I want to feed my rats at certain times, help?

Question

well i currently free feed my 2 rats, but i want to try feeding them at set times. im not sure if it will work, and im not sure how much im supposed to give them. their food bowl is basically a cats water dish. i cant them any lab blocks as people suggest, so they eat mixed rat food bought from the petshop. the only thing they will leave are the small bits of grain

Answer 1

I feed my rats lab blocks in the morning before I go to work and then give my rats some veggies, fruits, cereals in the afternoon.  I feed them based on how much they eat in a couple of hours, if they still have a bit a food after a couple hours then that's a good amount.

You could also try a morning and night feeding instead.  Just adjust the amount by how much the eat over a couple of hours.

A grain mix is not ideal as a rat diet.  They are high in fat with the amount of seeds in there.  Dried corn can have a fungus in it that reacts badly with rat stomachs and can cause cancer.  I don't know why you can't get lab blocks, even a basic (though not ideal) block (I think Mazuri rat food) is sold at most large pet store chains.  If that doesn't work for you, you can buy blocks from Kim's Ark online.  http://www.kimsarkrescue.org/content/vie...  It's only $1/lb plus shipping, so if UPS can get to you, lab blocks can too.

Hope that helps!

Answer 2

ooh i had rats i love them, but sadly they passed away.

i dont know if you can feed them at set times though just fill up the cat s=dish and they will last the day

Answer 3

Feed them to a snake and your problems will be solved. Rats are nasty!

Answer 4

there should be dry food available 24/7    with fresh foods to supplement   you could give the extras as a breakfast tea & supper if you do it at the same time every day they'll be waiting at the set time, mine do, especially breakfast which is porridge  

Answer 5

Rats are foragers and are on the prowl for food at all times. If you try to institute some sort of feeding regimens, you may end up punishing them as it were. I'd leave it as it is, since they're healthy right now. Just be sure not to overfeed them.

Answer 6

DB tht was weird.....rats r cute and prob smarter than u

Answer 7

rats eat when they want

Answer 8

DONT FEED THEM A SEED MIX!!! They are TERRIBLE diets. Buy online. And dont do a set feeding time. Free feed them.