Nutrition

A Beginner’s Guide to Scatter Feeding

If you regularly follow our blog, you know that we talk a lot about the importance of supporting foraging in healthy ways for your pets and why food options that market themselves as ready-made, “foraging in a bag” solutions miss the mark and can even lead to negative health outcomes for your little loved ones.

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Rat Care Sheet (PDF)

What Should I Feed My Pet Rat?

Author: Dr. Cayla Iske Rats are unique, nocturnal, social critters that make excellent pets. In the wild, rats are both prey and predator, naturally consuming an omnivorous diet including a huge diversity of foods such as vegetation, seeds, grains, and occasionally invertebrates and animal proteins. It is important to offer your rat a similar level

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Guinea pig foraging for food in fleece mat

How to Provide Nutritional Enrichment for Small Pets

Updated: March 16, 2024   Providing the right balance of daily nutrition helps ensure that our pets are happy and healthy. Even with the right balance, however, you may wonder if you can do more to make your pet’s mealtime routine more enriching. Read on for some fun and easy ways to add enrichment to

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