I currently don't have any rats, but I did just over a year ago. I had 7 or 8 (some were breeders so it was hard to keep count of them. but 3 of them were 100% pets & I loved them ALL until the day they were all murdered. Enough of that before I cry, or cause a flash flood again.

About the food, feeding them veggies & seeds is great, but they also need meat. Find a good dog food like that new Purena veggie dog food with chicken. I found that cat food made mine have diarea. just buy a 20 pound bag of good dog food