Hamster
Commercial hamster pellets are the first part of their diet (not a muesli-style mix).
Small amounts of fresh fruit, vegetables or herbs such as carrots, broccoli, cucumber, apples, pears, peaches, basil, sage and parsley.
Timothy hay. This is a special variety of hay that’s full of fiber. Occasional treats, like nuts, boiled egg or meal worms.
Gerbil
Pellet and lab block diets are extremely good and well balanced. Seed mixtures are always a risk to give to any rodent as they can pick and choose what they want and constantly avoid other parts making it easy for dietary imbalances to occur.
Items such as carrots, broccoli, dandelion greens, apples, and berries are great as treats. Avoid raw kidney beans, raw potato, onion, potato leaves, and rhubarb leaves.
Mouse
Mice need a minimum level of fiber (18%) and protein (16%) to stay healthy. Additionally, fat content should be limited to a maximum of 4%.
There are commercial rodent foods that mice can eat but avoid the seed mixtures as mice can pick and choose resulting in their diet being unbalanced. Pellet and block commercial food are best.
Tiny portions of fruit and vegetables are good for a treat.
Peas, cauliflower, carrots, broccoli, apples, or bananas are recommended.
Rat
The best form of commercial food for a rat is block food with soy meal as the main component, as it provides good chewing exercise and can be available all the time.
Try to make sure your rat’s food is easily above the 18% fiber and distinctly lower than the 4% fat.
carrots, raw un-canned green beans or peas are good as treats. Rats have problems with their calcium levels so occasionally giving them small bones to chew on will be good for them.
