Mizzely
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So as I have mentioned elsewhere, I have two quaker parrots in my home. They eat a pelleted diet and then also get fresh veggies, grains, legumes, and a bit of fruit. Sound familiar?
I usually make a big batch every month, freeze into 2-3 day portion sizes, and thaw as needed so nothing spoils.
Right now the mix I have been feeding to both rats and birds is:
Raw/fresh:
dandelion greens
butternut squash
corn
green beans
carrots
broccoli
a bit of canteloupe
a bit of berries
Cooked:
black beans
lentils
amaranth
quinoa
millet
brown rice
wild rice
buckwheat
I give the three boys about a 1/2 cup to share every day and it is always a clean bowl. If only my parrots would be such good eaters!
Now my question is, can rats have sprouts too? I add sprouts daily for my birds to give them more variety. The current mix I am sprouting contains:
Sunflower (in shell), Wheat, Spelt (hulled), Triticale, Barley (hulless), Oats (hulless), Millet, Buckwheat (in hull), Brown Rice, Black Lentils, Crimson Lentils, French Blue Lentils and Red Lentils, Adzuki Beans, Mung Beans, Fenugreek, Flax, Alfalfa, Red Clover, Oriental Mustard, Radish, Quinoa, Sesame, Amaranth
Otherwise I can do a grain or pea mix for the rats if this mix has too many things they shouldn't eat.
I also give the birds some bread a few times a week made with the following ingredients:
KAMUT flour & flake, hemp seed, pumpkin seed, carrots, sweet potato powder, sesame seeds, ginger, dandelion leaf, 1 egg
Anything in there that they can't have?
And of course they are free fed Oxbow Adult Rat food too
Thanks
I usually make a big batch every month, freeze into 2-3 day portion sizes, and thaw as needed so nothing spoils.
Right now the mix I have been feeding to both rats and birds is:
Raw/fresh:
dandelion greens
butternut squash
corn
green beans
carrots
broccoli
a bit of canteloupe
a bit of berries
Cooked:
black beans
lentils
amaranth
quinoa
millet
brown rice
wild rice
buckwheat
I give the three boys about a 1/2 cup to share every day and it is always a clean bowl. If only my parrots would be such good eaters!
Now my question is, can rats have sprouts too? I add sprouts daily for my birds to give them more variety. The current mix I am sprouting contains:
Sunflower (in shell), Wheat, Spelt (hulled), Triticale, Barley (hulless), Oats (hulless), Millet, Buckwheat (in hull), Brown Rice, Black Lentils, Crimson Lentils, French Blue Lentils and Red Lentils, Adzuki Beans, Mung Beans, Fenugreek, Flax, Alfalfa, Red Clover, Oriental Mustard, Radish, Quinoa, Sesame, Amaranth
Otherwise I can do a grain or pea mix for the rats if this mix has too many things they shouldn't eat.
I also give the birds some bread a few times a week made with the following ingredients:
KAMUT flour & flake, hemp seed, pumpkin seed, carrots, sweet potato powder, sesame seeds, ginger, dandelion leaf, 1 egg
Anything in there that they can't have?
And of course they are free fed Oxbow Adult Rat food too
Thanks
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