Aug26
Thank you, again, to Jessie Stein from Maximum Mischief Rattery for this great list! If you think of something I can add here please let me know, I know there are a few things missing. I’d like it to become a very comprehensive list. Also, remember fruit, veg, and extra grains should be about 20% of the diet along with a good staple diet or rat block.
SAFE FOODS FOR RATS *VEGETABLES* Aduki beans (Sprouted, raw, canned or boiled) Asparagus Aubergine/Eggplant (Bitter when raw) Avocado Bamboo shoots Bean Sprouts Beetroot Bok Choy/Pak Choi Board Beans (Canned or Boiled) Broccoli Brussles sprouts (Raw or Cooked) Butternut Squash (More platable cooked) Cannellini beans (Canned or Boiled) Carrots Cauliflower Celeriac Celery Chick peas (Roasted, sprouted, Canned, Boiled) Chicory Clover leaf Coconut Collard greens Courgette/Zucchini (Bitter when raw) Cress Cucumber Dandelion leaves Endive (IN MODERATION) Fennel French beans (raw or cooked) Gala Garlic(raw and cooked) Globe artichoke Green beans (raw or cooked) Haricot beans (canned or cooked) Jerusalem artichoke Kale Kohlrabi Kidney beans (canned or boiled) Leek (COOKED) Lentils (raw, cooked, sprouted) Lettuce (SMALL AMOUNT) Mange trout Marrow (more platable when cooked) Mung beans (spouted, raw, canned, boiled) Okra Olive Onion (Raw or Cooked) Parsnips (more platable when cooked) Peas Peppers Potato (White Potato is safe raw but remove any skin that appears green and remove eyes) Pumpkin Radish Red Cabbage Red onion Rocket Runner bean (COOKED) Savoy cabbage Shallot Soya Beans (canned, boiled or fermented) Spring greens Spring onion Spinach Swede Sweet chestnuts (COOKED) Sweetcorn (fresh, frozen, on the cob, canned) Sweet peppers Sugar snap pea Swiss Chard Turnip Water chestnut Watercress *FRUIT* Dried Fruit with no additives is fine Apple (Remove seeds) Apricots (No stone) Banana Cantaloupe Cherries (No stone) Chocolate pudding fruit (No stones) Damsons (No stone Dates (No stone) Figs (No stone) Grapes (Red and green) Kiwi Melon Nectarines (No stone) Honeydew Melon Orange Passion fruit Peach (No stone) Pears Physalis Papaya Pineapple Plums (None stone) Pomegranate Prickly pear (Peel first) Prunes (No stone) Raisins Tomato *All varieties* Watermelon *BERRIES* Bill berry Blueberries Blackberries Cranberries Elderberries Goji berries Gooseberry Hawthorn Juniper Loganberries (Leaves are safe) Milbery Mountain ash Raspberries Strawberries *Mushrooms* CAUTION - These mushroom are both safe for people and rats but great caution must be taken if you choose to risk picking your own, I only recommend this is you are an expert or if you have an expert to make sure you don't go tripping. *Some are available in supermarkets* Aborted entoloma Angel wings Black trumpets Blewit Brown honey/Strumper Button mushrooms Chestnut mushrooms Chicken foot Chicken of woods Deer/fawn Gilled bolete Green quilted russula Hen of woods King bolete Late fall oysters Lion Mane/bears tooth Lobster mushroom Man on horseback Orange latex milky Oyster Pheasant backs Pink/meadow bottoms Purple Gilled laccaria Red cracked bolete Reddening lepiota Shaggy manes Shaggy parasol Shaped puffball Sweet tooth Woodears Velvet foot *HERBS* raw and cooked Basil Chervil Chives Coriander Dandelion (Flower and Leaves) Dill Echinacea/Purple Cone Flower Mint Oregano Parsley Rosemary Saffron (Very Expensive) Sage Tarragon Thyme *EDIBLE FLOWERS* - Also yummy for people. *Beware of pesticides best to grow your own* Apple blossoms Basil flowers Biennial Clary flowers Busy Lizzie Cape jasmine Carnations Coriander flowers Cornflowers Courgette flowers Dandelion flowers Dill flowers Echinacea flowers Evening primrose flowers Feijoa sellowiana flowers Fennel flowers Fuchsia flowers Gladiolus flowers Hibiscus blossoms Hollyhock flowers Hyssop flowers Japanese basil flowers Lavender flowers Lemon balm flowers Lilac flowers Marigold flowers Marrow flowers Mint flowers Bergamot flowers Mooli radish flowers Nasturtium leaves and flowers Spring onion flower Oregano flowers Ornamental Kale flowers Pansy flowers Vegetable pea flowers Pumpkin flowers Purple radish flowers Rocket flowers Rose flowers Rosemary flowers Sage flowers Salsify flowers Scented pelargonium flowers Squash flowers Strawberry flowers Sunflower flowers Sweet cicely flowers Sweet mace flowers Sweet Marjoram flowers Sweet rocket flowers Viola flowers Yucca flowers *NUTS* -Nut butters are generally considered healthy, however be careful if the consistency is thick to thin it out or spread on something, like a cracker, so your rats don't get too much in their mouth and choke- Walnut Brazil nut Hazelnut Peanut (Roasted Only) Cashew Pecan Macadamia Tiger nut (Actually a root) *MEATS including BONES* - Often bones are available for free from traditional butchers. (FREEZE BEFORE FEEDING IF FEEDING RAW) Bison Carabao Cattle Water buffalo Yak Alpaca Llama Camel Goat Rabbit Kangaroo Sheep Pig Moose Deer Elk Chicken Duck Goose Turkey Quail Partridge Pheasant Pigeon Grouse Guineafowl Ostrich Alligator Eggs
*GRAINS* (Really most grains are fine, can’t think of one that isn’t)
Corn (never dry corn) cereal oats breads (toast softer breads to prevent choking) crackers dry pasta (whole grain is best)
*OTHER* (Those with an asterisk should be given in moderation)
*Chocolate Yogurt *Cheese (nothing moldy) Tea Honey *Dog food *Dog treats *Cat food *Cat treats Pumpkin seeds Sunflower seeds Molasses *A few licks of icecream won't hurt