Re: Mouse Diet

by el_cousland Wed 22 Jan 2020, 9:31 am

Robin~ wrote:Honestly I feel the info on here is still conflicting with what my vet has told me. Generally what he was getting at was a high-quality base and everything else will fall into place. You can also add in bird seed like the topic suggests for variety but keep it to a pinch a day.

What pet shops do you have near you? I’d be happy to have a look at their sites and see what looks good.

Thank you so much for helping me!

It's like 2:30 am where I am and I'm losing my mind. When ever I go shopping there is very little in small pets especially mice and rats.

The big shops near me are Pet stock Petbarn BestFriends Pets.

Do you know any websites that don't charge an arm and a leg for shipping?

by favfoetus Sun 03 May 2020, 9:04 pm

For mixing, I've seen some people use this calculator online (http://tiny.cc/diecoz), and I assume it would work for mice mix calculations as well but as an average or standard what would your recommended percentages be for fat and fiber?

by Robin~ Mon 04 May 2020, 7:47 am

favfoetus wrote:For mixing, I've seen some people use this calculator online (http://tiny.cc/diecoz), and I assume it would work for mice mix calculations as well but as an average or standard what would your recommended percentages be for fat and fiber?

Yup, that would work. It basically just averages out the GA according to what percentages you put in.

The general recommendation is 12-14% protein (from my experience up to 15% has also worked), ~5% fat, and ~10% fiber. This would include a high quality pellet intended for rats/mice for a stable source of micronutrients and some sort of high variety seed mix.

by Lluna Thu 03 Sep 2020, 9:49 am

[quote="AppleCheeks"][table class="cpinfo"]
[*]Pastas, grains, and seeds (buckwheat, barley, chia, oats, quinoa, couscous, brown rice, millet, flax seeds, pumpkin seeds, plain popcorn)

Should these be cooked or are they okay to feed raw?

by MeanMurine Thu 03 Sep 2020, 10:28 am

Raw and cooked works, I imagine. I make my own food mix and it contains raw buckwheat, rice and flax seeds among other things and I haven't had any issues come up.

by Robin~ Sat 14 Nov 2020, 3:22 pm

Lluna wrote:
AppleCheeks wrote:[table class="cpinfo"]
[*]Pastas, grains, and seeds (buckwheat, barley, chia, oats, quinoa, couscous, brown rice, millet, flax seeds, pumpkin seeds, plain popcorn)

Should these be cooked or are they okay to feed raw?

All of those are safe to feed raw. Smile

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