Premium rat food - Shunamite diet mixed by VOLUME, with the added accuracy of ALSO weighing each ingredient to calculate nutritional composition.

Protein 13-14%

Fat 4.4-5.5%

(Mix sent will be labelled with actual nutrition. Example: Mix at time of writing is 13.7% protein, 5% fat)

This mix is based on the Shunamite diet. The Shunamite diet is a well-respected diet in the rat community and is based on the book ‘The Scuttling Gourmet – by Alison Campbell’.

Rats are given a range of ingredients much like they would in the wild. Using lots of ingredients helps balance the strengths and weaknesses of each ingredient in terms of vitamins and minerals. Using a variation of processed and unprocessed grains again balances vitamin and mineral availability but also promotes natural foraging behavior of having to take the inedible shells off some of the grains. Processed grains such as human cereals are also fortified with additional vitamins and minerals.

The Shunamite diet uses volume, not weight to mix ingredients and only views ingredients as part of 5 categories, not individually. Whilst this is an accepted at home mix recipe, by mixing only by volume and with no regard to individual ingredients nutritional composition, mix nutrition can vary drastically depending on the ingredients chosen and how much of each is in the mix. It is not possible to calculate nutritional composition of a mix of ingredients if mixing by volume only.

This mix uses the volumes converted to weight to more accurately formulate the mix. Every ingredient's nutritional composition is considered and used to determine how much is added to the mix. For example, this means that ingredients across all categories are considered when looking at the protein content, not just those which would typically fall under the 'protein section' in the Shunamite diet. Doing this allows the 'protein section' to be measured accordingly with regards to all of the ingredients actually in the mix. This allows a much more accurate view of the nutrition compared to the mixing only by volume of the conventional Shunamite diet.

(*Ingredients may vary slightly from time to time, please check back on the listing description for any updates if you are repeat buying* Mix will come labelled with all ingredients*)

Mr Johnsons Special Rabbit Mix

Flaked barley, flaked steamed peas, flaked maize, locust bean extrusions, vitaminised wheat extrusions, wheat extrusions, alfalfa, whole oats, Verm-X herb blend, Soya oil

Red Mills Conditioning Mix

Barley Flakes (steam cooked), Maize Flakes (steam cooked), Wheat Flakes (steam cooked), (Sugar) Cane Molasses, Soya Bean Meal, Soya (Bean) Hulls, Soya Oil, Soya Bean Extruded, Pea Flakes, Soya Bean Flakes (steam cooked), Wheat, Sunflower Seed Meal, Wheat feed, Barley, Mono-dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Sodium Chloride, Magnesium Oxide

Straights Mix (expect to see left over hulls from some of these after your rats have got to the good stuff)

Maize (whole), Barley (whole), Barley (rings)

Pearl barley, Rice (brown), Pasta (wholewheat), Shredded wheat, Rice puffs, Cornflakes

Soya flakes, Peas (flaked), Lentils

(Other high protein ingredients include Linseed, Hemp seed, Pumpkin seed)

Carrot, Beetroot, Bell pepper, Parsnip, Cabbage, Nettle, Mint, Dandelion, Thyme, Rosehips, Oregano, Red Clover Heads

Garlic slices

Linseed, Hemp seed, Pumpkin seeds, Seed mix [Panicum millet, White millet, Canary seed, Red Millet, Niger seed, Japanese millet], Quinoa

Actual mix ingredients may vary slightly from batch to batch. Please check the packaging label upon arrival for the accurate ingredient list for that specific batch.

Even though there is a very wide mix of ingredients in this mix, as with all non-commercial mixes it is recommended to supplement vitamin/minerals.

Any further questions about composition please message me

Allergen advice: May also contain peanuts, nuts, sesame, milk.