Post by sparkbubble on Jun 11, 2022 12:09:09 GMT -8
due to some 'surprises' earlier, I have ended up with 12 gerbils to feed and and a very large food bill...I recently bought about 9 lbs of kaytee rat and mouse food (it seemed to align comfortably within pepandmaxe's provided nutrition evaluation(%): protein=13.5 fat=7. Unfortunately, I have the very inconvenient habit of 'purchase now, inspect later.' For some stupid reason I decided to check the ingredients only after I got home and did a little bit of research. I have seen numerous sources saying that there are cancerous substances in kaytee. One person even said that kaytee uses ethoxyquin (especially in bird food?) but doesn't list it (but another person on a different forum said that they took it out?!) It appears that recently Ethoxyquin has been removed but I am still unsure. this is all very confusing for me. the chemicals that I feel uneasy about are highlighted in bold.
Corn, Ground Corn, Wheat, Sunflower Seed, Dehulled Soybean Meal, Rolled Oats, Oat Groats, Shelled Peanuts, Sun-cured Alfalfa Meal, Rolled Barley, Milo, Millet, Ground Wheat, Whole Peanuts, Ground Oats, Dried Bananas, Dehydrated Carrots, Raisins, Dried Papaya, Green Split Peas, Pumpkin Seeds, Yellow Peas, Wheat Middlings, Dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Ground Rice, Dried Pineapple, White Northern Beans, Ground Flax Seed (Source of Omega-3), Salt, Soybean Oil, Corn Gluten Meal, Dried Cane Molasses, Ground Peanuts, Dried Molasses Beet Pulp, Dextrose, Fructooligosaccharide, Almond Slices, Dried Whole Egg, L-Lysine, Maltodextrins, DL-Methionine, Vitamin A Supplement, Choline Chloride, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Yeast Extract, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Brewers Dried Yeast, Wheat Germ Meal, Titanium Dioxide (Color), Sesame Seed, Partially Hydrogenated Palm Oil, Mixed Tocopherols (Preservative), Ferrous Sulfate, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Dried Reduced Lactose Whey, Dried Nonfat Yogurt Powder, Zinc Oxide, Manganous Oxide, Niacin, Copper Sulfate, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Source of Vitamin K activity), Rosemary Extract, Citric Acid, Calcium Pantothenate, Cholecalciferol (Source of Vitamin D3), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vanilla, Folic Acid, Calcium Iodate, Biotin, Cobalt Carbonate, Beta-Carotene, Sodium Selenite, Aspergillus oryzae Fermentation Extract, Dried Bacillus licheniformis Fermentation Product, Natural Flavor, Dried Bacillus subtilis Fermentation Product, FD&C Yellow #5, FD&C Red #40, FD&C Blue #1, FD&C Red #3, FD&C Yellow #6 Lake.
Corn, Ground Corn, Wheat, Sunflower Seed, Dehulled Soybean Meal, Rolled Oats, Oat Groats, Shelled Peanuts, Sun-cured Alfalfa Meal, Rolled Barley, Milo, Millet, Ground Wheat, Whole Peanuts, Ground Oats, Dried Bananas, Dehydrated Carrots, Raisins, Dried Papaya, Green Split Peas, Pumpkin Seeds, Yellow Peas, Wheat Middlings, Dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Ground Rice, Dried Pineapple, White Northern Beans, Ground Flax Seed (Source of Omega-3), Salt, Soybean Oil, Corn Gluten Meal, Dried Cane Molasses, Ground Peanuts, Dried Molasses Beet Pulp, Dextrose, Fructooligosaccharide, Almond Slices, Dried Whole Egg, L-Lysine, Maltodextrins, DL-Methionine, Vitamin A Supplement, Choline Chloride, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Yeast Extract, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Brewers Dried Yeast, Wheat Germ Meal, Titanium Dioxide (Color), Sesame Seed, Partially Hydrogenated Palm Oil, Mixed Tocopherols (Preservative), Ferrous Sulfate, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Dried Reduced Lactose Whey, Dried Nonfat Yogurt Powder, Zinc Oxide, Manganous Oxide, Niacin, Copper Sulfate, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Source of Vitamin K activity), Rosemary Extract, Citric Acid, Calcium Pantothenate, Cholecalciferol (Source of Vitamin D3), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vanilla, Folic Acid, Calcium Iodate, Biotin, Cobalt Carbonate, Beta-Carotene, Sodium Selenite, Aspergillus oryzae Fermentation Extract, Dried Bacillus licheniformis Fermentation Product, Natural Flavor, Dried Bacillus subtilis Fermentation Product, FD&C Yellow #5, FD&C Red #40, FD&C Blue #1, FD&C Red #3, FD&C Yellow #6 Lake.
