Rats can eat scrambled eggs???

What else can rats eatt???

Are you joking? Rats can eat almost anything. I think there might be a couple things they shouldn't have. I feed mine all sorts of scraps, and they like eggs, bread, pasta(cooked pasta!!!!), vegetables, crackers, you name it. I've found very few things they don't like. Given in moderation of course, feeding them nothing but potatoes won't be good for them obviously.
The other day I gave them stale powdered sugar donuts. They liked those too.
I love to offer them neat things to keep them happy. Dried fruit is good too, but I think the big thing with mine so far is cooker pasta. Whatever is on sale, buy it, cook it, little olive oil on it, and store it int he fridge. Give them some, you will be amazed.
Wolfy

Rats can basically eat anything human beings can eat. They can even eat chocolate. They shouldn't be given too much citrus fruits though. Feeding them your leftover kitchen scraps is an excellent way to suppliment their dry food and use up your own food that would otherwise get tossed in the garbage. Just remember though as Wolfy said to not go too far...a fat rat isn't a good breeder. You want them well fleshed and healthy but not obese.

cool, are gerbils the same way?

My rats LOVE scrambled eggs

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Originally Posted by jwk811

cool, are gerbils the same way?

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Not really. Gerbils only stick to nuts, grains, seeds, fruits/veggies, and whatever else is in their dry food.

and remember... cooked bones are excellent for their teeth!!!

rats can eat anything.....if you think about it, the rats in NY eat anything in the garbage.....ANYTHING. In Fact, billions are spent each year to improve rat poisons because the effects wear off so quickly!!!

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

and remember... cooked bones are excellent for their teeth!!!

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Yep, I swear our rat colony goes into wild rat glee whenever I do my southern deep fried spicey chicken wings. It's chicken bones for all! LOL I keep a big bucket/bowl in the bottom of the fridge and just drop leftovers in there....yummy snacks for rats (had to mark it RAT FOOD though since roving teenagers might decide that the leftover spaghetti looks pretty dang good! LOL)

:8: just got coffee up my nose!

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Yep, I swear our rat colony goes into wild rat glee whenever I do my southern deep fried spicey chicken wings. It's chicken bones for all! LOL I keep a big bucket/bowl in the bottom of the fridge and just drop leftovers in there....yummy snacks for rats (had to mark it RAT FOOD though since roving teenagers might decide that the leftover spaghetti looks pretty dang good! LOL)

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My rats loved anything we ate, but I also had pet chickens years ago that would chase me down for a bite of fried chicken.

I feed my rats mealies as treats. A whole dish of them a week and they love em. I guess they are like spaghetti or pasta that moves

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Originally Posted by Blu Mongoose

My rats loved anything we ate, but I also had pet chickens years ago that would chase me down for a bite of fried chicken.

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Ack cannibal chickens! The stuff of nightmares!!!!!! LOL

Oh I never thought of mealies as snacks! Bet they'd love those. I did try letting a few rats try fishing for feeder goldfish but that was just more mess than it was worth LOL.

Crickets are a favorite too. They would squabble over crickets.

Darn chickens! Sounds like they lived better than I do! LOL

chickens eat crickets, or rats???????

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Originally Posted by jwk811

chickens eat crickets, or rats???????

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Both love crickets.

really? i thought rats were only vegitarians... so i can catch my rats food outside?? lol :banana:

I would not feed crickets from outside. You could pick up internal parasites that could harm your rats. I buy feeder crickets for mine.

Rats are omnivores.

reminds me of the other day... i was giving rosie, one of our ratties a cricket. the cricket was in a pill bottle and rosie stuffed her head into the bottle to get the cricket LOL

ratties also LOVE silkworms.

My male rat,Fat rat as we call him,Loves to eat
my feeder roaches..He'd clear out my whole
tub of American roaches if I let him.....:cool: