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    Re: Please help me find a better rodent food supplier!!!

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    The fat content is not high enough to provide adequate levels for a gestating/lactating rat or a mouse. The hog feed I get for my mice has a higher fat content than that.

    I honestly would not use it just because of the significantly low fat content. They need at least 6%, if not 9% fat. I was using the 6F Mazuri on my pet rats (30 of them) and they started to look like crap. Very rough and not holding their weights. I switched to 9F, which is 16% protein and 9% fat and they are completely different. They look alot better and don't have to eat as much.
    How's the pricing on the 9F? I've been thinking about picking some up and trying it out.

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    Re: Please help me find a better rodent food supplier!!!

    I have been feeding the kent diet for over a year now.. We switched to harlan for awhile but actually my production went down in my ASF, rats and mice. My ASF ate their babies and things didnt work so I went back to kent. Theres a family farm and home that carries it over here. and also other tractor supplies that carry the other kent diets can order it for you.
    The kent runs me about 13 bucks a 50 lb bag.
    We also tried the pig chow and it seemed to make it more stinky.. it has more oils and other additives that make them have stronger smelling waste.

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    Re: Please help me find a better rodent food supplier!!!

    Quote Originally Posted by littleindiangirl View Post
    How's the pricing on the 9F? I've been thinking about picking some up and trying it out.
    I pay $24.50 including tax for a 50lb bag. My rats just do so much better on it. The mice do better, IMHO, on a hog feed and cereal/seed mix. Less eaten babies(when there are babies..)
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