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Hello, I was wondering if this sounds like a good diet for rats, as I have not heard much about it.I have been feeding monkey biscuits,pigeon feed, and a safflower parrot mix.I was wondering if anyone if this is healthy, any insights? Thanks, Ryan

I don't know anything about monkey's so I don't know if the monkey biscuts have meat in them. But rats do eat meat. So a diet of low quality dog food supplemented like once a week or so with veggies, fruits, and some bread do good. The high proteine is good for the mother if she is bred back to back. I personally use ol'roy bites and bones from wal-mart.

The low quality dog food has meat and meat by products in it, and the grains in it they need.
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I feed mine the cheapest low quality dog food from the grocery store and they do great.
Justin J

>>Hello, I was wondering if this sounds like a good diet for rats, as I have not heard much about it.I have been feeding monkey biscuits,pigeon feed, and a safflower parrot mix.I was wondering if anyone if this is healthy, any insights? Thanks, Ryan

I personally, and without doing a lengthy search for contents and %s would say that this is a low protein and fat diet. For breeding rats you are gonna want about 5% higher than the monkey chow and the pigeon mix. Okay for lazy pets but not for breeders. That and something nags in my head about safflower not being good. But I can't find where. I personally would got to a whole corn, whole oats mix with some sunflower and dog kibble for the base. I aim for a 25%protein and near 10% fat. Check the tags on what you have.
Plus, personally I don't have rats that eat pigeon mix. Mice, but not rats.....they won't fuss with the millet.
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Thanks for all of you responses -Ryan

I KEEP SEEING PEOPLE GOING CRAZY OVER FEEDING MICE AND RATS
ITS SIMPLE GO TO A FEED STORE OR PET STORE AND GET PURENIA RAT CHOW ITS USED IN ALL THE MEDICAL LABS TO KEEP THERE RODENTS HEALTHY
IF THE FEED STORE DOEN'T HAVE IT THEY WILL USUALY ORDER IT FOR YOU AND ITS NOT THAT EXPENSIVE