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Pet Forum / Mammals / Rats / March 2004Homeade diet
Hi everyone, After getting tired of picking out all the corn and nuts from the commercial diets, I've decided to make my own mixed diet, and feed it in addition to Hagen Nutriblock and Nutro Lite dog food. I'm going on the suebee recipe I found online. The only thing that went bad was that I could not find Total Cereal. Does anyone know what could supplement for that? Also, I couldn't resist picking up some extra things to possibly put in the diet, but I wanted to run them past the experts first to make sure they're okay to give: 1. roasted dried chick peas 2. An organic oatbran flake cereal. Ingrediants: Organic whole oat flour, organic whole wheat flour, organic wheat bran, granulated bran, organic corn meal, organic brown rice flour, organic barley malt extract, organic whole wheat sprouts, and a trace of sea salt. 3. I got some dried blueberries as a fruit, is this okay? Thanks for any advice. Kelly > Hi everyone, > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Kelly Sounds fantastic!!! You can also add the multigrain Cheerios. A substitute for Total is Vector or Optimum, found at a Costco.  SignatureJoanne Mom to 13 rats http://community.webshots.com/user/joanneb70 j-s.b@nospamsympatico.ca remove "no spam" > Sounds fantastic!!! > You can also add the multigrain Cheerios. > A substitute for Total is Vector or Optimum, found at a Costco. Great, I saw the Vector cereal so I will get some of that. Thanks!! Kelly You couldn't find total? I make my own grains too......I usually look for what's on sale. Cherrios also has a type with dried bananas, strawberries and blueberries....that was a special little treat this time. I found that my ratties don't eat many of the flakes, so I don't use too much of that. They really like grape nut O's and cracklin oat bran.....I kindof like those too! Good luck and have fun! Sue > > Sounds fantastic!!! > > You can also add the multigrain Cheerios. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Kelly > You couldn't find total? > I make my own grains too......I usually look for what's on sale. Cherrios [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Good luck and have fun! > Sue Nope... I'm in Canada so maybe that's why I couldn't find it. Yeah I was pondering those cereals with the dried berries... but I wasn't sure if there would be too much sugar in them or not.. Kelly > > You couldn't find total? > > I make my own grains too......I usually look for what's on sale. Cherrios [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Kelly In Canadam, you could probably find Total at Costco. But they don't have it all the time... SignatureJoanne Mom to 13 rats http://community.webshots.com/user/joanneb70 j-s.b@nospamsympatico.ca remove "no spam" YUM !!! What time is breakfast? Signaturehttp://community.webshots.com/user/ollieogg > Hi everyone, > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Kelly We do about the same as you're trying, make a home-made mix based mainly on Suebee's diet recommendations. However, I've always avoided the Total anyway because it contains preservatives (BHA or BHT). I also avoid any cereals with hydrogenated oils. There are lots of good cereals you can find, especially at health food stores, that have no hydrogenated fats and also contain good vitamin supplementation, which is mainly why she recommends the Total. One we've found that's like that and has a lot of antioxidants is Kashi's Heart to Heart. Just one of many, though, that fit the bill as far as we're concerned, and we rotate them frequently for variety and to keep the guys interested. SignatureMariette http://community.webshots.com/user/wabewawa <:3 )3~~ <:3 )3~~ <:3 )3~~ >Hi everyone, > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > >Kelly > We do about the same as you're trying, make a home-made mix based > mainly on Suebee's diet recommendations. However, I've always avoided > the Total anyway because it contains preservatives (BHA or BHT). I > also avoid any cereals with hydrogenated oils. Could someone please post the basic "receipe" or a link of where I can find it??? Also, the only block food I can find in my area is the one sold in small 1.5 lb boxes at Walmart....any suggestions where I can find a better one online??? OR is the Walmart one okay??? Thanks! Jaimie >> We do about the same as you're trying, make a home-made mix based >> mainly on Suebee's diet recommendations. However, I've always avoided [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >Thanks! >Jaimie http://www.ratsrule.com/diet.html I don't know about your Walmart lab blocks (brand?). I'm like Ollie (Kate) in that I don't use lab blocks, just a homemade mix as the basic food source. I don't have the excuse of being in New Zealand for not getting them, though. ;) The ones in our stores near me all either have ethoxyquin, a preservative which may be best to avoid for rats (that would be KayTee brand, BTW), or some other preservatives, unknown ingredients, whatever, so I won't get them and haven't bothered with ordering something like Harlan Teklad online. (BTW, there are varying opinions about ethoxyquin -- see http://www.rmca.org/Articles/ethoxyquin.htm as an example of one "pro" opinion -- but I just don't like KayTee food products in general for other reasons too.) You can get Harlan Teklad online from several sources, though, one of them being http://www.rmca.org/Merchandise/supplies.htm I don't know if they are available cheaper elsewhere. HTH. SignatureMariette http://community.webshots.com/user/wabewawa <:3 )3~~ <:3 )3~~ <:3 )3~~ > 3. I got some dried blueberries as a fruit, is this okay? > Kelly Blueberries are supposed to boost a rat's intelligence and are also thought to help prevent cancer, so a very good fruit to feed! Tracey > > 3. I got some dried blueberries as a fruit, is this okay? > > > Kelly > > Blueberries are supposed to boost a rat's intelligence and are also thought > to help prevent cancer, so a very good fruit to feed! Well I sure hope so!!! I paid almost 15 bucks for a couple handfuls, so they had better do something good.... :-) :-) Kelly > > > 3. I got some dried blueberries as a fruit, is this okay? > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Kelly LOL... it's true about blueberries... which is great news for me: we have loads and loads of them in the summer time...patches everywhere... SignatureJoanne Mom to 13 rats http://community.webshots.com/user/joanneb70 j-s.b@nospamsympatico.ca remove "no spam" > > > > 3. I got some dried blueberries as a fruit, is this okay? > > > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > LOL... it's true about blueberries... which is great news for me: we have > loads and loads of them in the summer time...patches everywhere... Good thing! They're not in season here right now, so I bought the dried blueberries... man were they expensive. But she's worth it... :-) Kelly > Good thing! They're not in season here right now, so I bought the dried > blueberries... man were they expensive. But she's worth it... :-) > > Kelly Yep, they are only in season starting around July... Where in Ontario are you? SignatureJoanne Mom to 13 rats http://community.webshots.com/user/joanneb70 j-s.b@nospamsympatico.ca remove "no spam" > > Good thing! They're not in season here right now, so I bought the dried > > blueberries... man were they expensive. But she's worth it... :-) [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Yep, they are only in season starting around July... Where in Ontario are > you? Southern Ontario. Burlington/Oakville/Hamilton area. Kelly Whenever I buy blueberries I always seem to end up with ones that are housing larvae of some type... I always wash the blueberries in salt water so that the larvae comes out...isn't that gross?? Yup that's gross... Signaturehttp://community.webshots.com/user/ollieogg > Whenever I buy blueberries I always seem to end up with ones that are > housing larvae of some type... > > I always wash the blueberries in salt water so that the larvae comes > out...isn't that gross?? |
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