Major Rodent Feeds Compiled

[ThyTempest]

Just thought this might be nice to have all in one spot. Mazuri wont let me copy past, so just linked to their site. They have a new 11f formula now too.

Mazuri

6f-- www.mazuri.com/PDF/5M30.pdf --~$30/50lbs

9f-- www.mazuri.com/PDF/5M68.pdf --~$35/25lbs (Way higher price than before?)

11f-- www.mazuri.com/PDF/5M99.pdf --Local only, prices/sizes vary.

Harlan-Teklad

Harlan has a ridiculous number of rodent feeds, and most people cant get them anyway, but heres a link.-- www.teklad.com/rodent.asp

Kent

Can be ordered by some TSC and very readily available near Kent factories. Dealer locator here. http://www.kentfeeds.com/Dealer-Locator.aspx

Product labels not available online for rodent diets, pm me if you have questions/problems, or go straight to your local dealer or Kent themselves. Kent has been very helpful for me.

According to Kent, they only ship the 19% in 2 ton (80 bags) shipments, so good luck finding a dealer willing to order it for you.

19% Rodent Diet

GUARANTEED ANALYSIS
Crude Protein, min..................................19.0% Salt (NaCl), min.........................................0.3%
Crude Fat, min..........................................4.6% Salt (NaCl), max.........................................0.8%
Crude Fiber, max.......................................6.5% Selenium (Se), min................................0.3 ppm
Calcium (Ca), min.....................................0.9% Vitamin A, min................................16,000 IU/lb
Calcium (Ca), max....................................1.4% Vitamin D3, min................................2,000 IU/lb
Phosphorus (P), min...............................0.65% Vitamin E, min........................................70 IU/lb

INGREDIENT 2
Grain Products, Processed Grain By-Products, Soybean Meal, Animal Fat, Cane Molasses, Monocalcium Phosphate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Salt, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Menadione Diethylprimindinol Bisulfite (source of Vitamin K Activity), Riboflavin Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Choline Chloride, Folic Acid, Biotin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Calcium Iodate, Manganese Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Cobalt Carbonate, Zinc Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Ethoxyquin and BHT (perservatives).

23% Rodent Diet--This is what is potentially available at TSC, and at all Kent dealers. ~$13/50lbs

GUARANTEED ANALYSIS
Crude Protein, min..................................23.0% Magnesium (Mg), min..............................0.25%
Crude Fat, min..........................................4.6% Potassium (K), min....................................1.0%
Crude Fiber, max.......................................6.5% Selenium (Se), min................................0.3 ppm
Calcium (Ca), min.....................................0.5% Vitamin A, min................................10,800 IU/lb
Calcium (Ca), max....................................1.0% Vitamin D3 min.................................1,630 IU/lb
Phosphorus (P), min.................................0.7% Vitamin E, min........................................50 IU/lb
Salt (NaCl), min.........................................0.2%
Salt (NaCl), max........................................0.7%

INGREDIENTS 4
Grain Products, Processed Grain By-Products, Soybean Meal, Animal Protein Products, Animal Fat, Cane Molasses, Monocalcium Phosphate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Salt, Lignin Sulfonate, DL-Methionine, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Menadione Diethylprimindinol Bisulfite (source of Vitamin K Activity), Riboflavin Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Choline Chloride, Folic Acid, Biotin, Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Cobalt Glucoheptonate, Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, Lactobacillus casei fermentation product, Bifido bacterium bifidium fermentation product, Enterococcus faecium fermentation product, Calcium Iodate, Manganese Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Ethoxyquin and BHT (perservatives).

Purina Mills

LabDiet 5001

G U A R A N T E E D A N A L Y S I S
Crude protein not less than 23.0%
Crude fat not less than 4.5%
Crude fiber not more than 6.0%
Ash not more than 8.0%
Added minerals not more than 2.5%

I N G R E D I E N T S
Ground corn, dehulled soybean meal, dried beet pulp, fish meal, ground oats, brewers dried yeast, cane molasses, dehydrated alfalfa meal, dried whey, wheat germ, porcine meat meal, wheat middlings, animal fat preserved with BHA, salt, calcium carbonate, choline chloride, cholecalciferol, vitamin A acetate, folic acid, pyridoxine hydrochloride, DL-methionine, thiamin mononitrate, calcium pantothenate, nicotinic acid, dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate, cyanocobalamin, riboflavin, ferrous sulfate, manganous oxide, zinc oxide, ferrous carbonate, copper sulfate, zinc sulfate, calcium iodate, cobalt carbonate.


Native Earth 4018 (Formerly Harlan Global 18%)

Guaranteed Analysis %:
Crude Protein (minimum) 18.9
Crude Fat (minimum) 5
Crude Fiber (maximum) 5
Calcium 1.01
Phosphorus 0.61

Ingredients:
Ground wheat, ground corn, wheat middlings, soybean meal, corn gluten meal, soybean oil, calcium carbonate, dried brewers yeast, dicalcium phosphate, iodized salt, L-lysine, DL-methionine, choline chloride, niacin, vitamin A acetate, biotin, pyridoxine hydrochloride,thiamine mononitrate, vitamin D3 supplement, folic acid, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin K activity), vitamin E supplement, vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin, calcium pantothenate, ferrous sulfate, magnesium oxide, manganous oxide, zinc oxide, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, cobalt carbonate, chromium potassium sulfate.




