Essentials Rat Food, Pet Food for Adult Rats, All-Natural Vitamin & Mineral Rich Formula, Veterinarian Recommended, Oxbow, Rodent Pellets, Made in USA, No Artificials, 3 lb. Bag

Only brand I will buy! Quality and safe ingredients without any additives. The variety and texture is great for our 2 pet rats (think Stuart Little). Doesn’t smell funny and is easy to digest. Great value too!

I believe this is one of the best rat foods out there. I have been using it for years and my rats live long, healthy lives. Their coats stay shiny and they are very active. Mine like to eat some and store some. The food was fresh, not crumbled, and the bag was in perfect condition.

My rats and mice really like this food. The size of the kibble is perfect for hand, feeding your pets.

Definitely one of the best foods on the market in terms of nutrients & flavor. I have three rats and I give them around two handfuls a day. They always finish and are always very excited about it, they maintain a healthy weight and something I've noticed about this food specifically is that they like it even more than the seed and nut mixtures that you can purchase for rats. Honestly they get more excited for this than they do their fruit & veg which is a shock as other pellet type food I've tried usually isn't such a hit.

I have been feeding my rats for a few years. The vet and Google told us that this food is the number 2 rat food on the market. And from my experience the only draw back is that you have to monitor how much your rats eat cuz they'll love this food and it'll make them fat. But not unhealthy fat

My rats love to eat this! Not too strong smelling either.

I researched everything I could find about good food for the rats (we have 4) and I'm sure you all know how picky they can be. I decided to try the "Oxbow Regal Rat" food for it's complete nutrition and mix the "FM Browns Tropical Carnival" in for variety. Keep in mind my rats wouldn't eat anything but the "goodies" out of the store bought Kaytee Fiesta diet we have had them on. First of all both the Oxbow Regal and the FM Browns Tropical Carnival smell good, even to me. Sounds funny but you know rodents use their noses more than any other sense. Have to be able to smell what's edible in the dark, dude. So if I think it smells like catfood and fish meal, the rats are going to find it even better... Second - the Oxbow is very similar to cat/dog food kibble instead of the giant soy nuggets in every other bag of food you find at the pet store (and no ones rats eat those, do they?) Why pay for stuff your rat doesnt' eat? I mean, would you keep buying dog food that tastes so bad Fido won't eat it? And complete nutrition! I have always worried about my rats getting their vitamins - I want them to live long healthy, happy lives. Third - The FM Browns Tropical Carnival is mostly seeds and "some" cereals and "few" dried shrimps, but it smells good and see above for my take on that. I know some folks have said not to give their rodents seeds because of too much protien or fat or whatever, but hey, these are American rats! We like some potatoes with that dry as a bone baked chicken breast and no-butter green beans. As long as the majority of what their eating is the healthy stuff, let them have some "junk food." First day with the new foods mixed together, stirred into their old stuff: the rats all picked out the new Oxbow and left the old Fiesta Max in the bowl! Hey Mikey! He likes it! I normally will give my rats fruit and veggies every night for dinner on top of their kibble (and a piece of candy, shame on me) but I have to admit the other day I completely forgot to feed them. Next morning the rats were, of course, hanging from the bars of the cage like "feed us, we're starving!" but they had been picking through the Oxbow/FM Browns mix I feed them and there was very little mess. Good nutrition, good price, available when you want it, and the rats like it. What more could you want?

Oxbow is the best !