Another rodent food question?

[bunnykit]

I've used a variety of foods for my rats. Lately, because I ran out of the mixture I typically gave them (dried peas, dried corn, wheat, cat food, pea nuts, dried banana etc) I gave them what I had at home, dried dog food and I also tried mixing in some chicken feed. It's all veggy and organic. I thought it might ruck up their digestive system, and prepped for that, but wee and behold my shock to see better digestion, firm and nice looking poop, healthy rats that produces nice healthy babies, and the males don't put on that bothersome extra weight they used to, they stay slim and handsome. I'm still planing on blending in some more variation in the feed, but the chicken feed is here to stay. The rats love it and they look so darn healthy. Nice energy, nice fur, nice litters, nice poop. If I remember correctly then this feed had a little extra calcium also, which always worried me before, since rats grow quickly and I was always worried that I didn't get enough calcium into their diet. I supplement their diet with fresh carrots, fresh apples, dried apples and some food leftovers.

I also started breeding meal worms recently, and plan on blending down some dried meal worms into their feed later. I have given them some and they like it. I just don't have enough to make it a regular supplement for now, will take a while longer.