5 Best Rat Foods - Aug. 2022

Nutritionally Complete

A fantastic alternative to simply providing your rat with a bowl of random seeds and pieces, especially since you know that each rough-edged pellet is composed of premium ingredients, minerals, and vitamins.

Oats, whole barley, and soybean meal are the first 3 ingredients. Pellet formula. Contains tasty and nutritious ingredients like yellow peas, carrots, and tomatoes. Tough pellets encourage gnawing and tooth health.

This healthy formula can be a little on the pricey side.

Best Bang for the Buck

Kaytee

Fiesta Mouse & Rat Food

Gourmet Variety Food

Absolutely packed with a wide variety of quality and delicious bits, rats will have a blast picking out healthy chunks of pineapple, peas, and pumpkin seeds from a daily serving of Fiesta.

Corn, wheat, sunflower seeds, oats, and shelled peanuts are the first 5 ingredients. An impressive mix of tasty bits, including dried bananas, carrots, and raisins. Promotes dental and digestive health.

Supreme - Rat & Mouse Food

Spoiled rats may forage for their favorite bits and ignore the rest.

Kaytee

Natural Grains

A varied mix of grains, proteins, and fiber, Supreme is a great formula for encouraging foraging behavior, promoting a strong immune system, and an overall healthy diet.

Corn, oats, barley are the first 3 ingredients. Available in convenient 4- and 20-pound sizes. Natural grain-based diet. No artificial colors or flavors. Loaded with vitamins. Rich in fiber. Affordable.

Reggie Rat & Mimi Mouse Tasty Mix

Picky rats may decide to forage exclusively for their favorite pieces.

Tiny Friends Farm

Encourages Foraging

Inexpensive, nutritionally complete, and all-natural, this grain-based mix features fewer ingredients to encourage rats to eat what they are provided and to waste less food, while maintaining a healthy weight.

Wheat, whole maize, flaked peas are the first 3 ingredients. Limited-ingredient diet. Quality ingredients. No added sugar, colorings, or flavors. Great for maintaining weight. Affordable.

FortiDiet ProHealth - Rat, Mouse, & Hamster Food

A simple diet that lacks attention-grabbing ingredients like seeds and nuts.

Kaytee

For Healthy Teeth

These large, colorful, and dense pellets are a high-quality daily diet that provides the chewing material, Omega-3 fatty acids, and fiber rats need for a long and happy life.

Soybean meal, corn, wheat, oats, alfalfa meal, and peanuts are the first 6 ingredients. Sturdy pellets promote dental health. No artificial colors or flavors. Complete diet. Affordable.