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Peanut Butter?

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mbdorfer

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I just got back from buying some mice and was chatting with one of the gals there about my non producing colony. She had a similar problem and asked me if i tried peanut butter. Apparently she has had success using the PB and has pinkies coming out the...........Anyone heard of this secret aphrodisiac :shrugs:
 
Perhaps it's the protein and fat boost that gives them the extra oomph they need to produce at peek performance?? Just hypothesising!
 
That's what she said!, that it must be the extra protein. To think I've been wasting my time with candle light and Sinatra :grin01:
 
mbdorfer said:
That's what she said!, that it must be the extra protein. To think I've been wasting my time with candle light and Sinatra :grin01:
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I think the Sinatra may be your problem!
You must remember this is a whole new generation of mice :rolleyes:
 
I agree with Traci. BARRY WHITE all the way!!!

Never heard the peanut butter dealio. I think I would be more willing to just try whole peanuts rather than dealing with that mess though.

What kind of lab blocks are you using? Most of them have more than sufficent protein and fat for breeders.

I guess I'm a skeptic on this theory. :shrugs:

Q
 
Quigs said:
I agree with Traci. BARRY WHITE all the way!!!

Never heard the peanut butter dealio. I think I would be more willing to just try whole peanuts rather than dealing with that mess though.

What kind of lab blocks are you using? Most of them have more than sufficent protein and fat for breeders.

I guess I'm a skeptic on this theory. :shrugs:

Q
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Yeah, trust me, I'm not going the PB route. I've been using something called Forti-Diet made by Kaytee. I give them some sunflower seeds and raisins every once in a while. This new batch of mice was set up October 11 and they are still living in harmony, but none of the females look pudgy yet :shrugs:
How bout those updated pics of Caleb, Dad! :cheers:
 
Ok I've heared this PB theory to. But personally I wouldn't agree on it. Its a mess. and the oils in it get all over the mice and they hate the oils in it. So yea. Probly the peanuts them selves. Or this person was pulling your leg. I find myself Dog food andf/or LivingWorld treats for Mice,Hamsters and Rats work real well. They have the calcium the pregnant females need and the all the protein to. I usually toss a couple into their food and they have a hay day with them. And It works to work down their teeth to.
 
mbdorfer said:
I've been using something called Forti-Diet made by Kaytee.
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Just a thought here. Have you ever tried any other type of lab block? I have never liked any Kaytee products very well. (We used to raise birds and tried quite a bit of their avian line.) All my breeders get is Mazuri lab blocks but I buy 50lb. bags, not sure if they sell a smaller size or not. Some shops will sell it bulk though. I guess, I'm wondering if that diet is not as great as they claim and not necessarily the best to be used for "production" females?

I supplement high quality dog food maybe once a month (if that) but would never use it as a staple, although some people do. There are other lab blocks available that will give you good results as well, I just prefer Mazuri brand.
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How bout those updated pics of Caleb, Dad! :cheers:
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Lemme see what I can do? :p
 
I don't know about it increasing productivity, but I know it makes the best mousetrap bait known to man. :grin01:
 
I suppose it all depends on where the peanut butter is applied to the mouse. Keep in mind, some mice may not be into that whole kink factor. :p

Seriously though, just use a good food staple. Mazuri ( http://www.mazuri.com ) rodent blocks are the best in my opinion and it's used by www.fuzzyones.com, they breed multiple rodent types as local pets or feeders.

Rick
 
if you put the pb between two crackers... like stoned wheat thins for example... then the mice don't get it all over them and it does greatly assist the mothers-to-be. it's also great while they are pregnant.

i had a huge breeding colony going a few years back. i bred mice for the owl sanctuary... and we used pb in all the tanks!
 
Well, peanut butter is very good at making overzealous rats and mice choke. If you're looking for a good source of protein, I would reccomend nuts, (still in their shells, like hazelnuts and almonds, for example) things like mealworms and crickets, meat (it does not make them aggressive, that's a myth), bones, (even chicken, the way they gnaw on them keeps them from choking) and soybeans (also called soy nuts or edamame, you can buy them dried, roasted, fresh, or frozen)
 
not when you spread it thinly between crackers. they munch on the crackers and get pb with it.

it's when you give them a lump of pb that it gets caught in their throat.
 
Personally I have tried the peanut butter theory with my non-breeding females. Oh my it was a mess! Also two of the bigger ones decided that the smaller, now peanut butter scented, females would make a lovely snack and devoured them. Believe me, finding 4 dead $75 mice is NOT a happy occasion! For the last 5 years I have used olive oil to induce the want to breed, and have had no non-breeding mice since! I mix a small amount in with the food and change the food once a day. The mice don't get greasy and they don't eat each other =)

I also use a home mixed food source, not a store bought one as they are high in preservatives and "fillers", which, according to the companies, in most cases is paper mill products ~,~ I fed on store foods for the first 8 years and switched to home mixed for the last 7 years, they are MUCH healthier and produce many more babies =) When I get home I can do the math and post on here the ingredients I use and in what ratio I use them.. don't think anyone needs a supply for 2000 mice hehe (Yes, 2000... thats the breeding age adults, sub adults, and the weenlings, my base breeding set up it 400 breeding pairs).

Also, I find the hovel approach isn't always right for some mice. Many of mine are checked for estrous on a daily basis and are placed in a glad-ware container with a male for 4 hours, then put back with the other females. The males are NEVER housed with the females, or with each other, they are all lone housed. The females are all in one hovel. (room has 3 walls of males lone housed, and a huge 18' hovel in the middle for the females, shaped like a square-ish U... takes around 21 hours a week to clean all the lones and the hovel, them females go into a 60 gallon tank while we clean the hovel)

No, they aren't for food!!! They are bred for pets, and for shows hehe. the only ones that get eaten are the sick or deformed ones.
 
So you're saying your mice WON'T breed? My god man, stay away from the peanut butter at all costs, you have a miracle on your hands! Someone get this documented!
 
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