тоже считаю что нет ничего лучше мешанки. недавно читала американского заводчика, там состав мешанки немного другой. больше чем у нас арахиса - 1/4 от общей массы, очищенный ячмень (как сказали на привозе это перловка). кукурузу она вообще не дает. Короче, кто знает английский можете почитать.
http://www.camarattery.com/main-dietона очень настаивает на арахисе, что крысы живут дольше те, кто ест арахис.
там еще есть одна добавка, у нас такого нет - Calf Mana
The Main Diet
What is the main diet? Let me simplify this as much as possible. Rats need 14-16% protein. Any less and they will be malnourished and any more and they will get protein itch. Especially males. Other nutrients are also necessary. And the only way to get it is to have a product that has a guaranteed analysis. Too many people and breeders are not paying attention to this and they are throwing anything together on a whim. And the quality or lack thereof of rats is very noticeable.I prefer to use a grain diet. One made by a man with a degree in animal nutrition. My mix has a guaranteed analysis I do not know of any other mixes made by breeders that can say that. Most people are throwing random grains together and not knowing why they are doing it. I did not make this diet myself, I am not qualified to do so. I've used this mix since 1998 and my rats are known for their longevity and beauty. You can either use this diet which increases the life span of your rats, or you can use a diet that gives you rats an average or below average life span. Such as the ones that tell you to feed your rats sugars and molasses or Subees diet. And sugars have been proven by science to cause seizures in rats. So these diets are not as good for your rats, nor are they proven to help rat's life span.
Myself and the Colorado rat community of nearly 500 people on the Colorado rat list did try Harlan + fresh vegetables and fruit for a quite a few years, but we all saw a decrease in lifespan of 50% across the board. I don't know why, but maybe that is the reason that people using lab blocks only get lab rat life spans? Just a thought. We believe the peanuts themselves are what was lacking. 15+ years ago people thought peanuts were bad for rats, but that is very, very old info. And out of date. There is also no science in it. Rats on this diet which includes raw peanuts do live longer according to the results we saw. So we have all since switched back to this grain diet, and life spans are back up again. Thankfully.
Here is my recipe.
3 parts flaked barley (do not use pearled barely! Its too hard and will break teeth!)
1 part sun flower seeds
1/2 part oat groats (Steel cut oats).
1/4 part Calf Mana
Or as an alternative to the Calf Mana: A bird pellet non fruit flavor for medium birds. IE.. Zupreem, Harrison's, Kay Tee Exact, Roudybush. Or the bird pellet from Excello. Or you can use calf manna from the fed store. The recipe was actually made with it not a bird pellet. But it has an ingredient my hubby is allergic to. So I have to use an alternative. Or you can use meat bird builder from a feed store for chickens and or water foul. So many options!
1/4 part raw peanuts (either in the shell or out of the shell)
1/4 part senior dog food of high quality. Only natural ingredients please! IE... Innova, Taste of the Wild, Chicken Soup For Dogs, Wellness, Pinnacle etc. Do not use garbage dog foods as these will give your rat tumors. IE... Old Roy, Science Diet, Iams, Alpo or anything from a grocery store or super store. Those are all really bad!
Optional (I do this): For babies up to 3 months old and pregnant and nursing moms only add a "raw diet". If you wish.
Optional: A pinch of raw pumpkin seeds daily. Around 4 seeds per rat. This is a good treat food.
If you are personally allergic to the ingredients in Calf Mana here is an alternative:
Pictured Here:Roudybush Maintenance Pellets but you can use others.
Remember not to use a fruit flavor pellets as its usually full of d-limonene which male rats cannot have.
My Grain Diet is Approx:
Crude Protein: 14% (with Roudybush)
Also if you are looking for an alternative to peanuts because if a peanut allergy, I cannot help you. I am not certified in small animal nutrition. And I would not know how to get the guaranteed analysis correct if the peanuts were removed. I am not qualified to do that. That would need someone with a degree in nutrition to figure that out.