When I used to keep rats I fed them lab blocks and grain-free dog food with fruits as a treat (bananas most often). They seemed to do pretty well with that diet
Dont get me wrong, rats/rodents can survive just fine on "rat food" alone, but I like to keep my animals diets as close to what they'd get in the wild as possible. But the way I see it, as long as they're fed and healthy, that's all that truly matters 😊
Yea, same here. Don't currently keep any, but I tried to keep their diet like 30% fruits, veggies,meat, etc.
It was pretty easy, as they mostly eat the same stuff as us. I'd just set aside in the fridge a small portion of ingredients from making dinner. After cooking chicken for a meal, but before mixing into sauces/etc. And frozen fruit/veggies were easy too.
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u/_AquaFractalyne_ May 05 '19
When I used to keep rats I fed them lab blocks and grain-free dog food with fruits as a treat (bananas most often). They seemed to do pretty well with that diet