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View Poll Results: Which brand of food do you feed your rats?

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    The ingredients, and their quality.

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    Re: What do you feed your rats?

    Quote Originally Posted by Rhasputin View Post
    The ingredients, and their quality.
    Well, I did check around online, and you're right..... Kaytee seems to have lots of bad reviews. Darn! That's all I ever seem to find for sale where I live. My rodents do seem to be healthy, but it's not the only thing they ever eat. I wonder if it would be healthier for them if I just switched to a high-quality dog kibble? That would definitely save money.....
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    Re: What do you feed your rats?

    Quote Originally Posted by wendhend View Post
    Well, I did check around online, and you're right..... Kaytee seems to have lots of bad reviews. Darn! That's all I ever seem to find for sale where I live. My rodents do seem to be healthy, but it's not the only thing they ever eat. I wonder if it would be healthier for them if I just switched to a high-quality dog kibble? That would definitely save money.....
    Check out that Doggy Bag dog food! I posted a link to it a few posts back. If I can't find the Mazuri Breeder 6F for a good price and just might give that a try!


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    Re: What do you feed your rats?

    Quote Originally Posted by wendhend View Post
    Well, I did check around online, and you're right..... Kaytee seems to have lots of bad reviews. Darn! That's all I ever seem to find for sale where I live. My rodents do seem to be healthy, but it's not the only thing they ever eat. I wonder if it would be healthier for them if I just switched to a high-quality dog kibble? That would definitely save money.....
    That also depends on what your opinion of "high-quality" is, especially with dog food. The majority of cheaper dog foods (Beneful, Kibbles n Bits, etc.) is corn. That's really all it is, corn mixed with some animal fat. Try a dog food such as Nutro's Natural Choice (usually about $20 for a 50lb bag), but supplement it with meats and fresh fruits, veggies, etc. It isn't a fantastic food, but it is still cheap, and much better than Doggy Bag or other brands commonly used.

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    Re: What do you feed your rats?

    i'd like to know where you're getting nutro anything for $20 a 50lb bag. fed it to my dogs for a long time, and have never found it for less that $35 for a 40lb bag.

    off topic i know. sorry..

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    Kent, 15 bucks for 50lbs, and the guy I buy it from drops it right off at my house

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    Re: What do you feed your rats?

    Quote Originally Posted by kylerimb View Post
    i'd like to know where you're getting nutro anything for $20 a 50lb bag. fed it to my dogs for a long time, and have never found it for less that $35 for a 40lb bag.

    off topic i know. sorry..
    Petsmart very often has it on sale. Tractory Supply often has it on sale. I fed it to my dogs, too, many years ago. Never paid more than $20/25 for a 40 or 50lb bag.

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    Re: What do you feed your rats?

    Quote Originally Posted by OhhWatALoser View Post
    Kent, 15 bucks for 50lbs, and the guy I buy it from drops it right off at my house
    How long have you been using Kent, and how are your rats doing on it? Do you get it from Great Lakes Rodents? I can get it for $12.99, but its like a 15 mile drive one way.


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    Re: What do you feed your rats?

    Quote Originally Posted by starstrukk View Post
    That also depends on what your opinion of "high-quality" is, especially with dog food. The majority of cheaper dog foods (Beneful, Kibbles n Bits, etc.) is corn. That's really all it is, corn mixed with some animal fat. Try a dog food such as Nutro's Natural Choice (usually about $20 for a 50lb bag), but supplement it with meats and fresh fruits, veggies, etc. It isn't a fantastic food, but it is still cheap, and much better than Doggy Bag or other brands commonly used.
    Which formula do you use? There are a lot of different ones.


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    Re: What do you feed your rats?

    Quote Originally Posted by starstrukk View Post
    That also depends on what your opinion of "high-quality" is, especially with dog food. The majority of cheaper dog foods (Beneful, Kibbles n Bits, etc.) is corn. That's really all it is, corn mixed with some animal fat. Try a dog food such as Nutro's Natural Choice (usually about $20 for a 50lb bag), but supplement it with meats and fresh fruits, veggies, etc. It isn't a fantastic food, but it is still cheap, and much better than Doggy Bag or other brands commonly used.
    Beneful and Kibbles and Bits are horrible choices to feed to anything: they have dyes, including the cancer causing red dye.

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