Is it safe for humans to eat mice???

[dr del]

Hi,

There's actually some reasoning behind these decisions - I'm not saying it is good reasoning but it is there;

I just don't understand. Forgive me if someone said it before, I didn't read through all 7 pages, but I don't understand--who made the decision that it's ok to eat a cow's liver, intestines, heart and brains and RAW FISH and eggs, even drink milk from a cow's udder, but it's not ok to do the same with a mouse or rat?

This is mainly to do with the perception that rodents are eating garbage and therefore could be harbouring more diseasees and toxins. Far from entirely accurate - especially given the size of fish near sewage outlets and the occasional mercury spike/ red tide.

On a similar subject, we can drink milk from cows and goats, but human breast milk in ice cream (Baby Gaga in UK) is considered disgusting.
Where are the people who decided this? I'd like to check them for some sort of disease that compromises their brain function and decision making abilities....I'm sure I'd find something.

There is actually some fairly good reasons not to eat human produced products ( cannibalism being a somewhat more extreme version ) and it is simply this;

Any disease or other problem contained in the product is 100% certain to be able to infect humans. Not that many diseases/ parasites can cross the species barrier.

And to the OP - get a grip. Wasted food is just something that is going to happen - next time just freeze it and keep it in a tupperware box in the freezer and try to convert them to F/T with it later. That would also cut down the price you pay for the rodents.


dr del