Essentials Mouse & Young Rat Food

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Essentials Mouse & Young Rat is made with premium, purposeful ingredients to support healthy growth and development. We start with balanced sources of protein, fat, and carbohydrates for energy and add calcium to help support muscle and bone development. Essentials Mouse & Young Rat provides 100% of your petā€™s daily recommended vitamins and minerals with no artificial preservatives, colors or flavors.

Details
  • Oxbow EVERYBite foods deliver complete nutrition in every serving
  • #1 ingredient is high energy whole grain to help provide energy for an active life
  • Contains balanced sources of protein, fat, and carbohydrates for energy and calcium to help support muscle and bone development
  • No artificial preservatives, colors, or flavors – just genuine, purposeful ingredients
  • Contains 100% of your pet’s daily recommended vitamins & minerals to help support whole body health
  • Formulated with the guidance of top veterinarians and nutritionists

Feed Complete, Uniform Food

Optimal daily nutrition comes from balanced meals chock full of essential vitamins and minerals in every bite that will keep your petā€™s body healthy and strong. All Oxbow foods are made with purposeful, premium ingredients and are 100% uniform to prevent the unhealthy selective eating habits that come with muesli and foraging mixes, and ensure complete nutrition in every bowl,ā€Æevery bite, every time!

Ground Corn, Soybean Meal, Wheat Middlings,
Dried Whey, Cane Molasses, Soybean Oil, Soybean
Hulls, Sunflower Meal, Suncured Alfalfa Meal,
Sodium Bentonite, Flaxseed, Calcium Carbonate,
Lignin Sulfonate, Menhaden Fish Meal,
Monocalcium Phosphate, Natural Flavor, DL-
Methionine, Salt, Magnesium Oxide, Choline
Chloride, Hydrolyzed Yeast, Yucca Schidigera
Extract, Mixed Tocopherols (preservative), Vitamin E
Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Monophosphate (Vitamin
C), Zinc Oxide, Manganous Oxide, Yeast Culture,
Mineral Oil, Niacin, Copper Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate,
Biotin, Vitamin A Supplement, d-Calcium
Pantothenate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese
Proteinate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Riboflavin
Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Sodium
Selenite, Thiamine Mononitrate, Folic Acid,
Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Vitamin K),
Vitamin B12 Supplement, Calcium Iodate, Cobalt
Carbonate, Rosemary Extract

Crude Protein (min) 18.00% Crude Fat (min) 6.00%
Crude Fiber (min) 2.00% Crude Fiber (max) 6.00%
Moisture (max) 12.00% Calcium (min) 0.80% Calcium
(max) 1.20% Phosphorus (min) 0.60% Vitamin A (min)
8,000 IU/kg Vitamin D (min) 1,000 IU/kg Vitamin E
(min) 125 IU/kg

Young (under six months), Pregnant/Nursing: Unlimited
Adult Mice (over six months): Unlimited?
In addition, it is recommended to feed a limited amount of appropriate vegetables and fresh fruits.

Please note that these are guidelines. If you have questions about your petā€™s daily feeding regimen, please contact your veterinarian or Oxbow for more specific feeding information.

*Not intended for adult rats. We encourage pet owners to feed rats over 6 months of age Oxbowā€™s Adult Rat Food during this stage of life.

Transitioning Foods: Week One, mix Ā¼ new food with Ā¾ current food. Week Two, mix Ā½ new food with Ā½ current food. Week Three, mix 3/4 new food with Ā¼ current food. By Week Four, you can feed Oxbow Essentials Mouse and Young Rat Food exclusively to your pet.

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