Feeder Keeper

Hi, quick question:
I've got a mouse (and last month a rat), in a temporary home (5.5ish plastic fish tank w. lid) while my ball is being picky/catching up.
Will the mouse (or rat) be fine with hamster food and a hanging water bottle?

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Originally Posted by jenakle

Hi, quick question:
I've got a mouse (and last month a rat), in a temporary home (5.5ish plastic fish tank w. lid) while my ball is being picky/catching up.
Will the mouse (or rat) be fine with hamster food and a hanging water bottle?

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Yes but not for long...most hamster food is alfalfa based and junk adders nothing good. If you plan on feeding within the next week or 2 should be ok...if not I would go buy a bag of rat/mouse lab block food. You can also see Becky's feed mix (in the sticky section) that has a lot of household foods you can also feed.

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Originally Posted by lord jackel

Yes but not for long...most hamster food is alfalfa based and junk adders nothing good.

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yeah, it's a typical hamster mix
the hamster gets some fresh veggies/fruits to supplement
should I offer the same to the rat/mouse?
I dont want to buy another type of food, but it may be a few weeks of housing
is there something else/in addition to I can offer?
(boiled egg, carrots, apple, cheese etc.)

If you got some dog food without red dye, that would work better.

fruits and veggies would do too.

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Originally Posted by jamesw

If you got some dog food without red dye, that would work better.

fruits and veggies would do too.

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no dog or cat either ;)

thanks, I'll toss in some carrot chips
anything I SHOULDN'T give him? (don't wanna make him sick or starve, just trying to keep him happy til he, well, is fed off lol)

Ice berg lettuce.

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Originally Posted by jenakle

anything I SHOULDN'T give him?

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Check out this sticky from Becky which has a list of good/bad foods.

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=28391

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Originally Posted by lord jackel

Check out this sticky from Becky which has a list of good/bad foods.

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=28391

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THANKS! I just assumed what you can't feed a hamster, you can't feed a rat/mouse.


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Is there a rat and a mouse in the same 5.5 gall aquarium??

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Originally Posted by monk90222

Is there a rat and a mouse in the same 5.5 gall aquarium??

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no, no
we've gone through a few different animals now
a rat before, now a mouse

since Osiris is "catching up" from me offering too large of feeds, we're in a holding pattern