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Starting to become irritated here.......

As for feed, I have always fed either some brand or another of rodent lab blocks, or sow cubes. Both seemed to work fine over the long term.

OTOH, I once had a friend who fed his rodents only dog food. After a couple of years, his snakes all looked healthy, but they were mostly on the fat side, and almost had a "greasy" look to them. And his snakes didn't really produce very well after consuming only rodents fed on only dog food. I suppose you could get away with SOME dog food - but I have no idea what percentage would still keep the rodents - and the snakes that eat the rodents - healthy.

When I visited a reptile breeder / private zoo in Russia, they were feeding their rodents on sprouts and seeds mixed together, since there were no lab blocks available. They had good success, but I am guessing that they researched rodent nutrition and were careful about the mix they offered. I didn't inquire about the details.
 
I actually just use pork grower. It works really good. I supplement with some dog food about one per breeder mouse per week. Rodent block is just to expensive for me.
 
pheonix said:
I actually just use pork grower. It works really good. I supplement with some dog food about one per breeder mouse per week. Rodent block is just to expensive for me.
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That's what I'm using now along with the occasional carrot or apple and some birdseed. I can't find it without antibiotics though and I'd rather not be feeding antiboitics.
 
My local guy keeps 1 male to 15 females.. Lab block, dog food, seed, bread and a little freeze dried milk staple.. He produces around 600 pinkies a week..

My own mice, are mainly on seeds, some fresh fruit ( apple slices or strawberries ) and occasional scrambled eggs.. My Ratties eat a very similair diet, but occasionally get beef bones and a sardine here and there... I choose to try and feed my mice and ratties to my animals before I use anyone elses rodents, when I I can! Anytime I bring in new blood, they smell different from my colonies..
 
Thanks for every piece of advice, everyone! I managed to raise about 2-3 litters to hoppers so far and I have a fresh pinkie litter that arrived this morning! I tried each method and now it's all going very well!!! Once again, I thank this forum community for helping me with mice <3
 
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