Ooh! I don’t have rats, but so many of the comments were asking for this! Who here doesn’t have rats, mice, cats, leopard geckos, invertebrates, etc, but still loves her channel!
@@-thisaccountisdead-3422 I wanna get guinea pigs! I have done loads and loads of research! My parents said that we can get them when we move into a bigger house!
I am really glad that you push for people to do their own research and not just copy you or anyone else item for item. 😁👍❤️ Keep up the good work, Emi!
That looks so nutritious for rats! The amount of rodent foods out there that are just not suitable is just sad, animals deserve to be healthy too! Your food looks great, I'm sure they love it!
They're generally healthier! Have you noticed that when you take your animal to the ver, the first thing they ask is what we're feeding them? Our doctors never ask us that!!??
Im currently 16 almost 17 and I'm waiting for the day I can have my own rats! I've loved them for a long time and your videos are really helping me have an idea of where to start with research
I wanted rats since childhood. I didn't feel comfortable keeping rats when the landlord/roommates didn't approve. I'm 34 and just got my first pair because I own my house now.
Oh my god I really didn't realize how easy it was! Thanks for breaking down the percentages and giving other examples of things to throw in! I am so excited to do this and I have so much more knowledge on a balanced diet
I’ve been looking for a good video on how to make a rat mix, and this one is perfect! You are my favorite channel to go to for help with my rats, and I love your videos!
I’d really recommend the isamu rats videos on this! They’re super informative and go into a lot of detail about why different components are how much they are.
I'm in Canada and I currently mix Reggie Rat and Oxbow Essentials Adult rat food together to make my base mix, but we really are hurting for a good rat muesli here in North America as far as I am aware. Because Reggie Rat is high in wheat, I do not add wheat to any other part of their mix (gluten free pasta made from rice; corn, rice, and oat cereals for the processed grains). But I still wish we could get Harrison's banana brunch here, or at least something comparable. Thanks very much for the video, though! I think in North America it is pushed that we have to feed our rats a block diet because otherwise they will just pick out their favourites, but my rats LOVE their mix. They eat every piece of it. You just can't keep their bowls full 100% of the time. And honestly, some rats will get fat even on blocks if they are free-fed. There are so many benefits to feeding a diverse mix rather than just a block, in my opinion, and more people should know about the option.
You are spot on, we are really hurting for good rat mixes plus information & resources that are specifically for Canada. I’m only just starting into making my own mix and I’m finding it nearly impossible to do with adding in the oxbow. I also have spent a hour picking out stuff from “rat food” I bought before , it’s so freaking frustrating that commercial rat food mixes are full of stuff they shouldn’t have! And trying to figure out what they shouldn’t have is a big issue too, it seems like it’s a matter of opinion not fact based research. ☹️
i’ve been doing so much research and i still don’t know what to feed my rats, i’m getting them for christmas. just as i was about to watch another 50 vids, you post this. thank You!!
If you're not experienced with rats, I'd recommend just feeding them oxbow or mazuri. Start trying out mixes when you've gotten a little more comfortable with rat care so that you don't overwhelm yourself
If you are based in The US i recomend starting with oxbow and then slowly start with mixes. If you are based in The UK or okey with The shipping cost I'd for sure recomend starting with a mix from rat rations, way better then pellets but easier then making your own mix 😊
We make extremely similar rat food mixes! I'm really happy about that, makes me feel like I'm doing it right! I actually use the exact same brand (Naturals) for the "vegetable" portion of my rat's diet. They absolutely love that stuff. I really want to get one of those large tubs you have because my boys go through the food pretty fast.
Ever since you first talked about making your own food I was gonna try but felt very overwhelmed! Thanks for breaking it down. Now I have a better idea of what to look for and feel way less stressed! Lol
I'm so pleased you made this video. As I am big dumdum, I found the Isamu video a little difficult to get my head around. She's great and knows her stuff, but having someone who's clearly a lot more comfortable being in front (or in this case, behind) a camera made it a lot easier to follow. You helped simplify a few of the things I learned from watching her video and I'm sure I'm not the only one in this boat.
Haha you’d think I’d be comfortable being behind a camera by now but I’m really not 😂 I am also a dumb dumb and it took me ages to make sense of this. It’s one of those things once you get it it makes sense but wrapping your head around it my brain took a long route 😂
Could you maybe sometime in the future do a mouse diet basics video like how you did for the rats? Also, great video, it's quite helpful even though I don't have rats but if I did this would be great. For me, I just watch all your videos even though I don't have rats or mice, but thinking about adopting some mice in the future! Overall an entertaining video. 😁💖
Yes please!! If you could do a video like that, it would help me sooo much with my mice!! I'm a completely lost with what I should include and exclude from their diet!! Please do a video like this 😊❤ Love your videos!!!
