Rat Diet: Feeding for Reproduction and Growth

By Alison Campbell

Whether you are a seasoned rat breeder, raising a litter from a rescued rat, or want to understand the needs of your new rat-kids as they grow and develop, this e-book will is here to help you. Covering nutritional needs and influences from pre-conception, pregnancy and lactation, to the three main stages of rat kitten development, the information will ensure that you feel equipped to feed rat mums and babies, avoiding the pitfalls of both under and over-feeding. Learn how to prepare a doe for pregnancy, support lactation, help tiny runts to thrive, feed kittens in such a way as to reduce the risk of adult obesity, 'read' a rat's tail to assess nutritional status, source suitable supplements and so much more.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alison Campbell
• Release date: Mar 20, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370782741

Alison Campbell

I have three true passions in this life: I am an information sponge. I love to learn and - just as eagerly - love to grow. I am enchanted by words and have always written - even as a young child I was a poet. I want to help other people to expand themselves - nurturing is a big part of who I am. It's an inevitable then, that I should find myself after years of nursing, home educating and running a dog care business, considering ever-increasingly, that what I am, is an author. Inevitable also, that by far the majority of what I write is non-fiction expansion material. Currently this centres very much around rats, dogs and running a small business. I also - in my best moments - am still a poet. My life is currently very fluid. I do own a house in the UK, which is currently rented, and at the moment I live in my motorhome, usually somewhere in the North of England. I did this to escape the treadmill we all so easily slip onto in this busy life, and to apply the principles of minimalism and essentialism to my life. Although I still run the dog care business from wherever I am, and still do some hands-on work in that regard, most of my work time is now taken up with writing. If not writing, you might find me cooking, walking, enjoying the people I love, in an atmospheric pub drinking whisky or real ale, watching Liverpool play, listening to Audible or helping out on my sister's smallholding.

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The Scuttling Gourmet Series 5

Rat Diet: Feeding for reproduction and growth

Alison Campbell

Copyright 2017 Alison Campbell

All rights reserved

Published by Shunamite Publishing

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Preface

This e-book represents a new era for The Scuttling Gourmet, which was first published in 2003 and is now in its fourth edition. The book still offers a comprehensive guide to wholesome nutrition for rats, and at the moment (2017), is only available in hard copy.

As part of my current regeneration of the old Shunamite Rats breeding site, into the new online home of The Scuttling Gourmet and all things pertinent to rat nutrition, enrichment and well-being, I have decided to create a series of e-books. My intention is to digitalize the print version of the book, to make it more accessible abroad, and for those who simply prefer this format. The plan is for a series of 7 e-books which will together encompass most of the material contained in The Scuttling Gourmet, plus added extras, such as links to extra information and suppliers. This is book five and the rest should be published throughout 2017.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

Conception, pregnancy and lactation

Early development and feeding requirements

Early influences – growth, weight and lifespan

Supplements and useful extras

The soya debate

Recipes

References

About the author

Other books by Alison Campbell

Make contact with Alison Campbell

Introduction

Rat nutrition is a wide-ranging subject, with many opinions and ideas as