Brown's Tropical Carnival Gourmet Mouse & Rat Food, 2-lb bag

This is a great treat, but a horrible diet. As a treat, the Ratties, Mice, Hamsters, and Gerbils LOVE it, but I would only feed it MAYBE once a month, as the fat content is too high, there's too much fatty nuts & seeds, too much sugar, a lot of corn, too many artificial colors and a few other unhealthy ingredients, and not enough protein and other healthy ingredients included in this "diet". However, I totally don't mind giving it to all of these guys every once in awhile! The Rats think it's okay but usually prefer their higher quality, expensive, fresh foods instead. Most of the Mice tend to enjoy it, but some think it's nasty, the Gerbils think it's good, but they're opinion is similar to the Mice, and the Hamsters love it, of course. But as I mentioned before, I would avoid feeding them too much of this stuff. Rats and Mice can't digest corn products or some of the artifitical stuff, but it's okay in moderation. However, Gerbils and Hamsters can easily digest corn and a small amount of it should actually be provided in their daily diet, but the high fat and sugar content is very unhealthy, especially for Hamsters, as they are prone to obesity and getting Type 2 Diabetes...but this is an excellent treat in moderation! The ingredients and the mixture in this diet here are better than the "Brown's Tropical Carnival Natural Rat & Mouse diet". I would avoid the "Natural" kind altogether, since literally 80% of the bag are Sunflower Seeds. I hope this helps! :D

my mice love this stuff, but it'd be a pretty awful idea to feed them this alone due to its fat content, sugar content, and use of food dyes. to balance that out to an extent, this food contains probiotic bacteria and antioxidants which are not only very good but a bit of a rarity. I feed this to my mice at a ratio of 2:3 with the larger share being Oxbow Mouse & Young Rat food, and I think that's sort of the upper limit of how much of this you should give to your lil critters. (I'm not an expert though) I'd probably reccomend the natural version of this food instead, and I'll likely switch over to that one after my current bag is complete, but overall this is a pretty sensible choice in moderation.

This brand is one of the few brands that exist which do not contain alfalfa. Alfalfa can't be digested by rats or mice, and therefore shouldn't be a source of food for them. Brown's seems to be the only company aware of this. Thank you for providing my mice and rats with a healthy and enjoyable diet that lets them thrive, saves me money, and eliminates food waste (from uneaten alfalfa).

Started adding this to my ratties' daily diet (on top of oxbow regal rat) and they love it! It definitely encourages their natural foraging habits -- every time I clean their cages I find a big ol' stash of it hidden somewhere. Not to mention it saves on their other food (which can get expensive esp. having multiple rats) and it was waaay cheaper than any other seed mixes I've found in my local pet store. My rats and I are very happy!