I mix my own mouse food! My babies really like it and eat most of it :) but I don’t know if you can find all of these ingredients in your country, I live in Austria and we have a store that sells most of these ingredients Base: - [ ] 80g chopped, dried corn - [ ] 250g 6-grain mixture (wheat, rye, spelt, barley, spring oats, millet) - [ ] 200g buckwheat - [ ] 400g of fine seeds (grass seeds, swamps, millet, knotweed, cornflower, chamomile, poppy, pansy, bird mice, goosefoot, clover seeds and spinach seeds) - [ ] 1 kg of exotic bird food (La Plata millet, senegal millet, manna millet, Japanese millet, silver millet, canary seed, nigers seed, red millet, wheat semolina) - [ ] 200g of wild seeds - [ ] 100g oatmeal - [ ] 100-150g herbs - [ ] 80g unsweetened cornflakes - [ ] 50g Linseeds - [ ] 5-10 spoons of complete rat & mouse Optinal - [ ] Hemp seeds - [ ] Chia seeds - [ ] Dried veggies - [ ] Sunflower seeds
@@alinka4433 you’re welcome! I translated it from German to English a while ago to post it on Facebook 😂 for me it’s really cheap! One kg is about 4€, which is cheaper than any other food I can find in store or online
Also, I have scrolled through some really good websites on what to feed them and how to make a mouse mix and there are a few videos out there so I am not desperate for a video from emiology because I wouldn’t know what to feed them it’s mostly because I would just like to see her opinions and what she feeds her mice and I guess that could help some people. It’s also just a video idea, I don’t know.
I'm getting rats very soon and your channel has given me the best information! Hopefully my boys will be happy after following your advice and cramming their cage full of toys and climbeys
Hey! So I was severely confused on how to make my own mix, and you have helped so much by making this video. I now have a good idea of what to do and have written down a variety of potential foods for each category. I am planning on getting rats soon and you have been so helpful. Thank you 💕😊🐀🐀
I love watching you rat care videos and my dad said I might get rats I’m so excited I’ve been doing to much research and you my favorite TH-cam for rats! 😋✨
this was so helpful!! i have been trying to find good rat food that has good variety!! im definitely going to look into other references and people to to really understand that diet but this is a great starting point and really broke it down for me! thank you so much Emi❤️❤️you are a queen
Thank you so much for inspiring me to get rats, they have opened up my world to so much. I will be forever grateful to you for inspiring so many minds with your videos. I will also e getting mice for Christmas and they will be in a 30 gallon tank. Do you have anymore accessories or things I should get them? Their names will be Old Cornelia, Jessie Jewel, and Parker Posie! Love you and your vids and I hope you get the diagnosis that you want very soon. It's amazing to see someone who perseveres through things such as that and inspires minds and opens up a whole new world to them. I hope you have everything you need in life and never have to struggle. You really and truly deserve it.
thank you for making this! i got rats (sisters, their names are pepper and fern) a couple months ago and your channel has been incredibly helpful when i have a question. i currently feed them the oxbow adult rat food, but because of your videos i'm going to branch out (doing some research too!) and hopefully give them the variety they need.
Thank you so much for making this video. It's a little frustrating when pet youtuber does not want, on life and death, to show how to make a simple basic mix, even though I understand it. But when the best forums are not in your own language, plus one is dyslexic, then it's quite frustrating not to be able to get a single aid on how to figure out by making a homemade mix.
Omg i love your rats and I’m hoping to get one❤️ this video was really helpful. Every time I watch your videos my cat comes running because he hears it and he just watches with me😊🥰 he also really loves Hubble❤️🥰
I couldn't find the banana brunch here in the states but I did contact the person on your link and they responded and are going to get together a rate for me to ship some to me. Thank you for sharing this. I have a feeder rat and he's spoiled.
Thankyou so much, Ive had my rats about a month and just been feeling so overwhelmed with all the diet info, i knew i wanted to move away from nuggets with fresh food asap but I have learning difficulties and struggled to understand a lot of the resources out there!! I’ve ordered Isamix from ratrations but I’d love start making my own at some point. You explained this process really clearly and visually 💕
Awesome! This seems so much easier then having a whole bunch of seperate ingredients, which is what I had currently set up. I will use the guide you posted! Thank you
Thank you for making this video! You and Jemma both make great videos and I've watched both you videos (and hers) over and over leading up to me getting my boys. You both are so helpful when it comes to explaining rat care :-)
You could totally make a part. 2 of this video with the more complex version of your rat mix 🐀 I’m sure that would be very interesting and less confusing (double recipe) since you would have that first video to refer people. Or you could simply integrate that in an upcoming vlog 🤷🏻♀️ 🥰 I love your channel btw 🐀🐀
6:57 if any of you have/had/want/researched guinea pigs you might have probably heard of pea flakes. For some reason the base mix looks like a bunch of pea flakes.
