OPINIONS NEEED: Kaytee Exact Food

[Die Fledermaus]

Any opinions on this??

kaytee.com/products/exact/?pid=47121

>> Exact Rainbow Hamster/Gerbil

Kaytee Exact Rainbow for Hamsters and Gerbils is a revolutionary product designed especially for your pet hamster or gerbil. Exact Rainbow is a specially extruded (not pelleted) product, so it contains high levels of the nutrients needed for a healthy life without adding high fat seeds or grains. <<

>> Ingredients
Ground Corn, Ground Wheat, Wheat Middlings, Soybean Meal, Ground Oats, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Soy Oil, Dried Cane Molasses, Dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Wheat Germ Meal, Salt, DL-Methionine, L-Lysine, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Vitamin A Supplement, Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Niacin, Ethoxyquin (a preservative), Ferrous Carbonate, Zinc Oxide, Manganous Oxide, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of vitamin K activity), Cholecalciferol (source of vitamin D3), Copper Oxide, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Biotin, Calcium Iodate, Cobalt Carbonate, Sodium Selenite, Artificial Color, Natural and Artificial Flavor <<

>> Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein (min.)..............16.0%
Crude Fat (min.)......................5.0%
Crude Fiber (max.)..................6.0%
Moisture (max.).....................12.0% <<

[Andrea]

way to many words in there I don't know!
LOL
also Dried Cane Molasses... what do critters need with sugar?
I try to stay to more natural things then coloured kibble when it comes to small rodents and such.

[Die Fledermaus]

I will post soon the long long discussion on the AGS site we had about food, in a separate thread.

Basically, the idea of pelletted food was not liked as even if nutritionally perfect it takes away the "fun factor" of looking for their food. But more later. . .