mouse food...

[ZoologyGirl]

wonfering if anyone has any ideas where i can look for some inexpensive mice food. i picked up some mouse blocks/pellets things from petco today but i'm wondering if i can find something similar elsewhere for less money?

 

[Rich in KY]

I have been wondering the same thing.

 

[diamondlil]

I can't get lab block type food at all, so after trying various bought mixes, finding the mice ate only the best bits, making up recommended mixes at home, ditto, I've been usind sow pellets for @ 18 months now, from the feed store where Kim gets Merlin's feed. They have virtually the same nutritional profile as lab blocks and cost me £5 for a big sack. The mice eat them without much wastage at all and get a balanced diet. (I give them treats still, like fresh veg, dried fruit, bread crusts etc)

 

[Buzzard]

Zoologygirl, call your local feed store. Purina makes/or distributes Mazuri. I pick a 50 lb bag up from my local feed store(they have to order it). It cost me around 23 bucks for the bag.

this is the page I used.
https://www.mazuri.com/Home.asp?Products=1&Opening=4


Also you could always make your own. I have heard of people making block food. I give mine Mazuri Block, and I make a mix I use for treats.

I use rice, uncooked, cheerios(generic,cheaper that way) bird seed mix, dog/cat food with no dyes. I use these mix about 2 times a week as a treat. I also give them small amount of bread when the loaf is done, they love the end pieces. left over cooked rice from chinese night. It seems to make the blocks last longer and it gives them a good mix in their diet.

 

[Rich in KY]

I use rice, uncooked, cheerios(generic,cheaper that way) bird seed mix, dog/cat food with no dyes. I use these mix about 2 times a week as a treat. I also give them small amount of bread when the loaf is done, they love the end pieces. left over cooked rice from chinese night. It seems to make the blocks last longer and it gives them a good mix in their diet.

Not to try to steal this thread, but this works great. I just put some Cheerios in with my mice and they are in a feeding frenzy!

Anyone have any other treats they use?

 

[wade]

I posted this over on Vinny's Chicken thread:

My rodents? I feed a combination of two things. I feed about 50% lab blocks. I have the local feed co-op make them for me and the formula that we worked out is based on Mauzri lab blocks. The other 50% is a mix that I make myself. I buy 50 pound bags of grain and mix them together. One bag each. Black oil sunflower seeds, Cracked Corn, Milo, Wheat, Oats, 16% Lay Pellets (16% protein), Turkey Grower pellets (20% protein) , and 50 pounds of Dry Cat Food. The finished mix has a crude analysis of 14.2% protein, 7.0% Fat, 8.9% Fiber. It costs me $0.21 per pound for the mix, I usually end up with about 400 pounds.

I know most people don't need mouse food in 400 pound lumps, but if you were to buy a good dog food or cat food and then go to the feed store and mix in a variety of grains I think you would end up with a good diet for pretty cheap.

 

[tricksterpup]

wonfering if anyone has any ideas where i can look for some inexpensive mice food. i picked up some mouse blocks/pellets things from petco today but i'm wondering if i can find something similar elsewhere for less money?

I get a 50 pound bag of lab blocks that is around 45 bucks. I get it at a local co-op pet store food outlet.

 

[Buzzard]

Not to try to steal this thread, but this works great. I just put some Cheerios in with my mice and they are in a feeding frenzy!

Anyone have any other treats they use?

Lol, my wife didnt relize how much they love them until she went down to the mouse shed for feeding time. She could not believe how it seemed all of them stopped what they were doing and started chewing on the cheerios crunch crunch crunch all at once.

Try nacho chips... corn flakes....

 

[MalinoisK9]

You could try a farm supply store, like a TSC. They sell bulk rabbit food (mice will eat just about anything and I suppose rabbit food would work. It's pretty cheap stuff.

 

[Buzzard]

You could try a farm supply store, like a TSC. They sell bulk rabbit food (mice will eat just about anything and I suppose rabbit food would work. It's pretty cheap stuff.

Tractor Supply is really good for grains and mixes, Rabbit food by its self is not recommended (you could get away in an emergency with it for a couple of days)but mixed in with other stuff it is a great filler. Rabbit food by itself does not have the vitiams and minerals to keep them alive for an extended amount of time. Mice will eat just about everything, like you said.
However I like to keep them well feed on high protien lab blocks and the snack mix I make. I also give my nursing females, higher fat content while they are weaning their young. This helps keep their weight level up. I look at it like this: Healthy, happy mice makes for a heathy happy snake.:eats02:

 

[northwestcorns]

Remember, what you feed your feeders, you feed your snakes. You don't have to get expensive food, but try to get complete a complete food. Hamster blocks are pretty nutritionally complete. I used them in a pinch for a few months once. My mice got fatter and the litters got bigger. Also, the pinkies little milk pouches stayed fuller. They were the biggest newborns I ever saw. I kept mixing in Hamster chow when I did get the rat food I wanted. I supplement with seed mixes. There are some pretty nice ones in the bird department.