Hope this is useful, let me know if you have any you want me to edit in.

[littleindiangirl]

Well, just a cautionary, you may want to refrain from posting the cost of any diets unless it has been specified by the dealers themselves. You don't want someone to see that you can buy it for $13 at Joe's crab shack, where they can only get it for $19 at their dealer or vice versa.

I do want to also caution that people may not want to use any higher than a 19% protein diet for their domestic rats.

Here's what I take away from all of these percentages of protein in diets and why 18-19% is a good number.

Growing rats need a higher percentage of protein for growth, cell repair, bone density and muscle growth and overall health. The same can be said for breeding and nursing females that have a taxing amount of energy going into raising their young.

Adult rats at a year of age do not need the same high amount of protein. This is especially true for males.

Females, nursing does and growing youngsters could do with a 20-22% diet, but it must be noted that high protein diets do have a certain risk involved.

Rats are sensitive to certain foods, and these foods or diets high in protein cause allergic reactions. Food allergies are also remarkably genetic, with having the allergies passed on to a certain degree to the offspring.

Allergies from a high protein diet can cause severe itching and inflammation. You may even see the raised areas on the skin if all the hair has been scratched away. The constant scratching can do damage to the skin, abrasions, and leaves the doors open for many kinds of infections. Bacterial and fungal. Both of which can be quite painful and debilitating to the rats unless treatment is exercised to control the spread. (A diet with too high of fat can cause the same allergic reactions of skin lesions along with obesity, which increases the chance of stroke and diabetes)

Rats do need animal proteins, they are omnivores, but do not do well with high percentages of animal proteins like some found in cat diets. I do not recommend cat kibble ever, some may do, but I see no reason for it. My own kittens food is close to 30% protein!

For rats (especially males), too high of a protein can cause organ problems with liver and kidneys. Over time this can cause liver and kidney failure, and ultimately death.

So how can we feed an entire colony what they need, while supporting nursing does and growing youngsters and not over doing it for our adult male rats that have different needs?

16-19% protein. If you wanted to do like me, feed the 19% to nursing females and the 16% to the resting females or breeding rats. That's how I do it, and I feel that it is doing quite well for me.

[anendeloflorien]

I agree with Connie. There's so much variation in pricing depending on where you buy from. I actually just got a 50# bag of mazuri 9F last night for $25 I guess that it's actually replacing the 6F for some reason but I'm not sure what the real differences between the two are.

NM apparently the only real difference is a little bit higher fat content in the 9F compared to the 6F. I usually feed the regular Mazuri rodent diet since that's all I could get for a while (had to special order the 6F) and never had any issues with that even though the protein content may be a bit high (23%)

[ThyTempest]

I didnt even think about that about prices, but I also think they need to be included somehow, since that is a major factor on which one to choose. If a mod or admin could just toss in there somewhere that prices are not specific and may vary by location, I would appreciate it.

Thanks for the post Connie.

[littleindiangirl]

I agree with Connie. There's so much variation in pricing depending on where you buy from. I actually just got a 50# bag of mazuri 9F last night for $25 I guess that it's actually replacing the 6F for some reason but I'm not sure what the real differences between the two are.

Mazuri 6F is 16% protein, 9F is 19% protein.

[ThyTempest]

I agree with Connie. There's so much variation in pricing depending on where you buy from. I actually just got a 50# bag of mazuri 9F last night for $25 I guess that it's actually replacing the 6F for some reason but I'm not sure what the real differences between the two are.

Yeah, my 9f is 25 bucks for 50 lbs too, and it used to be cheaper on Mazuri's site too (btw, the Mazuri prices are estimates/rounded from Mazuri themselves), but when i just looked they now have an 11f formula and the 9f went up in price, and down to a 25lb bag.

[littleindiangirl]

Yeah, my 9f is 25 bucks for 50 lbs too, and it used to be cheaper on Mazuri's site too (btw, the Mazuri prices are estimates/rounded from Mazuri themselves), but when i just looked they now have an 11f formula and the 9f went up in price, and down to a 25lb bag.

The 11F has always been available, and the 9F has always been listed in 25 lb bags for 25-30$ on their website. That was the main reason I only ever ordered the 6F, believing the 9F was going to be much more expensive.

[ThyTempest]

Huh...I have never seen the 11f until now. I could have easily mixed up the bag size for the 9f, but the price def. went up.

[littleindiangirl]

Huh...I have never seen the 11f until now. I could have easily mixed up the bag size for the 9f, but the price def. went up.

I don't know... I've always seen the 11F on their website, and when I first got into rats a few years ago, the bag size was the same as it is now for the 9F. There are several sections that show rodent diets, so maybe you and I aren't looking in the same spot.

But feed prices are definitely rising, the price of corn and gas has pushed my Mazuri up 2$ since I began buying it a couple of years ago.

[SatanicIntention]

Mazuri 6F is 16% protein, 9F is 19% protein.

No it's not. They are both 16% protein. 6F has 6% fat and 9F has 9% fat. They both run around $22-$24 for me at the feed store I go to.