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- About this item ADULT RAT FOOD: In a convenient kibble form, our Essentials Adult Rat Food is specifically crafted for mature rodents; Our rat food pellets are fortified with essential vitamins and minerals, designed to boost overall health and longevity
- IMMUNE HEALTH SUPPORT: This blend goes beyond basic nourishment by integrating antioxidants and prebiotics to support your rat’s immune health; Think of it as a power-up for your pet, a super rat food that fights illness from the inside
- STIMULATING FOOD: Our uniform rat food pellets not only ensure balanced nutrition in every bite but also prevent selective eating; No more picking and choosing, every pellet packs a punch of healthful benefits
- VETERINARIAN RECOMMENDED: Our rat food is formulated with the expert guidance of veterinarians to provide the best possible diet for your beloved rat; using their expertise, we have created pellets that are nutritious and delicious
- MADE IN THE USA: Our Oxbow rat food is proudly manufactured in the USA with quality domestically sourced ingredients; made with the highest level of efficacy and safety with your beloved pet in mind
Jess –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love the brand, price and my rats love the taste!
This is the best, in my opinion. I love that I can completely trust this brand for my babies. Extremely nutrient dense and they love the taste! They will choose this over treats most of the time.
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Andy Barnes –
5.0 out of 5 stars
My rats love this!
This is the best for-your-value rat food I have found online; you can buy a large amount and it stays fresh. None of the rats I’ve had have disliked this food.
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Abby –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Rat Food Ever
My rats absolutely love it and I’ve been using this brand exclusively for years. I use this along with fresh fruit, veggies, and meat. It is so healthy for them, and they will get very chunky very quickly if you feed this to them along with a mixed diet. They always look for more after they take all of it from their food bowl lol.
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anne kelly –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Food for my little peanut
I use this food for my pet rat for the past year. It wasn’t available in our pet store so I ordered on Amazon. I will order here from now on!!The price is great. I get a bigger bag here than i do at store for same price. This is the best rat food-smells good and great quality.
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Jann –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rats Live It
Good rat food.
Benjamin Roberts –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hands down the best
This is hands down the best food for rats. I switch off between using these pellets and cooking fresh. There is almost no difference in their enjoyment of Oxbow pellets and fresh fruit, vegetables, and oats. They still go crazy for it, unlike other brands of pellets I have tried.
Alex –
5.0 out of 5 stars
My lil garbage disposals love this
My rats gobble this up and they go crazy for dinner so I’d say it’s a good food. Once I had to take them to the vet and the vet said that this is a good brand so 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Heather Bullard –
5.0 out of 5 stars
My Ratty Girls LOVE it!!!
This is probably my 20th time buying this rat food. MY 3 GIRLS LOVE IT. I’ve tried other foods that are a mixture of different things but I like that this food is the same thing every piece. That way my girls can’t pick & choose want the want from a variety mix food. And I know they’re getting the nutrition, vitamin, & minerals they need!
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Chris –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good soup
The rats love it and the price is affordable versus the quality of food. This is my favorite food brand for my rats and this is the only dry food i plan on feeding them.
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Amazon Customer –
4.0 out of 5 stars
Rats love it
I feed my rats 2 diff foods and they always go for this first. A friend who is training to be a vet recommended it to me, and it seems great. Been feeding them this for over a year.
Darlene –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great
The only rat food I’ve fed to my two rats and they have lived beyond the average lifespan for a rat (one lived to be two and a half and the other is almost three). I contribute that in part to their diet. A lot of pellets are not suitable for regular feeding.
Dorothy –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not much to say it’s rat food
There’s really not much to say about this it’s rat food my rats eat it
Ash –
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best for my rats
Arrived super quick. My vet recommended this food to me as one of my rats has a sensitive stomach and has a hard time with most other foods. This is basically the only one that helps her tummy feel better ♡
Amazon Customer –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good quality food
When we had our rats this food made them healthy and big they loved it
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Sara Moore –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rats love it
Our rats really enjoy this food. Would recommend.
PavementEater –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Good Dry Rat Food.
This is a very good rat food. The ingredients are some of the best for your sub adult and adult rats.The kibble size is small perfect size for our rats to hold and eat with their hands.All our rats have yet to have issues with their skin, fur or teeth. So, this food for our rats seems keep them healthy and well balanced and they have allergies or health issues. A couple times a week we will add some Oats and fresh veggies with the food.
Abigail –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best rat food ever!
This is the best rat food hands down. Every rat loves it, and it is so healthy for them. New rat owners who buy this, don’t think it is the only thing you give them. It is just a base of their diet. Just kinda like how humans have rice/bread/pasta as the base of most meals! They need this food along with fresh food 🙂
MG –
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great food but rats won’t eat it
Great food but my rats won’t touch it
Jennifer Edwards –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lil’ guy loves it!