Oh my gosh!! This is the video I've been looking for for so long, I tried to make a mix by following other sources, but I didn't turn out very well at all and I just ended up swiching back to oxbow. Thanks thanks thanks for making this!
In your video ( 4:45 ) you said you adapted it to mice, what percentages did you change for mice? I can't seem to find a good source for a mice version online.
i usually mix a high quality store bought pellet food with a store bought mix of seeds, nuts, grains and dried vegetables. they get everything they need from the pellets (which is most of their diet) and the other ingredients add some enrichment. i might start looking into making my own mix now.
just so y'all remember if you choose to make your mix for your rats and mice, every mouse and rat has different needs and you'll have to make adjustments to every mix to fit your animals and you usually can't follow every recipe perfectly ☺️ sometimes you'll even have to come up with your own recipes for mixes as none work well! It took me months to find a mix of foods that works best for my mice!
This video has helped me alot. I thought mixes were super complicated and confusing and expensive so I didn't do any reasurch on them and instead got my rats a boring pellet food (which they actually quite enjoy but I don't like giving them as it just looks so boring 😅) . After watching your video, it has really shown me that making a mix isn't that complicated and confusing and I'm now thinking to start making their food too. Ofcource I'm only using your video as a guide and I won't be copying it item by item 🙃
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Thank you so much for this! I can tell my girls are bored of their regular block food so this will be a great change!
I just got a pair of Dumbo Rex boys. They're my first rats I've had a babies (adopted a girl in high-school who has a pretty long and sad story but I got to give her a good home for the last 6 months of her life). I'm trying so hard to give them all I can. Right now, they're small (about 4 months old), and they're in a Kaytee exotic cage, and I have a ferret nation double cage for them once they're bigger and are a bit more sure of themselves. They came eating the Kaytee blocks and I'm definitely gonna wean then off of it and I have all sorts of toys and puzzles for them
Oh my gosh i love you! This video is perfect for me because I'll take my first ratties on Monday, three female. And all this is only because I saw your videos since 2015, I've learned a lot from you, thank you so much for make my dream possible 🥰
This is the video I’ve been waiting for !! Thank you so much for posting this it’s reallyyyyyyy helpful, I’ve been trying to find proper food for them and I watched the other video and looked up the “shunamite” (??) diet but it’s still been a struggle trying to find some of the things where I’m from
Hi. I live in the U.S. im having a hard time finding a base mix such as Harrison Banana Brunch. Do you have recommendations for a base mix I can find in the U.S?
@@user-ss9kq1kk9d there's also a mix called "tiny friends farm" i found on chewy that seems pretty similar. it has ground corn in it but that is about the only downside to it.
@@sumsum881 that is the base I use and with everything else in it their isnt much corn, it can also be picked out if preferred. It has always worked great for me!
This video is super informative! I’ve been looking to make my own mouse food. I’ll definitely be doing some research and this video is helpful not to copy, but to see how much work and the general idea of how much it costs. Thanks!
I know this is an older video but thank you so much for making it. I just made my own mix and I have been worried I missed something. But now I feel great about it. 😁👍
Loving the cream egg cup! 😂 Hope you and your pets are well and your keeping safe ❤ I use the herbs plus instead of nature's salad. I've also just ordered some of them seeds as it's cheaper.
This helped so much! I took notes on my notebook and hopefully if I get rats soon I can use this! Ik it’s sounds dumb but I really want to get rats so I’m preparing even if idk if I’ll be able to
10 mugs base-Harrison's banana bunch is good 2 mugs high quality dog food (grain free, first ingredient should be meat source) recommend burns puppy mini (fish) 5 mugs pasta/less than 5% sugar cereal (corn flakes are good) /oats/lentils 2 mugs herbs/dried vegetables - rosewood natures salad is good 1 mug seeds- bird seed mix is good
Thank you so much for posting this video, it is so important that rats get the nutrition necessary, and I have been looking for a good mix for my girls for a while now! I do have one question, I'm sort of new to this and wondering if it is acceptable to add un-dried fresh veggies to their diet, as well as if cooked pasta would also be nutritious. Love your content!
That looks yummy! I saw instructions for that diet when I was looking at making my own rat food, but I just can't find the rabbit food part here in Canada. I found another recipe that was very simple and flexible but I was worried about missing vitamins and minerals, so I mixed mine 50-50 with some good quality rat kibbles. In the rest of the mix I did as much variety as possible. It ended up more expensive than regular rat food, but the quality of the ingredients is much better. I just feel a bit insulted when I feed my girls and they go for the rat kibbles first, after all that effort I put in.
