Oat flour, soy flour, pectin

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- 08/07/2012 at 8:22 AM
  SuperCheesetastic
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  I’m always trying out new recipes for myself and family and have a passion for vegetarian cooking.
  
  I want to make treats for my bunny. I know pectin’s origins and I know that it should be bunny safe (i’d like to make chewy and jelly-like treats, too, from fruit). What can you tell me about the mentioned flours? Are they safe for bunnies?
  
  Another treat I imagined would be made from blended fruits and veggies, and frozen into a cube.
  
  Perhaps I could somehow add the pectin to make a gummy fruit treat.
  
  I look through the oxbow ingredients and find soy products:
  
  http://www.oxbowanimalhealth.com/products/type/detail;jsessionid=ACD75C53CDA88C88C5CCE8C00A52195E.vipa-02b?object=1536
  
  … so, is soy flour acceptable?
  
  EDIT:
  
  http://www.danandan.com/page/SoybeanMeal.aspx
  
  ^Soybean meal is in the Oxbow. I wonder…
- 08/07/2012 at 12:48 PM
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  I’m not sure about using soy flour. Have you tried making flour out of your rabbit’s pellets? Or buying oats and making flour out of it? Rolled oats like these: http://www.bobsredmill.com/thick-rolled-oats.html could always work.
- 08/07/2012 at 1:05 PM
  Elrohwen
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  I don’t know about soy flour, but soy isn’t a natural bunny food so I would avoid it. I would stick to things like oats or oat flour and ground up pellets especially.
- 08/07/2012 at 3:12 PM
  SuperCheesetastic
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  Posted By Skipper’s Mama on 08/07/2012 12:48 PM
  
  I’m not sure about using soy flour. Have you tried making flour out of your rabbit’s pellets? Or buying oats and making flour out of it? Rolled oats like these: http://www.bobsredmill.com/thick-rolled-oats.html could always work.
  
  I’ve tried making flour out of pellets. I added crushed veggies and sprouts…
  
  The treats ended up being a strange and crumble-y consistency.
  
  Penelope didn’t like it, either. Eh…
  
  I’ll totally try the oat flour. Or just making flour from oats…
  
  Hopefully such flour will hold it’s shape better. =/
- 08/07/2012 at 6:16 PM
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  SuperCheesetastic have you tried using an apple sauce as an adhesive for the treat? I make mine from scratch instead of buying it. I just cut up the apple and take out the core. Then boil it till the apples are mushy. I threw the apple into a food processor. Most people skin the apples before boiling but that’s where all the nutrients are, so I left them on.
- 08/07/2012 at 6:33 PM
  SuperCheesetastic
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  Never tried applesauce.
  Good idea.
  I can try/add mashed banana too.
- 08/07/2012 at 7:15 PM
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  Either or works. =] It all depends on your bun’s taste.
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