keeping a mouse for a couple days

i bought the last "jumbo" mouse the shop had and went to feed the snake, but his eyes are completely blue, so i want to keep this mouse to feed him in a day or two. i stuck him (the mouse) in a kritter keeper with aspen. what should i feed him? anything particularly good to load it up for the snake? dog food?

I believe dog food can be fed to rats, but I'm not sure about mice.

I do know that mice looove cereal! Something without sugar, like plain cherrios if you have them.

Mice aren't picky, if you only have to keep them fed for a few days you can feed them almost anything. Veggies, crackers, nuts, bread- they seem to like all of the above.

they eat grains, nuts, berries, fruit (i think) etc. You can give him a few pieces of dog food. When i had live temporary feeders i gave them grain based cereals like crispix and special K.

I was in the same situation a few weeks ago. I fed him a bunch of corn flakes, and the little thing ate 'em up!

gave one a few chunks of a celery stalk once. it was either that or my granola.. and he cant have my granola. but he musta liked it cuz it was gone quite fast

Why don't you try and feed him first? A lot of snakes have no issue eating in shed. You can feed a mouse just about anything to keep it around a few days, scrap food, bread, greens, dog food, seeds, pasta.

i'm not going to feed him because he was very shy and balling up when i lifted his hide. i picked him up and he didn't want un-ball at all, and he normally doesn't ball up ever. i've only had him a few months, and this is his first shed since i've had him. i'll just wait. the kids'll get attached to mouse though. :please:

i just fed the mouse out of the hermit crab food. walnut, flax and sunflower seeds, dried veggies, some scrambled egg, parsley, collards, couple pieces of dog food... hopefully he'll be packed full of nutrients. :D

I try to keep a bag of mazuri around for those feeders that do not get eaten right away. plus some scraps like others mentioned and they're good to go.

I would also say (if you are going to have it for 2-3 days) find some way to get it some water. I have used the lids off of drinks. If you are feeding dry grains and things like that it will need water.

water is more important than food, but make sure to provide both.

yep, i gave him water first, before asking about the food. thanks though. :D

My snake eats fine while in shed. He missed the mouse once, but he got him on the second shot and had him eaten in 3 minutes. I'm so glad my snake is a great eater.:gj:

I keep a trio of breeder mice, and here's what they like to eat (aside from a staple of commercial rodent food)... dry cat food, plain cereal, bread, sunflower seeds, peanuts, and basically anything else in the grain/nut family. They will occasionally eat fruits & veggies, but don't seem to care much about it. Just make sure you don't get attached to the mouse before feeding day, LOL. :D

P.S. A few of my BPs gladly eat while in shed/blue, but the others usually don't... so it's up to the individual snake, I guess.

Oh yeah, and even before I had my breeder mice, I kept a small bag of rodent food around... for just these occasions, which happen more often than you imagine (especially when your herp collection grows). Might be a good idea for you to buy a bag, next time you're at the pet store - only like $2-5, depending on what you get.

I agree.... we have 2 mice and 2 gerbils right now. The mice are tonights dinner for our 2 little ones. The gerbils are for our 2008 lady who refused her dinner 3 weeks in a row. We are going to try again tomorrow, but I don't think she'll take it.

But, on-topic: We always have some rodent food, just to be on the safe side :).