Good:

• Fruit: apples, cherries, grapes, bananas, strawberries and other berries, melons, plums

• Vegetables: broccoli, potatoes, peas, carrot, cooked sweet potato, kale, parsley, bok choy, squash

• Cooked liver and other very lean cooked meats

• Dried pasta

• Cooked beans (including soy)

• Yogurt (especially with live cultures)

• Brown rice

• Unsweetened breakfast cereals

• Oats

• Mealworms

• Small dog biscuits

• Special treats (given only occasionally): whole nuts in the shell (almonds, Brazil nuts, walnuts), sunflower seeds (high in fat), carob chips

• Leftovers from your meals are okay in moderation but avoid items off the list below'

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As A Treat:​

• Nuts (in or out of the shell)​

• Sunflower seeds

• Chocolate

• Human junk food

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Never:

• Raw beans

• Raw sweet potato

• Cabbage and brussel sprouts

• Green potatoes

• Caffeinated beverages

• Carbonated drinks

• Green bananas

• Wild insects (due to parasites and pesticides they may contain)

• Poppy seeds

• Do not feed any foods with d-limonene in it to male rats (lemon and orange peels and juice, mango, black pepper, nutmeg)