Preparing Meals and Snacks for Rats
Rats are omnivorous, eating a wide variety of foods. Rats can be prepared a commercial diet mix or rodent blocks. Both should be fed daily with fresh water. Rat caretakers can also feed a homemade diet. Recipe for a Homemade Rat Diet - Innova Senior Dog Food Kibble (no more than 1/5 of the diet)
- Dry whole wheat pasta
- Grape Nut Flakes
- Kashi Cereal
- Puffed Wheat
- Granola
- Freeze-dried bananas
- Dried fruit/veggies (avoid those that have sulfur)
- Zupreem parrot pellets
Mix the following, store in an airtight container and feed daily with fresh water. Don't Feed the Following - Raw dry beans
- Peanuts
- Green bananas
- Green parts of potatoes
- Raw sweet potato
- Wild insects
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