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StormHaven Rat Care

Mazuri 6F Cubes Fed daily available 24/7	Timothy Hay Fed once weekly in a very small amount and used for bedding
Fresh Fruit and Veggies Fed 5 x per week	Fresh Veggies and Fruit Fed 5x per week
Fresh Veggie and Fruit Salad Fed 5x per week. Made fresh.	Eggs and Salad Eggs are fed 3x per week, salad 5x per week.
Salad and Eggs Fancy meals for the babies	Fresh Corn on the Cob A yummy summer treat
Many of the ingredients for StormHavens dry mix So much to mix in for a balanced diet	Sweet stuff Small amounts always
Legumes Less is more	Seeds So yummy the babies love them!
Wild rice A little dab will do ya	Nuts and seeds Go easy with these
Black oil sunflower seeds Don't go overboard on these.	Some of the herbs we add Expensive but worth it. Don't add to much.
Starting to mix Mix vigorously	Dry Mix close up So beautiful
Full bin of dry mix Nothing better then a full bin of nutritious and balanced food. This mix is for babies and young adults not elderly rats.

How our rats are cared for here at

StormHaven.

Feeding -

All day (24/7), we offer (Mazuri Cubes 6f for breeders). For adults not being bred, we offer (Oxbow Essentials Adult Rat Food), and for young rats, we offer (Oxbow Animal Health Garden Select Mouse and Young Rat Food).
Morning, daily, we provide a dry mix that we have formulated 98% organic and 100% non-GMO
In the evening, 5x a week, we provide an organic Non-GMO mix of Fresh Veggies and Fruit, pregnant and nursing moms get this 7 times a week
We provide Timothy Hay 1x a week - Fridays
Three times a week in the evening, they are given boiled eggs with some ground shells.
Three times a week in the evening, they are given meat, either shredded chicken breast or shredded pork.
Pregnant mothers receive proteins twice weekly.
Nursing mothers receive proteins daily.

Health -

ACV drops are added to the water , using 12 drops per oz of water. When we have rats in quarantine, all rats receive Double the amount of ACV for the duration of quarantine.
Turmeric drops are added to the water once every two months for a week

Treats -

We use yogurt, baby food, or cheese as a training treat
Fun treats are corn on the cob and rib bones, either beef or pork.
We do not feed treats or any type of food through the bars or wire mesh
To give hand-fed treats, doors are opened, and treats are handed to our rats

Cleaning -

The bedding is Aspen with Pellets underneath for absorption and smell
The potty box has Pellets and a Pee Rock
Cages get cleaned & sanitized once a week
All cages get a makeover once a month - New toys, hides, etc
Water bottles are cleaned & sanitized every 3 days and filled daily as needed
Food dishes are cleaned and washed daily.
All cages have hammocks, hides, toys, and stuff to chew on, and are three to four levels. Breeding and Nursery cages are one level only.

Play Time & Handling -

All rats have playtime in a free-roam/Play Pen setting
Babies start being handled daily, starting at 1 day old, depending on the moms. If moms are overly protective, we will wait until they are comfortable with us handling babies.

Breeding -

Females start breeding around 5 - 6 months old and are only bred 2 possible 3 times, then retired.
Males start breeding around 5 - 6 months and are retired between 14 and 18 months old. We rarely breed our males more than 6 times, and at this time, we don't loan them out.
Retired breeders are kept as pets.

StormHaven Rat Care

Mazuri 6F Cubes

Fed daily available 24/7

Timothy Hay

Fed once weekly in a very small amount and used for bedding

Fresh Fruit and Veggies

Fed 5 x per week

Fresh Veggies and Fruit

Fed 5x per week

Fresh Veggie and Fruit Salad

Fed 5x per week. Made fresh.

Eggs and Salad

Eggs are fed 3x per week, salad 5x per week.

Salad and Eggs

Fancy meals for the babies

Fresh Corn on the Cob

A yummy summer treat

Many of the ingredients for StormHavens dry mix

So much to mix in for a balanced diet

Sweet stuff

Small amounts always

Legumes

Less is more

Seeds

So yummy the babies love them!

Wild rice

A little dab will do ya

Nuts and seeds

Go easy with these

Black oil sunflower seeds

Don't go overboard on these.

Some of the herbs we add

Expensive but worth it. Don't add to much.

Starting to mix

Mix vigorously

Dry Mix close up

So beautiful

Full bin of dry mix

Nothing better then a full bin of nutritious and balanced food. This mix is for babies and young adults not elderly rats.