I’m also in Canada and my search for the rabbit food came up empty too! I’m currently using oxbow as my base mix, I found a “bad” rat mix and picked out the dried corn, raisins and dried fruit chunks and I’m using it as part of my seed & cereal portion. I’m struggling with finding a good dried vegetable mix. It seems like they all have mostly hay or alfalfa but I’m not giving up yet. I wish we had more Canadian resources for rats, in my city there is only one registered breeder and they are very small and less knowledgeable than I am (in my opinion) Maybe it’s time to start something myself 🤷🏼♀️
@@mistymoon883 where in Canada are you? I am around Montreal, and it is weird to see how different online communities give different advice about many things. It might be worst here because of the language barrier and most people look for French sources of information, which all seem to come from a single breeder here as well. We really need better information in Canada. If you do start something, let me know. ;-) For my food, I didn't use a seed mix at all. I went with a recipe that was using human ingredients. For the veggies, I have a dehydrator, so I made my own. It was mostly greens from my garden, but I will do more variety next time.
@@kinahthecat I’m in Winnipeg. When I first got rats a couple years ago there was only one (registered) breeder but she sold it to someone else. I recently asked in a local parent group about finding a Rex or hairless and despite many responses saying they loved rats I got no real answers. But got a lot of people asking for help and advice.
This was very helpful! When I was younger and had rats I didn’t do the best so when I get my next boys I want to give them the best 😊 I’m looking for what’s best to put in the mix for what I can access
Hi, love your videos. So I have two questions about rats. 1. Is birchwood toxic for rats? I got two birch houses for my future rats. I researched if it is toxic, but some people say it is and some people say it isn’t. 2. Can you put wheat sprays in a rat cage? Thank you for posting videos on your channel, it has helped me so much on how to care for rats.
is the rosewood naturals herb mix okay for rats as it doesent say on the packet you can give it to them so just wondered and what about the dandelion salad stuff you have there which ive seen in b and m,s
Ooh! I don’t have rats, but so many of the comments were asking for this!
Who here doesn’t have rats, mice, cats, leopard geckos, invertebrates, etc, but still loves her channel!
Meeee
i have two guinea pigs :)
@@-thisaccountisdead-3422 I wanna get guinea pigs! I have done loads and loads of research! My parents said that we can get them when we move into a bigger house!
@Ava M. I was wondering if she had a leopard gecko! I was gonna check but I had school!
@@alicia5508 well guess what, we’re twins!
I am really glad that you push for people to do their own research and not just copy you or anyone else item for item. 😁👍❤️ Keep up the good work, Emi!
I’ve been trying to learn how to make my own mix and was getting confused, but this video helped a lot!
Same
That looks so nutritious for rats! The amount of rodent foods out there that are just not suitable is just sad, animals deserve to be healthy too! Your food looks great, I'm sure they love it!
They're generally healthier! Have you noticed that when you take your animal to the ver, the first thing they ask is what we're feeding them? Our doctors never ask us that!!??
So true 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Crumble has such chaotic energy and I love him for it
Im currently 16 almost 17 and I'm waiting for the day I can have my own rats! I've loved them for a long time and your videos are really helping me have an idea of where to start with research
I wanted rats since childhood. I didn't feel comfortable keeping rats when the landlord/roommates didn't approve. I'm 34 and just got my first pair because I own my house now.
Thankyou so much for this video I've been needing to change what's in my rats diet and I needed some inspiration!! Love your videos!!!😁😁😁
Crumble the rat hoover taking care of those spilt cornflakes like a pro 😅
"rat hoover"- love it!
Oh my god I really didn't realize how easy it was! Thanks for breaking down the percentages and giving other examples of things to throw in! I am so excited to do this and I have so much more knowledge on a balanced diet
It’s so cute how Crumble keeps running around and getting in the food😂
I’ve been looking for a good video on how to make a rat mix, and this one is perfect! You are my favorite channel to go to for help with my rats, and I love your videos!
Do you have a good store bought mix that you recommend?
I’d really recommend the isamu rats videos on this! They’re super informative and go into a lot of detail about why different components are how much they are.
I LOVE your vids! And I love how crumble is just running around while you are making their mix!
I'm in Canada and I currently mix Reggie Rat and Oxbow Essentials Adult rat food together to make my base mix, but we really are hurting for a good rat muesli here in North America as far as I am aware. Because Reggie Rat is high in wheat, I do not add wheat to any other part of their mix (gluten free pasta made from rice; corn, rice, and oat cereals for the processed grains). But I still wish we could get Harrison's banana brunch here, or at least something comparable. Thanks very much for the video, though! I think in North America it is pushed that we have to feed our rats a block diet because otherwise they will just pick out their favourites, but my rats LOVE their mix. They eat every piece of it. You just can't keep their bowls full 100% of the time. And honestly, some rats will get fat even on blocks if they are free-fed. There are so many benefits to feeding a diverse mix rather than just a block, in my opinion, and more people should know about the option.
You are spot on, we are really hurting for good rat mixes plus information & resources that are specifically for Canada. I’m only just starting into making my own mix and I’m finding it nearly impossible to do with adding in the oxbow. I also have spent a hour picking out stuff from “rat food” I bought before , it’s so freaking frustrating that commercial rat food mixes are full of stuff they shouldn’t have!
