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Homemade Food Mix

3K views 11 replies 4 participants last post by  mopydream44 
I agree with Forensic, some of my rats have gotten too fat by being too picky with the grain mix, they'd just eat the pasta and banana chips and dump all the grains and oats and stuff out and pee all over it. I actually stopped using the grain mix recently after I had an outbreak of illness with my fat rats and lost a few. Right now the rest of my fat rats are on diets! Everyday they have lab blocks and a bit of dog food, fresh fruit and veggies, and a yogi drop at night for a treat. They also have some toddler veggie crackers that they love, every other day I give them each a cracker.
 
A mixture of lab blocks, dog food, and grain mixture. As long as you moderate the grain mixture (unlike me) and make sure they aren't being too picky and only eating their favorites. My rats wouldn't touch the total flakes or puffed wheat/rice cererals, but they love the soy beans and pasta, and of course the sweet stuff.

That's how I feed anyway, changes have to be made once in a while depending on what is going on that day, but in general I feed a mix of those three things.

Also, supplement with fresh fruit and veggies.
 
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