Food for your rats
Lab blocks are a rats best friend. These will be 80% of your rat's diet. The other 20% is fruits and vegetables. Generic rat store variety blends are not as healthy for your rat and I would not recommend them unless you buy one for the purpose of treats for training or just treat food in general. This may mean you'll have to buy a small bag of carrots and a few apples. Only give citrus fruits to females, as citrus can cause health problems for males. Mangos are also bad for male rats. My ratty girls LOVE limes and carrots. But they don't like strawberries or raspberries. Rats have different personalities and they may not like everything you give them. Or one rat may like something the other doesn't. But most people will agree their rats really like peas and bananas.
When I said I only suggest getting generic pet store food blends for rats as treat food, I mean that a lot of these blends have things like corn and sunflower seeds and other grains and such that rats usually love but are not as healthy for them as the Soy Rat/Lab blocks. Seeds also tend to be fattening for rats and some people may think a chubby rat is cute but it causes discomfort for the rats!
Almost anything can be used as treat food for rats. And it is perfectly fine to give them a treat or two when training them, and just about every other day. Of course is small moderations. My girls love uncooked pasta and crackers.
Raisins are really high is sugar though so please don't give those as often! Peanut butter and other sticky substances can KILL your rats. Please, please do not give them these things.
Here is a site that will tell you more things that are dangerous to rats: http://www.ratfanclub.org/diet.html
