
a typical day for them varies but always includes vegetables, fruits, a cooked starch (sweet potato, rice, grains, beans, chickpeas) a plant fat (avocado, flax, pumpkin or sunflower seed) and a green herb from the garden.
So a day for them might be ~ cucumber, papaya, carrots, coriander, dry oats, flax seed, boiled rice and beans with a little mashed avocado. Another day could be ~ melon, cucumber, little bit sunflower seeds, banana, pear, steamed sweet potato and pumpkin. Umm..right now in their dish beside me they are nibbling cooked rice and split peas mixed with a little bit of avocado and carrot. I ensure to offer them a wide variety even though they are such sweet girls and it seems would be happy even just munching cucumbers all day long...
I make my own dry mix for them out of whole oats, puffed rice, dried garden herbs, dried fruits and sunflower seeds...however they much prefer sticking to their fresh food. I just sprinkle their dry mix on top of their food every now and again. Or if I am somewhere else for the night I offer them a bowl of dry mix just incase their fresh food goes bad overnight.
My question is just to ask any other rat carers who feed their rats in a similar way, if there is anything that my girls would be missing out on? And if you have any suggestions about foods that your rat companions love?
they are such beautiful sistas and have a lot of love for everyone and I want to care for them as best as I can

thank you so much x~~~
