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SAFE FOODS

Apples -NO SEEDS

Apricots

Asparagus

Avocado -tiny amounts NOT from near skin or pit

Bananas -fully ripened, no green

Bamboo (NO LUCKY BAMBOO)

Beef, low fat

Beet root

Biscuits, dog. check ingredients

Blackberries

Blueberries

Bones, beef, poultry, pork(cooked)

Boysenberries

Bread - toasted or soaked in   milk or water

Broccoli

Brussels sprouts

Butternut Squash -cooked 

Cantaloupe

Carrots

Cashews, unsalted

Cat food*, with safe ingredients

Cauliflower

Celery- cut into tiny pieces to avoid choking on strings

Cheese -no moldy cheeses

Cherries- NO PIT

Chick peas- soaked, cooked, can

Chicken- white meat is best

Chicory

Chocolate*

Choy, Bok

Cloves

Coconut

Corn, fresh not dried. husks okay

Cottage cheese

Cranberries

Cress

Cucumber

Dandelion leaves

Dates

Dog food*, with safe ingredients

Dried fruits (except those on   unsafe list)

Dry cereal, low fat/sugar

Dry oats

Eggplant

Fig (small amount)

Garbanzo beans, cooked/canned

Garlic

Ginger

Grapes

Green beans, cooked

Ham, small amounts

Hard boiled eggs

Honeydew melon

Insects, store bought

Kale, curly

Kidney beans - cooked only

Kiwi- NO SKIN

Lettuce, romaine

Mango - FEMALES ONLY

Meal worms

Mushrooms, cooked 

Nectarines- FEMALES ONLY

Oatmeal

Olives

Onion- tiny amount

Orange- FEMALES ONLY

Papaya

Parsley

Parsnip

Pasta - dried or cooked

Peaches - NO PIT

Peanuts, Roasted Only

Pears

Peas - frozen or fresh

Peppers, all colors

Persimmon

Pinto beans, cooked/canned

Plums

Pomegranates

Popcorn- unsalted, unbuttered

Popsicles, fat free, sugar free

Potatoes, cooked NO GREEN or   EYES

Prunes

Pumpkin, cooked or raw

Pumpkin, canned (plain - no spice)

Radish

Raisins

Raspberries

Red palm oil

Rice, cooked or raw- brown is best

Savoy cabbage

Soy products

Soy beans-cooked

Spring greens (spring cabbage)

Spinach

Squash- fully cooked

Strawberries

Sweet corn, frozen or fresh

Sweet pepper

Sweet potatoes, fully cooked

Sugar snap peas

Sunflower seeds

Tomato

Turkey

Turnip

Walnuts- sparingly

Water chestnuts

Watercress

Watermelon and Rind

Yogurt, plain, fat free

Zucchini, cooked

UNSAFE FOODS

Apple seeds

Avocado skin

Beet tops

Blue Cheese (mold)

Caffeinated drinks

Carbonated drinks

Citrus fruit- avoid in males

Corn, dried

Mango- okay for females

Moldy or spoiled food

Peanuts, raw, 

Peanut butter*

Poppy seeds

Raw artichokes

Raw beans

Raw bulk tofu

Rhubarb

Raw sweet potatoes

* While chocolate is safe for rats to eat, it isn't a healthy option to give frequently.

*Peanut butter, and other sticky foods, aren't great for rats because they can choke on them. They can be thinned with water for safety.

* Cat and dog food shouldn't be given as regular food to adult rats because of the high protein levels.Given occasionally as a treat is okay.
Low protein, 20-23% can be mixed in with regular food for babies if needed as a protein supplement.

SAFE WOODS

and wood like substances

Apple

Arbutus

Ash

Aspen, if it's dust free

Bamboo (NOT LUCKY BAMBOO)

Blackberry

Blackcurrant

Cholla

Coconut shell

Cottonwood

Crab Apple

Dogwood

Grapevine 

Hawthorn, remove thorns

Hazelnut

Kiwi

Linden

Manzanita

Mulberry

Pear

Pecan

Pine, kiln dried white only*

Poplar

Quince

Rose Hip

Sycamore

Willow* 

*Using kiln dried pine as bedding is controversial, aspen is recommended instead.

*Only Weeping, and Goat/Pussy Willow branches are safe.

UNSAFE WOODS

Abale/Esia

Alder

Almond

Apricot

Aspen if it's dusty

Balsam fir

Beech

Birch

Black Locust

Blackwood

Bog Wood

Boxwood

Cashew

Cedar

Cherry

CItrus-all

Cocobolo

Cypress and Bald Cypress

Dahoma

Ebony

Elang

Elder/Elderberry

Elm

Eucalyptus

Fig

Fir

Green heart

Hemlock

Horse Chestnut

Juniper

Kapok

Laurel

Lucky bamboo (see note)

Magnolia

Mahogany

Mansonia

Maple

Mimosa

Mopane/Mopani

Myrtle

Nectarine

Oak/Cork

Obeche/ Abachi

Oleander

Olive Wood

Peach

Pine, fresh or pinecones

Plum

Plywood

Prune

Purple heart

Redwoods

Rosewood

Satinwood

Sassafras

Sequoia

Snake Wood

Spruce

Teak

Walnut

Wenge

Willow*

Yew

Yunnan

Zebra Wood

* Dracaena sanderiana  also known as Lucky Bamboo, Ribbon Dracaena, Ribbon Plant, Belgian Evergreen, Chinese Water Bamboo, Friendship Bamboo, Water Bamboo is NOT safe for rats. Care should be taken to make sure they don't get near it.