And trying to figure out what they shouldn’t have is a big issue too, it seems like it’s a matter of opinion not fact based research. ☹️
i’ve been doing so much research and i still don’t know what to feed my rats, i’m getting them for christmas.
just as i was about to watch another 50 vids, you post this. thank You!!
If you're not experienced with rats, I'd recommend just feeding them oxbow or mazuri. Start trying out mixes when you've gotten a little more comfortable with rat care so that you don't overwhelm yourself
@@RayRayRay4547 ok thank you
If you are based in The US i recomend starting with oxbow and then slowly start with mixes. If you are based in The UK or okey with The shipping cost I'd for sure recomend starting with a mix from rat rations, way better then pellets but easier then making your own mix 😊
@@linneasjolander9307 i’m in the uk so thank you!😊
I'm not too sure if it's been noted already, but the Harrison's rabbit banana brunch mix is on the ratnations website
We make extremely similar rat food mixes! I'm really happy about that, makes me feel like I'm doing it right! I actually use the exact same brand (Naturals) for the "vegetable" portion of my rat's diet. They absolutely love that stuff. I really want to get one of those large tubs you have because my boys go through the food pretty fast.
Ever since you first talked about making your own food I was gonna try but felt very overwhelmed! Thanks for breaking it down. Now I have a better idea of what to look for and feel way less stressed! Lol
I'm so pleased you made this video. As I am big dumdum, I found the Isamu video a little difficult to get my head around. She's great and knows her stuff, but having someone who's clearly a lot more comfortable being in front (or in this case, behind) a camera made it a lot easier to follow. You helped simplify a few of the things I learned from watching her video and I'm sure I'm not the only one in this boat.
Haha you’d think I’d be comfortable being behind a camera by now but I’m really not 😂 I am also a dumb dumb and it took me ages to make sense of this. It’s one of those things once you get it it makes sense but wrapping your head around it my brain took a long route 😂
Do I have a rat? no
Am I still watching this? yes
Btw I love your channel, you’re such a positive person!🥰
Could you maybe sometime in the future do a mouse diet basics video like how you did for the rats? Also, great video, it's quite helpful even though I don't have rats but if I did this would be great. For me, I just watch all your videos even though I don't have rats or mice, but thinking about adopting some mice in the future! Overall an entertaining video. 😁💖
Yes please!! If you could do a video like that, it would help me sooo much with my mice!! I'm a completely lost with what I should include and exclude from their diet!! Please do a video like this 😊❤ Love your videos!!!
I mix my own mouse food! My babies really like it and eat most of it :) but I don’t know if you can find all of these ingredients in your country, I live in Austria and we have a store that sells most of these ingredients
Base:
- [ ] 80g chopped, dried corn
- [ ] 250g 6-grain mixture (wheat, rye, spelt, barley, spring oats, millet)
- [ ] 200g buckwheat
- [ ] 400g of fine seeds (grass seeds, swamps, millet, knotweed, cornflower, chamomile, poppy, pansy, bird mice, goosefoot, clover seeds and spinach seeds)
- [ ] 1 kg of exotic bird food (La Plata millet, senegal millet, manna millet, Japanese millet, silver millet, canary seed, nigers seed, red millet, wheat semolina)
- [ ] 200g of wild seeds
- [ ] 100g oatmeal
- [ ] 100-150g herbs
- [ ] 80g unsweetened cornflakes
- [ ] 50g Linseeds
- [ ] 5-10 spoons of complete rat & mouse
Optinal
- [ ] Hemp seeds
- [ ] Chia seeds
- [ ] Dried veggies
- [ ] Sunflower seeds
@@NyaMoon_ ooh, thank you for taking time to write that! It definitely would be very helpful and sounds like great diet
@@alinka4433 you’re welcome! I translated it from German to English a while ago to post it on Facebook 😂 for me it’s really cheap! One kg is about 4€, which is cheaper than any other food I can find in store or online
Also, I have scrolled through some really good websites on what to feed them and how to make a mouse mix and there are a few videos out there so I am not desperate for a video from emiology because I wouldn’t know what to feed them it’s mostly because I would just like to see her opinions and what she feeds her mice and I guess that could help some people. It’s also just a video idea, I don’t know.
