Oxbow Garden Select
Mouse & Young Rat Food
Fuel early energy and vital life milestones with Oxbow Garden Select® Mouse & Young Rat food. This premium formula seamlessly blends enticing, non-GMO garden favorites with high-performance whole grains to support healthy development. By delivering precisely balanced ratios of clean protein, fat, and carbohydrates alongside essential calcium, it safely builds robust muscle and skeletal bone density while meeting 100% of your pet's daily vitamin and mineral needs.
⚡ Ideal For: All Mice (all life stages), Young Rats (under six months old), and Pregnant or Nursing adult rats.
Product Features & Performance
• Oxbow EVERYBite Uniform Nutrition: Every individual pellet delivers 100% complete, scientifically balanced nourishment. This completely prevents the unhealthy selective eating habits common with muesli foraging mixes, ensuring total nutrition in every bowl.
• Energy-Dense Whole Grains First: The first two ingredients are nutrient-dense oat groats and whole barley, explicitly selected to provide continuous carbohydrates and clean metabolic energy for highly active small pets.
• True Clean Label Garden Sourcing: Crafted with genuine, purposeful garden ingredients like carrot, spinach, tomato, and banana powders. Contains absolutely zero artificial colors, synthetic flavors, or harsh chemical preservatives.
• Vet-Formulated Longevity Baseline: Engineered under the direct guidance of top veterinarians and exotic animal nutritionists to ensure an optimal micronutrient framework supporting complete whole-body wellness.
The Clean Ingredient Deck
Oat Groats, Whole Barley, Sunflower Meal, Soybean Meal, Cane Molasses, Canola Oil, White Rice, Calcium Carbonate, Sodium Bentonite, Lignin Sulfonate, DL-Methionine, Monocalcium Phosphate, Salt, L-Lysine, Oat Grass, Orchard Grass, Magnesium Oxide, Choline Chloride, Carrot Powder, Spinach Powder, Tomato Powder, Banana Powder, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Hydrolyzed Yeast, Yeast Culture (dehydrated), Mixed Tocopherols (preservative), Vitamin E Supplement, Zinc Oxide, Manganous Oxide, L-Ascorbyl-2-Monophosphate (Vitamin C), Mineral Oil, Niacin, Copper Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Biotin, Vitamin A Supplement, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Vitamin K), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Calcium Iodate, Cobalt Carbonate.
Guaranteed Analysis
Feeding Protocols
• Serving Requirements: Provide unlimited food daily to young rats, nursing mothers, and mice. Always keep fresh grass hay inside the enclosure to encourage natural foraging and nesting activities.
*Life-Stage Note: This blend is not formulated for adult rats. For rats exceeding 6 months of age, cleanly transition onto Oxbow Adult Rat food.
🔄 4-Week Diet Transition Plan
Week 1: Mix 1/4 new food with 3/4 current food.
Week 2: Mix 1/2 new food with 1/2 current food.
Week 3: Mix 3/4 new food with 1/4 current food.
Week 4: Feed Garden Select Mouse & Young Rat food exclusively.
Feeding Note: Listed quantities serve as foundational guidelines. If your companion is tracking under or over target weight profiles, consult your exotics veterinarian to design custom portion allocations.