What fruits and vegetables can rats have?

Question

I just got 2 baby rats within the past week.

Every few days I'll put some tiny pieces of vegetables in a separate food dish for them, usually by morning all of it is gone. I have only fed them carrot and cucumber because I'm not sure exactly what else they can definitely have.

So what can they snack on now and then besides their ordinary rat food, like what fruits and vegetables?

Answer 1

we fed ours anything they wanted. youll discover by trial & error. DONT give them onions. They also love scrambled  & hard boiled eggs, oatmeal (dry), nuts. Think of it this way, if they were scrounging through garbage, theyd eat pretty much, anything

Answer 2

Im sure they can have pretty much any kind of fruit or vegetable. maybe no onions, like dogs. I feed my Luci anything she wants. but thats just cause shes my baby.  

Answer 3

Apples, Lettuce (Better to get romaine, iceberg has a lot of water and can cause diarrhea), Carrots, Sweet potatoes (COOKED, raw can be toxic!), peas, green beans, corn, strawberries, melons, blueberries, raspberries, plums, bananas, grapes, broccoli, squash, cucumber in moderation, and zucchini are all great! I also love to give mine dandelion leaves as long as they're free of pesticide and have been rinsed.

But, BEWARE of:

raw peanuts, roasted are OK (i know, not a fruit or vegetable, but it's a treat)

raw red cabbage or brussel sprouts

raw artichokes

green bananas

green potatoes

rhubarb

tofu

orange juice

and, as already mentioned, onion, it can lead to anemia

Be wary of these and only give in moderation:

beets

celery

eggplant

radishes

spinach

collards

turnip greens

almonds

One thing to add: If you give them a red berry like raspberries, be prepared to have your heart leap out of your chest! :P i gave mine some once and came back to rats covered in red! I thought it was blood and they had murdered one of their cagemates! lol!