I'm getting rats very soon and your channel has given me the best information! Hopefully my boys will be happy after following your advice and cramming their cage full of toys and climbeys
I love your animals way too much!!! Your honestly the reason I'm going on to study zoology in September :)
Hey! So I was severely confused on how to make my own mix, and you have helped so much by making this video. I now have a good idea of what to do and have written down a variety of potential foods for each category. I am planning on getting rats soon and you have been so helpful. Thank you 💕😊🐀🐀
I love watching you rat care videos and my dad said I might get rats I’m so excited I’ve been doing to much research and you my favorite TH-cam for rats! 😋✨
I got my babies about 4 months ago and they have made me so happy. Your channel give me the info to give them their best life so thank you.❤❤❤
this was so helpful!! i have been trying to find good rat food that has good variety!! im definitely going to look into other references and people to to really understand that diet but this is a great starting point and really broke it down for me! thank you so much Emi❤️❤️you are a queen
Thank you so much for inspiring me to get rats, they have opened up my world to so much. I will be forever grateful to you for inspiring so many minds with your videos. I will also e getting mice for Christmas and they will be in a 30 gallon tank. Do you have anymore accessories or things I should get them? Their names will be Old Cornelia, Jessie Jewel, and Parker Posie! Love you and your vids and I hope you get the diagnosis that you want very soon. It's amazing to see someone who perseveres through things such as that and inspires minds and opens up a whole new world to them. I hope you have everything you need in life and never have to struggle. You really and truly deserve it.
thank you for making this! i got rats (sisters, their names are pepper and fern) a couple months ago and your channel has been incredibly helpful when i have a question. i currently feed them the oxbow adult rat food, but because of your videos i'm going to branch out (doing some research too!) and hopefully give them the variety they need.
this is soooo wholesome and helpful dude, i love your channel
This was SO SO SO So helpfull you don 't even know, I'm asking for rats for my birthday next year. This was just so helpful thanks!
Now I know how you've got such wealthy looking rats. Thanks!
I've saved this video in my favorite list.
This isnt very relevant but I find rat boggling SO ADORABLE :33
did your rats ever wiggle their tail? I find that even more adorable!!
Thank you so much for making this video.
It's a little frustrating when pet youtuber does not want, on life and death, to show how to make a simple basic mix, even though I understand it.
But when the best forums are not in your own language, plus one is dyslexic,
then it's quite frustrating not to be able to get a single aid on how to figure out by making a homemade mix.
Omg i love your rats and I’m hoping to get one❤️ this video was really helpful. Every time I watch your videos my cat comes running because he hears it and he just watches with me😊🥰 he also really loves Hubble❤️🥰
pls get more than one rat if ur planning on getting them !!!!
Get AT LEAST 2
This was so helpful, im planning on getting rats at the end of next month and i had no idea what to do this video really helped me out thank you🙏
I couldn't find the banana brunch here in the states but I did contact the person on your link and they responded and are going to get together a rate for me to ship some to me. Thank you for sharing this. I have a feeder rat and he's spoiled.
Aw, I've been looking for something like this for a long time :) thanks for the video Emi!
Thankyou so much, Ive had my rats about a month and just been feeling so overwhelmed with all the diet info, i knew i wanted to move away from nuggets with fresh food asap but I have learning difficulties and struggled to understand a lot of the resources out there!! I’ve ordered Isamix from ratrations but I’d love start making my own at some point. You explained this process really clearly and visually 💕
Awesome! This seems so much easier then having a whole bunch of seperate ingredients, which is what I had currently set up. I will use the guide you posted! Thank you
The best rat youtuber! You help me give my future rats the right care, I appreciate you very much!
Thank you for making this video! You and Jemma both make great videos and I've watched both you videos (and hers) over and over leading up to me getting my boys. You both are so helpful when it comes to explaining rat care :-)
The rats are so cute !! I love how you make your own rat food and take time your time for them.
I swear crumble is the cutest rat I've ever seen
You could totally make a part. 2 of this video with the more complex version of your rat mix 🐀 I’m sure that would be very interesting and less confusing (double recipe) since you would have that first video to refer people. Or you could simply integrate that in an upcoming vlog 🤷🏻♀️ 🥰 I love your channel btw 🐀🐀
6:57 if any of you have/had/want/researched guinea pigs you might have probably heard of pea flakes. For some reason the base mix looks like a bunch of pea flakes.
Pea flakes are one of the main ingredients in the base mix she uses, that's probably why it looks like that 🤗
@@minao3902 nice to know, thanks!
I agree! They really do 😀
@@glitterwishez3018 hehe! @Iasmina Oana said the mix has pea flakes, so it makes sense
@@prettypeach13 YESSSS! Do you have guinea pigs? You respond quick lol
i’m getting two rats at the end of the month so i’ve been binge watching all your videos
Thank you for this! I make my mix but I was worried I was doing it wrong!
Oh my gosh!! This is the video I've been looking for for so long, I tried to make a mix by following other sources, but I didn't turn out very well at all and I just ended up swiching back to oxbow. Thanks thanks thanks for making this!
You have helped me give my rats the best life possible. Thank you so much ❤❤❤
Love it keep up the good work and have a good day
We are finally getting better choices for rat mixes in the states finally. We found tha Rosewood salad at Walmart today 🤩
In your video ( 4:45 ) you said you adapted it to mice, what percentages did you change for mice? I can't seem to find a good source for a mice version online.
