This mix and the blocks are my dry maintenance diet for all residents (mice, gerbils, hamsters, and of course ratties). I will switch out grains with others, for example spelt flakes, but these are the ones that are reasonable. The rolled oats and pumpkin seeds are purchased from a feed store, the rest is all purchased at grocery stores or specialty markets. The dog food (www.cloudstar.com) and spinach (www.sfherb.com) are purchased online.
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All of my rodents eat everything in the mix so I'm pretty happy with it. The spinach and parsley breaks up but they still eat that too.
I did buy rolled barley from the feed store, but they did not care for it. I think part of it was because the hull was still on it (it was more like crimped barley although they sold it as rolled). I bought them the barley flakes from the bulk bins at the grocery store to try and they loved it so I buy it there. I don't mind buying it as long as they eat it.
This mix costs me about 90 cents a pound. That is way less than what you'd pay in a pet store for a crappy mix. But my cost is also held down because I buy full bags of bulk bin items, even at the grocery store. The only item I don't buy full bags of is the parsley. To order full bags at the grocery store, I make sure and order ahead. I am lucky that Bob's Red Mill is near where I live so I can travel there and pick up some items that are actually cheaper there than at the grocery store.
I did run my mix as it is above through the nutrition database and I got the information below: (Please note, the mix nutritional values do NOT include the lab blocks by Harlan/Native Earth.)
| 15 gram serving | ||
| Total Calories | 49.65 | kj |
| Calories From Carbs | 33.6 | kj |
| Calories From Fat | 8.895 | kj |
| Calories From Protein | 7.065 | kj |
| Calories From Alcohol | 0 | kj |
| Proteins and Amino Acides | 1.98 | kj |
| Carbohydrates | 8.055 | g |
| Dietary Fiber | 1.59 | g |
| Starch | 2.73 | g |
| Sugars | 0.15 | g |
| Fats and Fatty Acids | ||
| Total Fats | 1.11 | g |
| Saturated Fat | 0.135 | g |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.21 | g |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.555 | g |
| Total trans fatty acids | 0 | g |
| Total trans-monoenoic fatty acids | 0 | |
| Total trans-polyenoic fatty acids | 0 | |
| Total Omega-3 fatty acids | 301.95 | mg |
| Total Omega-6 fatty acids | 249.3 | mg |
| Vitamins | ||
| Vitamin A | 306.9 | IU |
| Vitamin C | 0.855 | mg |
| Vitamin D | 2.37 | IU |
| Vitamin E | 0.3 | mg |
| Vitamin K | 11.535 | mcg |
| Thiamin | 0.105 | mg |
| Riboflavin | 0.06 | mg |
| Niacin | 0.69 | mg |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.075 | mg |
| Folate | 199.2 | mcg |
| Vitamin B12 | 22.05 | mcg |
| Pantothenic Acid | 0.21 | mg |
| Choline | 5.085 | mg |
| Betaine | 3.045 | mg |
| Minerals | ||
| Calcium | 30.15 | mg |
| Iron | 2.385 | mg |
| Magnesium | 21 | mg |
| Phosphorus | 48.45 | mg |
| Sodium | 10.8 | mg |
| Zinc | 2.175 | mg |
| Copper | 0.225 | mg |
| Manganese | 0.645 | mg |
| Selenium | 113.1 | mcg |
| Fluoride | 0 | |
| Sterols | ||
| Cholesterol | 0 | mg |
| Phytosterols | 0 | mg |
| Other | ||
| Alcohol | 0 | g |
| Water | 3.045 | g |
| Ash | 0.405 | g |
| Caffeine | 0 | mg |
| Theobromine | 0 | mg |
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