Quote Originally Posted by flameethrower View Post
What food are you feeding. If feeding the pet store mix bags that could be a problem as well.

Those are not good for breeding stock mainly for hamsters. Try to get your hands on bag of KENT or Mazuri Rodent Blocks. Mice once started NEVER stop. That 10 gallon tank will be over grown in 2 months.
Yeah, I got a free pair of rats at 10 weeks of age so they're still small and more likely not of age to produce yet and that 10g tank is temporary until I get a system with tubs.

Anyway, about the mice... they are feeding on these small green pellets I bought at Wal-mart, and it's actually Timothy Hay not Alfalfa as I stated earlier.

Here's what the bag says:

WESTERN TIMOTHY ESSENTIALS
FOOD FOR RABITS, GUINEA PIGS, CHICHILLAS, AND OTHER SMALL ANMALS

I understand this may not be the appropriate diet, but as I have never bred rats or mice before I thought they all had the same dietary necessities. Petco employees said it was fine as long as it said for "small animals" and the bag also states Vitamin and Mineral Enriched. And it contains 13% Crude Protein.

I have also been adding table scraps along with these pellets recently.

Also, the food at the store they are being fed are these grayish pellets. It's like $9.99 for a 3lb bag here in Cali.