a must read about rodent diet

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Feeding them on dogfood only, or Mazuri only, can cause sterility problems, and lower birth rates.

I disagree. I have been feeding my rats successfully with Mazuri 6F only for 2 years.

Mazuri® Rodent Breeder 6F 5M30
Description
A diet designed for feeding rats and mice which are maintained in breeding colonies and intended for use as food for other species (such as reptiles). High producing mice may benefit from using Mazuri Mouse Breeder 9F (5M68).
Features
Contains yucca shidigera - shown to reduce aerosol ammonia in animal facilities.
Designed for maximum production.
Guaranteed Analysis
Crude protein not less than.......................16.0%
Crude fat not less than................................6.0%
Crude fiber not more than...........................6.0%
Ingredients
Ground corn, dehulled soybean meal, ground oats, porcine animal fat preserved with BHA, cane molasses, wheat middlings, dehydrated alfalfa meal, ground wheat, ground soybean hulls, calcium carbonate, fish meal, salt, brewers dried yeast, dicalcium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, dried beet pulp, wheat germ, corn gluten meal, soybean oil, menadione dimethylpyrimidinol bisulfite (vitamin K), pyridoxine hydrochloride, DL-methionine, choline chloride, dried yucca shidigera extract, cholecalciferol (vitamin D3), thiamin mononitrate, folic acid, biotin, dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate (vitamin E), calcium pantothenate, vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin, nicotinic acid, vitamin A acetate, manganous oxide, zinc oxide, ferrous carbonate, copper sulfate, zinc sulfate, calcium iodate, cobalt carbonate.