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Is this diet okay for my rats?

Sorry i know it seems like i have alot of questions but i’m fairly new to having rats.Anyways i have 3 females and their regular diet is Nutriphase Mouse/Rat formula and this is its ingredients

Ingredients: Corn, sunflower, wheat, dehulled soybean meal, oat groats, dehydrated alfalfa meal, milo, shelled peanuts, toasted corn flakes, ground corn, ground wheat, ground oats, dried bananas, calcium carbonate, dicalcium phosphate, salt, pumpkin seed, raisins, dried papaya, dehydrated carrots, ground peanuts, dried cane molasses, wheat middlings, corn gluten meal, lignin sulfonate, animal fat (preserved with BHT), corn sugar, brewers dried yeast, dried beet pulp, vitamin a supplement, dl-methionine, l-lysine, choline chloride, riboflavin supplement, ferrous carbonate, vitamin e supplement, vitamin b12 supplement, manganous oxide, zinc oxide, ethoxyquin (a preservative), zinc oxide, niacin, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin k activity), cholecalciferol (source of vitamin d3), calcium pantothenate, copper oxide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, calcium iodate, biotin, folic acid, cobalt carbonate, sodium selenite, artificial color, natural flavors.

Guaranteed Analysis:

•Crude Protein (min) 16.0%
•Crude Fat (min) 7.0%
•Crude Fiber (max) 10.0%
•Moisture (max) 12.0%

I have been mixing it with small strips of lettuce and occasionally baby carrot slices. Not too many Ecotrition Bites which are their regular treats because i don’t want them to get to fat! When i bought them the lady who helped us recommended this over any KAYTEE Rat and mouse foods because it contains their regular veggie supply.

I work in the airline industry and it is VERY difficult to eat healthy while on trips. Any suggestions?

I am an airline crew member and it is very difficult to eat healthy while on trips considering all that is available at the airports are McDonald’s, Burger King’s, etc and there are very limited cooking facilities for us. What can I do to ensure that I am getting all of the nutrients that my body needs when I have to eat fast food and airline snacks as my regular diet due to the fact that I am hardly ever home and can’t really bring anything and preserve it?