Rat food

I have a ton of that exo terra commercial iguana pellet food that my igy wont eat, does anyone see a problem with feeding it to the rats??

I wouldn't.....stick to rodent lab blocks...

****bump**** anyone else?

Maybe as an occasional snack but not as a primary diet

What are the primary ingredients?

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Originally Posted by lord jackel

What are the primary ingredients?

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ground corn, ground wheat, alfalfa meal, soybean meal, glueten meal, wheat middlings, soybean hulls, kelp meal, yeast, dried beet pulp, rice hulls, and alot of vitamins and stuff

Basically everything that is in rodent blocks

ok cool, cause Im new to the breeding game and the rodent blocks I bought from my local pet shop were in a plain bag, so I was unsure what they actually contained. THANKS ALOT YA'LL..

Do you have any feed stores around there? I get like 40-50 lbs of lab block for under $20 usually, well worth it if you plan to breed rats. Buying food from petshops gets expensive when you have a good number of rats

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Originally Posted by Pork Chops N' Corn Bread

Do you have any feed stores around there? I get like 40-50 lbs of lab block for under $20 usually, well worth it if you plan to breed rats. Buying food from petshops gets expensive when you have a good number of rats

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Yeah, we have a feed store across the creek (in Alabama). I will check them out. Thanks for the tip.

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Originally Posted by bigjerm

ground corn, ground wheat, alfalfa meal, soybean meal, glueten meal, wheat middlings, soybean hulls, kelp meal, yeast, dried beet pulp, rice hulls, and alot of vitamins and stuff

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I recommend you don't use it. Rats cannot digest Alfalfa (and it is the 3rd most prevelent ingredient). Also, given all the recalls around I would be suspicious of the glueten meal.

Aight then, in the trash it goes.

Check a feed store or a feeder breeder at a reptile show for Harlan or Mazuri lab blocks. Purina Labdiet is good too. Avoid Kaytee.

I buy Harlan 2018 18% protein lab blocks at the local show for $13 for 33 lbs. Harlan is considered to be the best quality on all the pet rat forums.