{"id":1731,"date":"2013-01-18T11:51:13","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T16:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/blog\/?p=1731"},"modified":"2013-01-18T11:51:18","modified_gmt":"2013-01-18T16:51:18","slug":"what-does-a-rat-eat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/new.allisonpest.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/18\/what-does-a-rat-eat\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does A Rat Eat?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In comparison to other pesky home invaders, some people might consider that rats that enter a home or business are picky eaters.\u00a0 Cockroaches after all are happy with any crumb of food that they find.\u00a0 Cockroaches will nibble a plate clean of any food debris that is left behind.\u00a0 If a home is too clean for the liking of the pesky cockroach, it will in fact turn to eating non-food items to fill its hungry belly up.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/about-us\/index.php\">Monmouth County, NJ pest control<\/a> professionals report that cockroaches will turn to eating human or pet hair, paper, glue, soap, toothpaste, leather, and many other obscure items you will find in your home.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/rodent-control\/mouse-rat.php\"> Rats<\/a> on the other hand have a more delicate palate by comparison.\u00a0 Rats have a lower need for protein for survival in comparison to most other types of mammals report <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/about-us\/index.php\">Monmouth County, NJ pest control<\/a> professionals.\u00a0 In fact, some rats do not consume foods that are high in protein.\u00a0 Instead, rats prefer to eat other protein rich foods such as tree bark, oats, wheat, and nuts.\u00a0 Rats also prefer to consume large amounts of vegetables and fruits as part of their daily diet.\u00a0 Rats also feed upon foods that are rich in carbohydrates as they are instrumental in rat growth and reproduction, but not all carbs have proven to be healthy for the lowly rat.<\/p>\n<p>Rats are known to transmit many different bacteria and diseases to humans and pets.\u00a0 It is critical to stop invading rats in their tracks as soon as they are discovered.\u00a0 Call a Monmouth County, NJ pest control professional at the first sign of rats in your home or business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In comparison to other pesky home invaders, some people might consider that rats that enter a home or business are picky eaters.\u00a0 Cockroaches after all are happy with any crumb of food that they find.\u00a0 Cockroaches will nibble a plate clean of any food debris that is left behind.\u00a0 If a home is too clean [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[23,51],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What Does A Rat Eat? 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