Which rodent block do I order????

[Nelly's mama]

I am looking online but what to make sure I order the right thing. Nelly is about 4mths old, which block to I buy? :thankyou

[rocky63]

Hi Nelly's mama, You want to get rat block. you can buy it at any pet store like Petsmart. :wave123

[astra]

I am looking online but what to make sure I order the right thing. Nelly is about 4mths old, which block to I buy? :thankyou
You can order Henry's Healthy blocks at www.henryspets.com

You can get Harlan Teklad at www.thecraftyrat.com
I think, people use #2018 (but do double check that).

At petstores you can look for Kaytee forti diet for rats and mice - the bag should be bluish colour, not green (if it's really green - it's the wrong kind).
You can also look for Mazuri at stores.

A lot of people also use Zupreem monkey biscuits.

Another thing:
if you use Henry's Healthy blocks as suggested (I believe, it's about 2-3 per day, but it will say on the package), you do not need any other rat blocks.
Some people observed that some squirrels like variety (say, get bored with one type of block etc), so they rotate different blocks.

What you could do, you could start with Henrys Healthy block and see. If Nelly does get bored, then, you could consider rotating.
But if she comes to like them, you won't really have to alternate blocks.
There are a lot of squirrels who eat only HHBs for years and are happy with them.

[Kristal]

You might have a hard time starting her with blocks so late. Many people give them to teethe on as their first solid food so that they develop a taste for it. But it is important that she gets blocks since they are formulated to be fairly nutritionally complete and so will help prevent MBD later on.

Just be aware of that fact. You might try drastically underfeeding on everything BUT the blocks for a week or more until she gets the swing of it. If she is hungry enough then she will start to eat them, and once she gets into a habit of eating them for a few days she will probably continue with them. Also, don't load up on favourites in general or she will never get to her blocks. Blocks are a relatively boring food, and squirrels prefer bright flavours and variety. But the blocks are good for them. You should definitely get her on blocks.

[pappy1264]

Try Harland Tekkland rodent blocks. I have recently tried them with some that as they got older were refusing any other type of block, including hhbs (they did eat them when they were younger.) They ate them right away! I got mine on ebay but I know you can order them other places online, just google them. I have hhb's, mazuri and harland tekkland.

[cuteascnb]

Nm...I have almost a whole bag of kaytee fortitude diet....blue bag....I was using it for my flyers but they prefer hhbs...if u want it I can send u the rest of what i have pm me if u want it ...

[Kristal]

For what it's worth, my somewhat picky squirrels eat the plain harlan blocks, too. I read that they are also lab tested for nutrition, albeit on rats.