Oxbow Garden Select Mouse and Young Rat Food, Garden-Inspired Recipe for Young Rats and Mice of All Ages, Vitamin & Mineral Rich Pet Food Pellets, Non-GMO, Made in USA, 2 Pound Bag

rats love it, they act like its a treat, be careful to not over feed. good value.

As a new rat owner, I wanted to find the best possible food to help my babies thrive. I found it recommended by a rat care website. My rats, now almost three months old, love it. I plan to continue using it until they transition to adult food. I supplement this with fresh fruits and veggies. As my rats get plenty of free roam and playtime, I see no sign of them getting fat - they're active and full of energy. Overall, I’m very pleased with this product. The quality and nutritional value make me happy, and it gives me peace of mind my babies are eating something well-suited to their needs. I highly recommend it to anyone with young rats looking for a reliable, healthy food option.

Great product but it always arrives too late or too early and ended up going to the feed store and buying bigger bags

Our rats love this brand because of its flavor and I love it because it’s healthy

Good value for what you get. My female rats love this but the males will only eat it if it’s the last option in their bowl. Not sure if it’s a gender thing or just their own personal preference though.

My mouse seems to enjoy eating these!

It’s a good blend if you have mice and rats, infact it’s one of the best blends you can get if your raising rats/mice they se to like it but it’s really big pellets, I though they were tiny but no

Rats are omnivores. In the wild, their preferred foods are fruits, nuts, seeds and grains, tender greens, and the occasional insect. Rats, unlike guinea pigs or rabbits, do not really consider grass to be food. Perhaps that's why none of the pet rats I've known have been very enthusiastic about Oxbow Garden Select. Two of its top six ingredients are grass (oat grass and orchard grass). It may be "healthy" from an over-analyzed scientific viewpoint, but from a rat's viewpoint, it is "meh." There are a few good things I have to say about this product: - The price is reasonable, and Oxbow is a trusted brand overall. (However, my rats far preferred Oxbow Essentials, the little brown triangles.) - If you are aiming to feed your rats a vegan diet, this is vegan. (Oxbow Essentials contains fish ingredients.) - If your rats have trouble with excess weight, this homogenous pellet food will encourage them not to overeat, because it's all the same and it all tastes pretty bad! On that note, I actually tasted a piece of Oxbow Garden Select the other day, and it tasted horrible. It was chalky, gritty, salty, and bitter. I almost spat it out and had to force myself to chew it. Knowing how much rats appreciate human food, I assume these pellets don't taste wonderful to them. Taking a closer look at the package, I'm surprised by how many mineral salts are high on the ingredient list: monocalcium phosphate; sodium chloride; calcium carbonate; magnesium oxide; and many more. Considering that rats have more difficulty processing salts than humans do, I have to wonder if it is really a good idea to feed such a salt-heavy food as their main diet. Also high on the ingredient list is sodium bentonite, literally a type of clay. No wonder the pellets taste like chalky dirt. Although I know it's there for a reason (to absorb moisture and prevent mold), the overall effect is "Ugh." Another ingredient is lignin sulfonate, a byproduct from the wood industry that serves as a binding agent. So, essentially, sawdust. Dirt and sawdust. This is why I can never understand why the powers-that-be say to feed your pet rat a diet of almost entirely pellets, supplemented with just a little fresh food here and there. How could salt, dirt, and sawdust possibly be healthier for rats than a balanced whole-food diet like they evolved with? Anyway, getting off my soapbox, I'll just say that my rats voted against this food. Unless I need to put a rat on a diet in the future, my pellet choice will continue to be Oxbow Essentials, which has no grass, less salt, fewer binders and fillers, and a much more positive rating from the four-pawed customers. [Image: Ingredient list screenshot from Chewy.com.]

La nourriture Oxbow Garden Select est un excellent choix pour ton rat pour plusieurs raisons. Voici trois bonnes raisons de lui donner cette nourriture : 1. **Ingrédients de qualité:** Les aliments Oxbow Garden Select sont fabriqués à partir d'ingrédients de qualité, ce qui assure une alimentation équilibrée et adaptée aux besoins nutritionnels de ton rat. 2. **Variété et saveur:** Cette nourriture offre une variété d'ingrédients et de saveurs, ce qui peut aider à stimuler l'appétit de ton rat et à lui offrir une alimentation diversifiée. 3. **Santé et bien-être:** Les formules Oxbow sont conçues pour favoriser la santé et le bien-être des rongeurs, en fournissant les éléments nutritifs essentiels pour maintenir leur vitalité et leur bonne santé.

My rat babies love it so much and because pellets are big the food lasts longer!! More bang for your buck definitely!! Thank you!!!

Absolute masterpiece and totally delicious. It can stun Gordon Ramsay and will make your taste buds dance. ✨ on a serious note; my mouse likes it, and he’s alive and healthy so yeah, good food

Content warning: I was looking for an effective rodent bait. Seems like they love it. Mice will fall for this stuff. It's a big bag with a strong smell. Comes with a zip to close it, and enough to last more than a month. The pellets are a bit uneven, but it attracts rodents as I wanted.

Dont bother purchasing! This food isnt suited for rats! Its hay based. On top of that my rats refuse to eat it and its not returnable!