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View Poll Results: what do you feed your mice

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  • lab block

    80 48.19%
  • dog food (bag)

    51 30.72%
  • other

    49 29.52%
  • misc food leftovers

    23 13.86%
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    Re: What do you feed your mice

    Rodent chow (Valley and Mazuri)
    Cat food
    Corn (cobs)
    Apples
    Oranges
    Hotdogs (for fat content)
    Left over chicken (again for fat content).

    Rodent Chows and Catfood are mixed and served
    Hotdogs or left over chicken once a week at cleaning time (especially to the nursing rats to reduce cannibalism),

    Finally, I usually throw in on sale apples, oranges and corn every other week or so it's not set in stone, but this is basically their menu.


    "Price has very little to do with QUALITY. Quality stands on its own merit and doesn't need a hefty price tag to prove its worth."

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    Re: What do you feed your mice

    Quote Originally Posted by broadude View Post
    Rodent chow (Valley and Mazuri)
    Cat food
    Corn (cobs)
    Apples
    Oranges
    Hotdogs (for fat content)
    Left over chicken (again for fat content).

    Rodent Chows and Catfood are mixed and served
    Hotdogs or left over chicken once a week at cleaning time (especially to the nursing rats to reduce cannibalism),

    Finally, I usually throw in on sale apples, oranges and corn every other week or so it's not set in stone, but this is basically their menu.
    All beef, pork or Kosher hotdogs? *lol* But really, beef or pork? Or does it matte?

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    Re: What do you feed your mice

    I switched all my rodents over to hog food, like many have talked about, due to the expense of trying to obtain a decent rodent food. For the mice I have switched to a hog food with an 18 % protein in hopes of getting a bit bigger litters. The 16 % has worked awesome for the soft furred and rats but think the mice need a little more to get the average litter size where I think it outta be!

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    Re: What do you feed your mice

    Quote Originally Posted by revxus View Post
    All beef, pork or Kosher hotdogs? *lol* But really, beef or pork? Or does it matte?
    I don't read the labels...I assume it does not matter. It's the fat content that I am trying to provide to the nursing mothers (so that they don't have to cannibalize the kits). I continue to get big plump litters until the dams are too old...then the numbers produced by that particular dam decrease...

    I could be waaay off but this works for me, so I see no reason to change it, and I'd be happy to show pics of my litters of rats and mice anytime.


    "Price has very little to do with QUALITY. Quality stands on its own merit and doesn't need a hefty price tag to prove its worth."

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    Re: What do you feed your mice

    high protein dog food...22.5%

    Pitoon

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    Re: What do you feed your mice

    I feed a mix of 16% protein pig feed and 23% protein lab blocks.
    Just 0.1 normal BP, 1.0 mojave, 0.1 California King, 0.1 Saharan sand boa, ~20 hermit crabs, a Patriot crab, 5.0 rats, and a herd of mice and ASFs

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    Re: What do you feed your mice

    pedigree large breed for my feeders.
    Leopard gecko (ooday jackson)

    2010 normal ball python (skinny pimpin aka skinny jackson)

    Savannah monitor (genesis jackson)

    4 year old presa canario (storm jackson)

    2 month old rednose pitbull (noko jaclson)

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    Re: What do you feed your mice

    Regular Mazuri Rat and Mouse Diet

    1.0 Pastel 09
    0.1 Pinstripe 13
    1.0 Champagne 13
    0.2 Pastel 13
    0.1 Normal Het Albino 13
    1.0 Albino 13

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    Re: What do you feed your mice

    Quote Originally Posted by Weapon-x View Post
    What is FRM?
    Its a rodent pellet that can be found in the southeastern states(AL, FL, GA, SC). We feed FRM to our asf's, mice, and rats.

    http://www.frmfeeds.com/80712/74012.html

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    Re: What do you feed your mice

    cheese!

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