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What are some fresh foods you can feed a rat2007-11-24 22:16:28

Such as lettuce...

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Actually your question should be, "What fresh foods *can't* you feed rats?" That list would be much shorter as rats can eat a huge variety of foods. The more variety you can get your rats to eat the healthier they will be in the long term. Rats are omnivores like us, and they can eat like us. Rats can have meat, vegetables, fruits, dairy (for those that are not lactose intolerant), and grains in every way shape and form. Avoid sugars and fats for rats unless they are sick.

On the question of lettuce:

Lettuce is fine for rats, just avoid Iceburg (head) lettuce as it has no nutritional value for rats.

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/firstgarden...

I give my rats red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce, romaine lettuce, and bibb lettuce.

I also give the rats "President's Choice Organic Field Greens"

http://greendeals.ca/2007/02/05/organic-...

Wash all greens carefully. Don't give the rats too much, don't want them to get diarrhea.

I have answered food-related questions many times here at Y!A, here's a summary of those answers

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

There's just a very short list of foods to avoid:

raw dry beans or peanuts鈥攃ontains antinutrients that destroy vitamin A and enzymes needed to digest protein and starches, and causes red blood cells to clump

raw sweet potato鈥攃ontains compounds that form cyanide in the stomach