You need to higher the protein for mice so you can put a little more mealworms or something else high in protein!
i usually mix a high quality store bought pellet food with a store bought mix of seeds, nuts, grains and dried vegetables. they get everything they need from the pellets (which is most of their diet) and the other ingredients add some enrichment. i might start looking into making my own mix now.
store bought mixes arent really that good for them! i would make your own mix :)
just so y'all remember if you choose to make your mix for your rats and mice, every mouse and rat has different needs and you'll have to make adjustments to every mix to fit your animals and you usually can't follow every recipe perfectly ☺️ sometimes you'll even have to come up with your own recipes for mixes as none work well! It took me months to find a mix of foods that works best for my mice!
You need to understand the ingredients in your foods as well as some foods don't provide any nutritional benefit to your rats and mice
This video has helped me alot.
I thought mixes were super complicated and confusing and expensive so I didn't do any reasurch on them and instead got my rats a boring pellet food (which they actually quite enjoy but I don't like giving them as it just looks so boring 😅) . After watching your video, it has really shown me that making a mix isn't that complicated and confusing and I'm now thinking to start making their food too.
Ofcource I'm only using your video as a guide and I won't be copying it item by item 🙃
Thank you so much for this! I can tell my girls are bored of their regular block food so this will be a great change!
I don’t even own a rat but I found it informative and your rats are adorable 🥰 🐁 💕
Perfect timing! I’m getting rats soon and I couldn’t find many videos on good food to use :)
Thanku for this video! Didn't know dandelion leafs and stuff like that could be added so definitely doing that
I finally found this video thank you so much this helped tons.😃
I just got a pair of Dumbo Rex boys. They're my first rats I've had a babies (adopted a girl in high-school who has a pretty long and sad story but I got to give her a good home for the last 6 months of her life). I'm trying so hard to give them all I can. Right now, they're small (about 4 months old), and they're in a Kaytee exotic cage, and I have a ferret nation double cage for them once they're bigger and are a bit more sure of themselves. They came eating the Kaytee blocks and I'm definitely gonna wean then off of it and I have all sorts of toys and puzzles for them
Thank you so much! I think I am gonna try this method! I’m getting rats for Christmas! I’m a huge fan! Have a great day!
Oh my gosh i love you! This video is perfect for me because I'll take my first ratties on Monday, three female. And all this is only because I saw your videos since 2015, I've learned a lot from you, thank you so much for make my dream possible 🥰
Thank you soo much for this video, this was very educational! And I’m getting rats soon so I was very happy to see this
I gust got my rat 6 month ago ur vid helped me so much thank for making ur channel
0:04...I swear crumble has better manners than some people!
This is the video I’ve been waiting for !! Thank you so much for posting this it’s reallyyyyyyy helpful, I’ve been trying to find proper food for them and I watched the other video and looked up the “shunamite” (??) diet but it’s still been a struggle trying to find some of the things where I’m from
Hi. I live in the U.S. im having a hard time finding a base mix such as Harrison Banana Brunch. Do you have recommendations for a base mix I can find in the U.S?
From what I understand, you can use a quality store bought pellet (oxbow, origins, selective etc) as your base mix
Esmeralda GamgeeTook Thank you
@@user-ss9kq1kk9d there's also a mix called "tiny friends farm" i found on chewy that seems pretty similar. it has ground corn in it but that is about the only downside to it.
@@sumsum881 ok thank you
@@sumsum881 that is the base I use and with everything else in it their isnt much corn, it can also be picked out if preferred. It has always worked great for me!
Tysm, I’m getting my rats in a few weeks and You have really helped me on some ingredients.
Btw love ur channel and your rats
This video is super informative! I’ve been looking to make my own mouse food. I’ll definitely be doing some research and this video is helpful not to copy, but to see how much work and the general idea of how much it costs. Thanks!
Grazie!!
Cercavo proprio un video così in questi giorni, arrivi sempre al momento giusto 😍
Early! I can’t wait, I’ve been loving the videos with Hubble lately as well!
I know this is an older video but thank you so much for making it. I just made my own mix and I have been worried I missed something. But now I feel great about it. 😁👍
Loving the cream egg cup! 😂 Hope you and your pets are well and your keeping safe ❤ I use the herbs plus instead of nature's salad. I've also just ordered some of them seeds as it's cheaper.
Thank you so much I’ve recently just got 4 rats and this helped!
