Food preparation

[Jessica marie]

I have another silly newbie question...almost all of the gazillion things I've read say that I should freeze their food for 24 hours to make sure any parasites die. My problem is that I don't want to have nothing for them to eat while I'm "cleaning" their food. I know that when we bring driftwood home from the beach for my boyfriend's gecko we bake it for an hour or so to "clean" it....do you think I can do that with my rats food mix? Think it would work? I just wanna feed my babies ):

 

[SQ]

I don't freeze my rat food
and mixes are not good for rats

btw the recommended diet is:
* a good block (oxbow or Harlan Teklad 2014) available at all times
* and a variety of daily vegs (incl cooked sweet potato, mixed greens, baby kale, broccoli, frozen/thawed peas, cooked/baked squash & pumpkin, organic pumpkin seeds, carrots, cooked organic corn - otherwise it may be GMO corn which is designed to kill rats, etc)
* and healthy treats such as berries, a piece of fruit, cooked grains (such as oatmeal, quinoa, etc), organic pumpkin seeds, homemade veg soup, etc
* no added salt, sugar, or fats
* low protein and protein from plants is best for rats

hope this helps

 

[Mizzely]

Seed mixes are really prone to bugs, but blocks are not. I don't freeze blocks.