Thanks Lucille.....that means a lot, especially from someone like you.
It comes down to basic research, good sense, and what makes my furballs happy and healthy. There's some of those "top of the line" foods that I wouldn't feed to my rats.....all you are paying for is their advertising, not quality ingredients that can be found in some foods that are more reasonably priced.
My Crested is on a diet right now however, and he seems to think I am gradually torturing and starving him, however. He's only getting HALF of a treat when he comes in from outside and was a good boy, lol.....and his food bowl is not being filled 3 times a day. I am an evil doggie mom right now.