oats in a large
mixing bowl.
RABBIT TREATS Stir in the unsweetened apple
sauce and honey with a wooden
INGREDIENTS Place dough on parchment paper and cover with spoon or mixer.
1 cup minced carrots plastic wrap. Add carrots and apples and roll
½ mashed banana Roll dough about 1 / 8 -inch thickness and remove the the mixture into small balls.
1 Tbsp honey plastic wrap. (If they are too crumbly, add a
¼ cup rabbit pellets finely ground Score flattened dough with a pizza cutter into 1-inch little more honey. Alternatively, if
¼ cup finely ground old-fashioned oats sections (don’t separate them just score them so they they are stocky, add more flour or
break apart easier later). oats).
METHOD Transfer onto a cookie sheet and bake at 160°C for 30 Place balls onto a greased,
Mix minced/pureed carrots, mashed to 40 minutes, checking to see they don’t overbrown. lined baking tray and bake for
banana and honey in a mixing bowl. Turn off the oven leaving the cookie sheet in the oven 15minutes.
Add ground pellets and oats and mix for another hour until the treats dry to crispiness. Allow to cool and keep in an
until everything is combined. Remove and cool completely on a cooling rack. airtight container in the fridge for
Knead for 1 or 2 minutes using your hands Break tiles apart and store them in a Ziplock bag in no longer than 7 days.
so you create a sticky mess. the fridge. Serve as an occasional treat.

Jeanette Furstenburg is a certified animal behaviourist. She holds a diploma in Companion Animal
Behaviour (DipCABT) with distinction. She is a member of the COAPE Endorsed Association of Applied
Pet Behaviourists and Trainers International (CABTi), which is a member of the UK Dog Behaviour &
Training Charter 2024. She is part of the International Companion Animal Network (ICAN). In addition,
she is a member of the South African Board for Companion Animal Professionals (SABCAP).

For more information, call 082 445 8422,
email: jeanette@animalsmatter.co.za or visit: www.animalsmatter.co.za

Fourways Gardens • 19 • March 2025