Rats are generally fed a diet containing low fiber (5%), protein (20%) and fat (5-10%). Feed may be pelleted or powdered. The pelleted feed is supplied as regular, breeder, certified, irradiated or autoclavable. Rats are usually supplied feed free choice and they eat 10-30 g a day (5 g/100 g body weight/day). Water is supplied free choice and they usually drink 20-50 ml a day (10 ml/100 g body weight/day). Water may be supplied using a bottle or automatic waterers, and may be further treated by reverse osmosis, ozone, ultraviolet radiation, hyperchlorination or acidification. You can find a more elaborate detail of nutritional requirements of rats in the following links and attached file: