How and what to feed homemade rat

Actually, rats are omnivores. But the rats diet should be balanced. The main part of the diet should be carbohydrate food (60%), slightly less protein (about 25%) and less fat (no more than 10%).





It is believed that if a rat eats in a day 30-40 grams of feed, that she is enough for normal functioning.

Home how to feed a rat to she was fun, and most importantly, healthy? It is diverse! The diet must include fish, meat, vegetables, fruit, and nuts with cereals, and a variety of cereals, and, of course, greens. Be sure to give the rats something hard, such as carrots or crackers. The fact is that if you do not give anything solid, their teeth won't grind, as the teeth were growing constantly, then sew them just need.

What kind of meat you can feed a home rat?

Any lean boiled or steamed. By the way, rat love all sorts of soups and broths, and they should definitely indulge in these dishes. If you give your rat fruits and berries, remove the seeds from them, as some of them contains hydrocyanic acid is a poison for rodents.

Milk and dairy products can and should be given to rats. But you have to pay attention to the fact that these products did not contain lots of fat and sugar. In the moment when you are thinking of feeding a household rat, your memory must emerge instruction on what to feed it is impossible! The list of such products is not so great, so remember it will not be a huge difficulty.

It is impossible to give pet rats:

Sweets, oily and spicy meals, salty foods, citrus fruits, raw meat. In many books advise not to give alcohol. But I think talking about it is not worth it, it's so clear, why are you in the family of the alcoholic... After all, rats are very quickly get used to alcohol without them feeling bad. Also in the list of banned products includes: raw potatoes, beets, spinach, raw beans, raw Brussels sprouts. Known cases when rats were etched stuffed with nitrates watermelons and melons.

It is very important that the water in the drinking bowl and changed every day.

Periodically to feed it is necessary to add vitamin and mineral supplements sold in pet stores. Very useful to give the rats: tomato juice, chalk, bananas, eggplant, onion, plums, yeast, fish oil, garlic. But watch out for the amount of food eaten.





Rats are able to chew for days, but overeating is threatened by obesity, which negatively affects their health. Uneaten food should be removed from the cage every day to the absorption of spoiled products caused harm to the health of your pet. Of course, you can feed a rat and finished industrial feed, if you don't have the time and desire to pamper your pet and a variety of tasty products. But then if you buy an animal, to once a week to clean up his cage and from time to time to throw a ready food? The beauty is in the observation of how happy the animal the treat. By the way, some owners feed their rats on the principle – do not give what is harmful to me or just not very useful. It's probably the right decision if you didn't know, you can give the product or not.

 

 

 

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