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Gingerbread Rats Homemade Rat Mix

I want to be as transparent as possible about my rat keeping and care, especially for those that home kittens from me. One of the things that I have seen visibly improve my rats health and coat condition is the mix that I feed. If you want to know what I feed my rats, I list all my ingredients out for you below. If you’d like to make this mix yourself and would like help sourcing ingredients please message me.

My mixes can contain any of the following:
​Base:
  • Red Mills Conditioning 14 Mix  - (Barley flakes (steam cooked), Maize flakes (steam cooked), Wheat flakes (steam cooked), Cane molasses, Soya bean meal (1), Soya (bean) hulls (1), Soya oil (1), Soya (bean) extruded (1), Pea flakes (steam cooked), Soya bean flakes (steam cooked) (1), Wheat, Sunflower seed meal, Wheatfeed, Barley, Calcium carbonate, Mono-dicalcium phosphate, Sodium Chloride, Magnesium oxide (1) produced from genetically modified soya beans), Nutritional Analysis: Crude Protein 14%, Crude Fibre 5%, Crude Oil & Fats 8%, Crude Ash 6.5%, Moisture (Max) 14%, Sodium 0.25%, Chloride 0.6%, Potassium 0.8%, Magnesium 0.29%, Calcium 1%, Phosphorus 0.6% & Digestible Energy 13.4MJDE/kg
  • Pegasus Conditioning Mix: Composition: Flaked barley, Sunflower seed meal dehulled, Oatfeed, Wheatfeed, Grass high temperature dried (grass nuts), Flaked maize, Cane molasses and soya oil (from genetically modified soya) blend, Rice bran, Flaked Peas, Calcium carbonate, Sodium chloride (salt), Rapeseed Oil, Molasses
    Nutritional Additives/kg:Vitamins: 3a672a Vitamin A 10,000 IU; 3a671 Vitamin D3, 1,500 IU, 3a700 Vitamin E, 200 IU.
    Trace elements: Iodine, 0.3mg (from 3b202 Calcium iodate anhydrous), Copper, 30mg from 3b405
    Copper (II) sulphate pentahydrate); Manganese, 10 mg (from 3b502 Manganese (II) oxide); Zinc 50mg (from 3b603 Zinc oxide), Selenium 0.2 mg (from 3b801 Sodium selenite). Analytical consitiuents: Crude oil & fats, 4.75%; Crude Protein,14%; Crude Fibre, 10.5%; Crude Ash, 7.5%; Sodium,0.5%.
  • Allen & Page Green Pea Rabbit Mix - cereals (barley, maize, oats), peas, sunflower seeds, real carrot pieces and mint.​
Processed Grains – a variety of the following:
  • Cornflakes
  • Puffed Wheat
  • Crisped Rice / Rice Snaps
  • Bitesize Wheat Shreds
  • Wheat bisks
  • Egg Noodles
  • Pearl Barley
  • Plain Rice Crackers
Protein – a variety of the following:
  • Lifestage Grain Free Puppy, Salmon With Haddock - Salmon, Haddock & Blue Whiting (60%), Freshly Prepared Salmon (21%), Dried Salmon (16%), Freshly Prepared Blue Whiting (11%), Freshly Prepared Haddock (10%), Salmon Stock (2%), Sweet Potato (20%), Potato, Beet Pulp, Peas (6%), Linseed, Omega 3 Supplement, Minerals, Vitamins, Vegetable Stock, Asparagus (0.2%), Glucosamine, Methylsulfonylmethane, Chrondroitin Sulphate, FOS, MOS
  • Lentils
  • Gammarus or River Shrimp from Chubby
Dried Herbs / Veg​
  • Natures Natural Goodness Herbal Salad
  • Carrot Flakes
  • Beetroot Flakes
  • Cabbage Flakes
  • Leek Flakes
  • Parsnip Flakes
  • Tomato Flakes
Seeds​
  • Bucktons Pigeon Conditioner Mix - Wheat, Red Dari - Pigeon, White Dari, Naked Oats, Red Dari, Linseed, Safflower Seed, Mung Beans, White Rice, Black Rapeseed, Buckwheat, Aniseed Oil
  • Pumpkin seed
  • White millet
  • Red millet
  • Hemp seed
  • Nyjer seed
  • Sunflower seed
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  • About Me
    • Breeding Practices and Ethics
    • My Lines >
      • Varieties
      • Breeding For Lilacs
    • Contact
  • My Rats
    • My Set Up
    • Homing Rats
    • Planned Pairings
    • Previous Litters
    • In Memory
  • Making a Rat Mix
    • Gingerbread Rat Mix
  • Rat Health
  • Show Calendar
  • Links