Feeder Keeper

[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?

[lord jackel]

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?

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.

[jenakle]

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

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.)

[jamesw]

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

fruits and veggies would do too.

[jenakle]

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

fruits and veggies would do too.

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)

[jamesw]

Ice berg lettuce.

[lord jackel]

anything I SHOULDN'T give him?

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

[jenakle]

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

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

[monk90222]

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

[jenakle]

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

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