We feed our babies Nutriphase from PetSmart. We have tried giving Matzuri blocks to them and integrating it into their food. They refuse to eat them, even if it's all I offer for two days. I give in and return them to their normal food because I can't stand the idea of them starving with food right in front of them. I copied the nutrition information and pasted it here in case you haven't seen Nutriphase. Is it an okay food to give? They eat everything except the alfalfa pellets, none of the 6 rats will eat them and they get tossed. We give fruits and veggies occasionally and chicken ones for their teeth and for the yummy factor. They also have a bad habit of stealing food from our plates but we always keep a close eye that they don't get much or anything too fatty.
Ingredients: Corn, sunflower, wheat, dehulled soybean meal, oat groats, dehydrated alfalfa meal, milo, shelled peanuts, toasted corn flakes, ground corn, ground wheat, ground oats, dried bananas, calcium carbonate, dicalcium phosphate, salt, pumpkin seed, raisins, dried papaya, dehydrated carrots, ground peanuts, dried cane molasses, wheat middlings, corn gluten meal, lignin sulfonate, animal fat (preserved with BHT), corn sugar, brewers dried yeast, dried beet pulp, vitamin a supplement, dl-methionine, l-lysine, choline chloride, riboflavin supplement, ferrous carbonate, vitamin e supplement, vitamin b12 supplement, manganous oxide, zinc oxide, ethoxyquin (a preservative), zinc oxide, niacin, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin k activity), cholecalciferol (source of vitamin d3), calcium pantothenate, copper oxide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, calcium iodate, biotin, folic acid, cobalt carbonate, sodium selenite, artificial color, natural flavors.
Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein (min) 16.0%
Crude Fat (min) 7.0%
Crude Fiber (max) 10.0%
Moisture (max) 12.0%
Feeding Instructions: Feed Nutriphase in a clean, covered container. Give only as much as your mouse or rat will eat in a 24 hour period.
Daily Feeding Amount:
Mouse - 2 Tbsp. per animal
Rat - 4-6 Tbsp. per animal
Made in the USA.
Thanks in advance!!