*while pointing at like 10 products*
“Very simple basic rat food”
It’s really not that much compared to others
if u have rats .... yeah very basic honestly
Mine has like double or triple the ingredients, this really is a quite simple one lol
I thought the same thing lol
Lol yea but I have mice and they get atleast like 12 different thing plus veggies so yeaa
This helped so much! I took notes on my notebook and hopefully if I get rats soon I can use this! Ik it’s sounds dumb but I really want to get rats so I’m preparing even if idk if I’ll be able to
EMI I literally love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE BEEN NEEDING A NEW MIX FOR MY RATTIES..SO THANKS SO MUCH :)💖
I use wilko pea feast rabbit food as a base mix and like to switch the lentils and cereal often✨💕
I love your channel so much
I'm amazed about the dried pasta!?
10 mugs base-Harrison's banana bunch is good
2 mugs high quality dog food (grain free, first ingredient should be meat source) recommend burns puppy mini (fish)
5 mugs pasta/less than 5% sugar cereal (corn flakes are good) /oats/lentils
2 mugs herbs/dried vegetables - rosewood natures salad is good
1 mug seeds- bird seed mix is good
Yay thank you Emi, this was very helpful I'll definitely be trying this!🙂😀
"Tee hee hee...Mum's dropped some!"
Thank you so much for posting this video, it is so important that rats get the nutrition necessary, and I have been looking for a good mix for my girls for a while now! I do have one question, I'm sort of new to this and wondering if it is acceptable to add un-dried fresh veggies to their diet, as well as if cooked pasta would also be nutritious. Love your content!
Hello! I have two older male rats and I am going to get two younger male rats right now! Thank you so much for all the tips!
That looks yummy! I saw instructions for that diet when I was looking at making my own rat food, but I just can't find the rabbit food part here in Canada. I found another recipe that was very simple and flexible but I was worried about missing vitamins and minerals, so I mixed mine 50-50 with some good quality rat kibbles. In the rest of the mix I did as much variety as possible. It ended up more expensive than regular rat food, but the quality of the ingredients is much better. I just feel a bit insulted when I feed my girls and they go for the rat kibbles first, after all that effort I put in.
I’m also in Canada and my search for the rabbit food came up empty too! I’m currently using oxbow as my base mix, I found a “bad” rat mix and picked out the dried corn, raisins and dried fruit chunks and I’m using it as part of my seed & cereal portion.
I’m struggling with finding a good dried vegetable mix. It seems like they all have mostly hay or alfalfa but I’m not giving up yet.
I wish we had more Canadian resources for rats, in my city there is only one registered breeder and they are very small and less knowledgeable than I am (in my opinion)
Maybe it’s time to start something myself 🤷🏼♀️
@@mistymoon883 where in Canada are you? I am around Montreal, and it is weird to see how different online communities give different advice about many things. It might be worst here because of the language barrier and most people look for French sources of information, which all seem to come from a single breeder here as well. We really need better information in Canada. If you do start something, let me know. ;-)
For my food, I didn't use a seed mix at all. I went with a recipe that was using human ingredients. For the veggies, I have a dehydrator, so I made my own. It was mostly greens from my garden, but I will do more variety next time.
@@kinahthecat I’m in Winnipeg. When I first got rats a couple years ago there was only one (registered) breeder but she sold it to someone else. I recently asked in a local parent group about finding a Rex or hairless and despite many responses saying they loved rats I got no real answers. But got a lot of people asking for help and advice.
Thank you!! I’ve been looking into getting rats but, i had no idea what the best food to feed them is 🐀
My lovely Crumble. Yes!
This was very helpful! When I was younger and had rats I didn’t do the best so when I get my next boys I want to give them the best 😊 I’m looking for what’s best to put in the mix for what I can access
Hi, love your videos. So I have two questions about rats. 1. Is birchwood toxic for rats? I got two birch houses for my future rats. I researched if it is toxic, but some people say it is and some people say it isn’t. 2. Can you put wheat sprays in a rat cage?
Thank you for posting videos on your channel, it has helped me so much on how to care for rats.
Love your channel Emi!! You have such a great channel!!!!
is the rosewood naturals herb mix okay for rats as it doesent say on the packet you can give it to them so just wondered and what about the dandelion salad stuff you have there which ive seen in b and m,s
I just love food you can "share" with your pets.
This is also me trying to life healty and giving up on the secound day getting vegan chicken nuggets
IVE BEEN WANTING THIS VIDEO FOR SO LONG TY
What a great mix! Your rats must be so healthy :)
Would the red split lentils not count as a Protein rather than Processed Grain?(Going by the guide photo)
I was wondering this as well. I am using lentils as protein and now in doubt.
I came here to say exactly that
I thought this too!
I give my rats half store bought nuggets and the over half of my own mix and they love it 😄
That's what I'm doing. Which nuggets are you using?
@@ndavies5968 I use burgess nuggets
@@bendyalien o yes the red packet. I use science select because the protein is bang on at 14% burgess it a bit high apparently at 16%
@@ndavies5968 oh yeah I have heard that, which is why I put half my mix with it
Hi! I'd love to see this video for mice! Thanks so much! xx
thank you so much i got my rat before i did any research (stupidly) and here i am now!