Like I've said before (AS I've said before? )...those of you who can shake, bake, mix, fix, slice and dice are blessed with the option of making your own Henry's Healthy Blocks, or making your own Boo Balls.
Like I've said before (AS I've said before? )...those of you who can shake, bake, mix, fix, slice and dice are blessed with the option of making your own Henry's Healthy Blocks, or making your own Boo Balls.
Island Rehabber
NY State Licensed
Wildlife Rehabilitator
"Ancora Imparo" (I am still learning)
Michelangelo
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If you can't afford the vet,
You can't afford a pet.
NEGLECT IS ABUSE.
"Better one day in the trees, than a lifetime in a cage."
'...and the greatest of these, is Love. '
Hurray for Boo's Balls!!Originally Posted by momma2boo
Grayson has loved them from day one. My ratties love them too and they're very easy to add medicine to for a tasty necessary treat!
I mix up the dry ingredients and just keep them in a baggie. Really easy to add some almond butter and fruit anytime you need. There are very few ingredients to gather.
Sometimes when I have a new, not too set up, batch, I make a small amount a little extra runny with formula and warm it slightly in the microwave and serve it in a little bowl with sesame seeds on top. Grayson goes crazy for this warm breakfast! Like warm oatmeal.
HT lab blocks and Fox Valley-- good stuff. Boo. For your balls.
LOLOriginally Posted by island rehabber
To each their own !
I never met a recipe I didn't tamper with...and this is the easiest, really,
and mine eat it which to me, is the biggest battle.
Your system works for you then that's what you do.
I grind up the block in a food processor in big batches and freeze it so I can mix a cup o this and a cup o that.
This is nothing compared to what I do when formulating glazes or clay bodies for pottery NOTHING! Measurements have to be exact and in the .001 tolerance range...empirical formulations that need to be adhered to.
Exact measurements give me hives......(scratches...) ...
There's a beauty in having options in life!
Island Rehabber
NY State Licensed
Wildlife Rehabilitator
"Ancora Imparo" (I am still learning)
Michelangelo
*
If you can't afford the vet,
You can't afford a pet.
NEGLECT IS ABUSE.
"Better one day in the trees, than a lifetime in a cage."
'...and the greatest of these, is Love. '
CUZ THAT'S THE KINDA GIRL YOU ARE!!!Originally Posted by Anne
Ms Schweddy!
rolling balls is not my fave ~;/
I was wondering if anyone has tried using an extruder.
I did and and the results were poor.
I'm wondering if that Playdough FunFactory clay tool would work
I have tools for real clay but they are contaminated with harmful oxides etc.
You're so silly. Just roll out a big tube of them and slice them and then quarter them, or something similar to size. Easy breezy.Originally Posted by mugzeezma
My measurements are never exact. They are made of rat blocks and FV and I stay heavy on these. Rat blocks and FV are staple and complete foods. I don't have to worry about how many I feed. The other ingredients I vary slightly if/as necessary. Because of boo balls, Grayson will also eat plain HTs.
Originally Posted by Pierre
Works in theory but the tube cracks...
I just had a very interesting (maybe just to me)
Have you seen those edible logs at the pet store?
if someone wanted to be super creative they could build an edible BooBall shack ...
What Ach E double hockey sticks is in my COFFEEE!
I had a squirrely guest recently and her mama makes them in a small 9x9 cake pan like browniwes and instead of incorporating the nuts in the recipe, they are sprinkled on top like streusel. What is fed looks sort of like little squares of coffee cake!
Perfect idea! Cut a slice of Boo Ball Danish for breakfast!!Originally Posted by CritterMom
That's a GREAT idea...until one of my teenagers tries to eat it hehehehehOriginally Posted by Pierre
I've eaten them, won't hurt!Originally Posted by mugzeezma
Originally Posted by Pierre
It's the scathing commentary that I SO look forward to!
the kind only an eye rolling teenager can give..
Wasn't it Liz Harrel's husband who picked up one of the boo balls and popped it in his mouth. Said they were a little bland. Bawhahahaha
It didn't kill him but he had the urge to climb trees after that. LOL
I think he ate a BUNCH of them!Originally Posted by momma2boo
NUMMY!!!!
She should have had him dip them in a nice glass of FV!
oh someone please STOP me!
oh someone please STOP me!I prayed for that last night-it didn't happen. To have teenagers again (snide giggling and snorting)! My son, Chas' twins are teenagers. Teenagers always split in opposite poles with their activities, the twins are boy and girl, Mom and stepfather both work. They are great kids and are no worry about getting into any type of trouble. Both straight A students. Making Boo Balls again today, can't keep my normal double batch any time at all.
Anne
Wildlife and Squirrel Rescue,Inc.
Rescuing Fl squirrels since 1979
Moderator: NFSA Emergency Care
Wildlife Intake Coordinator and Rehab Consultant at "The Ark Wildlife Care and Sanctuary Inc"
http://www.thearkwildlifecareandsanctuary.com/
Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but learning to how to dance in the rain"
"The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it taken place."
George Bernard Shaw
"Kindness is the language the blind can see and the deaf can hear." - Mark Twain
I have a litter of weaners (?) I am trying to get onto blocks...that will make it easier when they do eat straight block...they are so wild!Originally Posted by Anne
Releasing will be a snap....may lose a finger or 2 in the process...
Originally Posted by momma2boo
Originally Posted by Anne
LOL!!! We love that skit.
I finally got the time (because I did not go to my beach house for the holiday) and made Boo Balls for the first time. Let's see if it passes the picky Buddy eater test since the home made HHB did not cut it. At least I have lots of greys and wild chippies outside that will eat it if Buddy does not like it.
Marci
I love that fact that you have the flexibility to change up the organic baby food used in making BooBalls. And mine are Boo SquaresOriginally Posted by Marci
Why didn't you go to the beach house???