karelkees
Member
I read a lot of different opinions on forums.
some prefer feeding lab blocks/nuggets as the main food, others prefer feeding mixed foods (commercial) or homemade mixes that need to be supplemented (scuttling gourmet style)
some feed from a bowl, others use scatterfeeding.
i am still looking for the best option and am trying things out with my rats:
i have 2 young rats, boys, 10 weeks old. ( 2 more are coming soon)
i started them on science selective nuggets, from a bowl.
with fresh veggies, some cooked chicken and other fresh food.
this was also what the breeder fed them.
then i read that science selective is bad for growing rats (soy debate) and that it is better and healthier for them to feed a mixed food ( scuttling gourmet mix) with supplements (and al the other fresh stuff ofcourse,
scatterfeeding should be best, because it keeps them bussy and the cannot select form the bowl.
well, i have tried the mixed food. form a bowl: result: one rat growing very fast, other one not so much.
then i tried scatterfeeding. result: both growed at the same rate, but very skinny, not all the food was found or eaten.
then i decided to just scatter feed some mixed food and also feed science selective from the bowl.
the prefered SS and are both at a good weight now. the mixed food is mostly ignored.
now i try them on half SS/half mixed food from the bowl and see how that goes......
what type of food and what feeding style do you prefer and why?
some prefer feeding lab blocks/nuggets as the main food, others prefer feeding mixed foods (commercial) or homemade mixes that need to be supplemented (scuttling gourmet style)
some feed from a bowl, others use scatterfeeding.
i am still looking for the best option and am trying things out with my rats:
i have 2 young rats, boys, 10 weeks old. ( 2 more are coming soon)
i started them on science selective nuggets, from a bowl.
with fresh veggies, some cooked chicken and other fresh food.
this was also what the breeder fed them.
then i read that science selective is bad for growing rats (soy debate) and that it is better and healthier for them to feed a mixed food ( scuttling gourmet mix) with supplements (and al the other fresh stuff ofcourse,
scatterfeeding should be best, because it keeps them bussy and the cannot select form the bowl.
well, i have tried the mixed food. form a bowl: result: one rat growing very fast, other one not so much.
then i tried scatterfeeding. result: both growed at the same rate, but very skinny, not all the food was found or eaten.
then i decided to just scatter feed some mixed food and also feed science selective from the bowl.
the prefered SS and are both at a good weight now. the mixed food is mostly ignored.
now i try them on half SS/half mixed food from the bowl and see how that goes......
what type of food and what feeding style do you prefer and why?