For today's foraging Friday I will be again doing something a bit different in that I will be reviewing another rat subscription box. This time I will be looking at a rat service known as Misfit Mischief Maker, who generously sent me their Thanksgiving box to review (sorry I'm a bit late!) Now to start this rat box is predominantly treat based, with an incredible variety of treats to sample! There are also a few fun foraging toys and even some items for the human (looking at you cookie recipe!) To start I want to go over the treats, and the first treat I want to go over is the bento treat box. This box contains a a ton of different treats, with all of them going over well with my rats. The treats included in this box include cheese yogies (a rat favorite!), dried rose buds/dandelions (safe for rats and my rats adored them!), mini dog treats (my rats love these as well), small animal treats like mini doughnuts or these red and purple flowers (my rats seem especially fond of the flower treats), some yogie melts (a human baby treat which I've found my rats enjoy...as do I 😳), and some baby puffs (also a human baby weaning food that goes over really well with rats - in fact I often break these up and use them to trick train!) Another treat bag in this ratty box is a bag of mixed treats. These includes dried pasta, trail mix wheats, banana chips, cheerios, sunflower seeds, and a few other awesome treats. Yet another treat bag includes mainly black oil sunflower seeds along with a variety of other nuts. My rats are huge on this, however due to them being a bit fatty and high in protein I'll be keeping these to mix into my foraging toys or scatter feed slowly over time. Another bag of treats is purely Gerber puffs - these are one of my main training treats (I break them into 2-5 pieces each) and so I'll be using these for training, but they also make great healthy treats (in moderation) to give your rats on a daily basis (they also are great for foraging toys). The next food item, is a bag of dog treats that are flavored like peanut butter. These immediately got Bean's attention and later (once she stashed a few) got eaten up by all the rats. The final food item included is a small popcorn corn. I used to get these for my hamsters all the time, and got them a few times for my rats as well. You pop these in the microwave just like normal popcorn and they make cute rodent sized popcorn that is the perfect size for rats. Moving on to the chew toys and foraging toys the first one I want to go over is a large foraging container which you can hang in the cage or put on the cage floor. This foraging container includes crinkled paper in fall colors, along with a finger trap (great for chewing up and used in many bird toys), some chopsticks, some wooden spoons, and some paper straws. This sort of foraging toy encourages a lot of digging and chewing which is fun for rats, especially if you sprinkle in some treats to encourage them even more. The next toy is a pair of fun DIY foraging toys made from toilet tubes or paper towel rolls. These include 3 skinny loops cut from the cardboard tube with treats wrapped in tissue paper stuffed in the middle. The inside treats are more Gerber puffs and my rats have really enjoyed tearing up the toys and eating the treats. They especially love to tear up the tissue paper and of course they loved the treats. The next 2 toys are fairly similar, so I'll talk about them together. One is a handful of paper straws, which are perfect for chewing up or adding some color to your rat cage. Alternatively I make some of my agility props from these so that is another option to use them. The other similar item is a bundle of applewood sticks. This wood is safe for rats to chew and they really enjoy chewing on them (as Bean demonstrates in the video). The final items included are more for the human. First you have a cute leaf ornament which can be hung on a tree or elsewhere as decoration. Next you have a recipe for sugar cookies, along with a cookie cutter (this months is a turkey cookie cutter but she was nice enough to send me a rat cookie cutter). You also get a box of yogurt covered cranberries - this is possibly also for the rats, however I've had bad experiences with rats choking on stick foods so I tend to avoid raisins and dried fruits. With that being said I enjoy yogurt covered dried fruits like this so I'll get this treat and of course the rats have a plethora of other treats to enjoy! Finally she also sent me a cute Turkey card and pie rat sticker (hehe). All in all Misfit Mischief Market's rat box was amazing to review and my rats are so excited for all the new treats! I won't have to buy treats for a while after this, and I plan to cycle through the various treats slowly so my rats can really enjoy the wide variety. The foraging toys provided were also a lot of fun for my rats, and they especially enjoyed chewing through the cardboard tube toys and digging through the foraging container. The applewood was also much appreciated - I had no idea my rats were going to be such huge fans of chewing it and now knowing that i will have to get more in the future. Thanks to Misfit Mischief Market for sending me this box - it was a lot of fun to review and my rats love it! You can check out Misfit Mischief Market and their rat box here: https://www.facebook.com/Misfit-Mischief-Market-102820874872796/ Video showcasing the Misfit Mischief Market Rat Box:
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