Hi ratty people! I am going to switch my rats to a home made diet, along with this daily supplement:
http://www.henryspets.com/rat-and-mouse-diet/
My concern is, it says to feed two blocks per day. I have three young rat brothers, and they loooove to steal food from each other.
Am I worrying too much? Should I put out six of these things and hope for the best? Or should I make some kind of feeder box and put them in separate compartments until their portions are eaten? Would they take hours to eat it? And just be stuck in a box all that time?
I'm probably being really crazy, lol. But I worry about my precious ratty boys.
it says to feed two blocks a day of that food you want to use as a supplement, I believe they mean to feed two blocks per day If you are using it as a main diet along with fresh veggies and the other items they suggest you add.
why do you want to use that as a supplement? what makes you think it is healthy?
the ingredients are:
Ingredients: Pecans, whey protein isolate, wheat protein isolate, cracked wheat, wheat flour, oat bran, dried whole eggs, tri-calcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, lecithin, potassium chloride, baking powder, phylloquinone (vitamin K), selenium, magnesium oxide, cholcalciferol (vitamin D3), folic acid, iodine, ferrous sulfate (iron), zinc, copper glycinate chelate, molybdenum, manganese, d-alpha tocopheryl succinate (vitamin E), vitamin A (60% beta-carotene; 40% retinyl palmitate), pantothenic acid, niacin (vitamin B-3), riboflavin (vitamin B-2), pyroxidine hydrochloride (vitamin B-6), thiamin (vitamin B-1), cyanocobalamin (vitamin B-12), biotin.
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so it seems to be primarily nuts, milk and wheat protein "isolate", whatever that is LOL, some wheat and oats and a whole
bunch of added vits and minerals.
I'm not saying that it is in fact unhealthy, I just don't understand what makes it supposedly healthy.
looks more like a tasty nut flavored supplement to me, but there's not enough info provided to assess it further.
I'd have to do some serious math, something I"m not good at :/ to figure out what the protein content is of these, it is given in grams and says it's 100% of the RDA but does not list what "RDA" they are referring to, and if it's a valid one. (RDA usually means recommended daily allowance)