My fancy rat loves his Oxbow kibble. I like that it’s all the same, so he cannot eat only his favorite pieces and leave the rest, which can be an issue with mixed ingredient rat food. The ingredients are healthy, without a bunch of low-nutrient filler. The 3 pound bag fits perfectly in my 1 gallon glass jar.
Annika –
5.0 out of 5 stars
My rats favorite dry food
This is the best food for rats, most of the other rat parents feed their rats this kind also. I have healthy baby rats
Elizabeth J. Anderson –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful, sturdy, very classy looking at a very good price!
I am so impressed at the quality of these chairs! They are clearly well built, sturdy, really nice looking and very comfortable! Also, quite classy and elegant! Excellent product!!
Denise A Alford –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good food for rats very healthy
Very good food rats love it and absolutely go wild for it everytime and seems to keep them healthy long and living great lives been using this almost 2 years with our rats and had no issues
K. Johnson –
5.0 out of 5 stars
They like it
Our rats like this food. I asked them to rate the flavor and they said they do prefer oatmeal, corn chowder, and bananas. But they eat this kibble every day and seem to like it.
laura –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good protein levels
A little stinky when you open the bag but it’s really good nutrition. I have 2 rats 3 years old and this was a the main diet they have always had
kim –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rats love it
My rats gobble through this food! Its perfect for rat owners who don’t want picky eaters.
T_5678 –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great at preventing selective feeding. Keeps my girls in good shape.
Good price, lasts for a long time. My 3 little ones like it a lot. Good food.
angela –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rats liked it
My rats were only eating certain parts of their seed mix and making a huge mess with what they didn’t eat. I switched to this and they seemed to like it quit a bit.
Brooks –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rats are healthy
We had a rat live to almost 3 on this food. They love it.
Amy L –
5.0 out of 5 stars
My raties love oxbow
Great brand buy all the time.
Mel –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best rat food
I like the select better but it’s $ when in a pinch this is the best.
BadKarmaLucky –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rats love it!
This is the only rat food that all my rats love, even the pickiest of them!
Mews –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rats love the rat food
The rats love this food a lot
Amber –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Easier than going to the pet store!
I buy this for our rats often, I did have one bag come and it was ripped and taped shut and the box looked like it was from the first Ace Ventura movie. However, I messaged them and explained that it was 25% dust and quite a lot was stuck to the tape (Definitely looked like the bag was taped before it was put into the box) and they were very prompt to send me another bag and I appreciated that! Only food my rats will eat!
Aaron –
5.0 out of 5 stars
My rats eat this, your rats will too
My rats lived their whole lives eating this, I think it is healthier and they seem to like it. Very good stuff.
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Stephen –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Quality food for my little ones!
My little rats always come running to the cage bars when they hear the bag opening. Have been using it for years! The buy two bags get a discount deal is really killer.
Degenerate –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good stuff
I feed different critters different foods but this is overall a great staple diet for rats. Usually recommend this or mazuri rodent block diet. Have been using this for some of my own and they love it.Make sure to give them some variety though throughout the week, veggies, fruits (no citrus,) dried/uncooked pasta is a fan favorite over here and will give you glorious ASMR while they’re chewing on it (good for their teeth too!)
Natasha A. Millikan –
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best rat food ever and a great supplier
The writers of RatGuide personally told me that the two healthy kibbles for rats in the US are Oxbow Regal Rat and Harlan Teklad. Of course you must supplement any dry food with fresh vegetables and a small piece of fruit every day! I’m not even sure the latter is still available for pet owners but in any case the difference is that Oxbow tastes good, so rats can get a bit chunky. So it’s up to you: Happy fat rats or slender rats who hate their food? You decide!Supplier has never failed me and I got it at a huge discount which has continued to be the price as I get it every 3 months— perfect for 5 boys.
Emma Peterson –
5.0 out of 5 stars
World’s Best Rattie Grub
I’ve owned 4 pet ratties and they all loved this food! It doesn’t contain anything harmful, and prevents picking out pieces that they don’t like. Oxbow is very nutritious and I like hearing my sniffy wigglers crunching at it.
Julia Gipson –
5.0 out of 5 stars
Oxbow essentials ray food
I absolutely love this product. I mix it with my rats larger chunks of food so they have options then add fresh fruits and veggies as well! Every since I started adding this to their big chunks of food they have been a lot happier and healthier looking due to the interaction of picking what they want and also the different sizes is just an enrichment thing.
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Hailey McClellan –
5.0 out of 5 stars
My rats ONLY eat this food
My rats will not eat any other rat food. Only this product.
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