recommended diet for mice that will be bred?
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recommended diet for mice that will be bred?
by MOMM Sat 14 Sep 2019, 1:03 pm
I am planning on breeding mice and was wondering:
- what should I feed the males? how often?
- what should I feed females who are not pregnant? how often?
- what should I feed females who are pregnant or nursing? how often?
- what treats (besides occasional mealworms) are good for mice?
We are debating between getting food from pet stores and mixing them or making our own food from a list of reccomended ingredients.
- what should I feed the males? how often?
- what should I feed females who are not pregnant? how often?
- what should I feed females who are pregnant or nursing? how often?
- what treats (besides occasional mealworms) are good for mice?
We are debating between getting food from pet stores and mixing them or making our own food from a list of reccomended ingredients.
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Re: recommended diet for mice that will be bred?
by chiroptera Sun 15 Sep 2019, 7:37 pm
I don't know about breeding mice specifically, but as far as I know, males and females should be fed the same things. Might be different for those who are pregnant/nursing, however!
Mice should ALWAYS have food available for them, they have very fast metabolisms. As soon as you see they've eaten all/most of their food, you should refill it.
I personally feed a mix of: parakeet food (Vitasmart), Science Selective Rat lab blocks, and grains (barley, flax, wild rice; sometimes oats, sesame seeds, hemp seeds, etc.), with a few extras mixed in (nuts, pumpkin seeds, dry pasta). If you decide to make a homemade mix, do your research and make sure your mousies aren't getting too high of a fat/fiber/protein concentration!
As for treats, mice love all kinds of goodies! Fresh or dried fruits and vegetables, Cheerios and similar cereals, small amounts of chips/crackers are all good for treats! I've found that my mice love Harvest Cheddar Sun Chips
You'll find that different mice have different preferences; Checkers loved walnuts and when she was sick that's the only thing we could get her to eat.
Make sure to check out the Mouse Diet packet, the Safe Foods list, and the Breeding Packet!
http://www.petmousefanciers.com/t15-mouse-diet
http://www.petmousefanciers.com/t2-safe-foods
http://www.petmousefanciers.com/t43-breeding-packet
@MOMM Welcome to the site! c:
Mice should ALWAYS have food available for them, they have very fast metabolisms. As soon as you see they've eaten all/most of their food, you should refill it.
I personally feed a mix of: parakeet food (Vitasmart), Science Selective Rat lab blocks, and grains (barley, flax, wild rice; sometimes oats, sesame seeds, hemp seeds, etc.), with a few extras mixed in (nuts, pumpkin seeds, dry pasta). If you decide to make a homemade mix, do your research and make sure your mousies aren't getting too high of a fat/fiber/protein concentration!
As for treats, mice love all kinds of goodies! Fresh or dried fruits and vegetables, Cheerios and similar cereals, small amounts of chips/crackers are all good for treats! I've found that my mice love Harvest Cheddar Sun Chips
You'll find that different mice have different preferences; Checkers loved walnuts and when she was sick that's the only thing we could get her to eat. Make sure to check out the Mouse Diet packet, the Safe Foods list, and the Breeding Packet!
http://www.petmousefanciers.com/t15-mouse-diet
http://www.petmousefanciers.com/t2-safe-foods
http://www.petmousefanciers.com/t43-breeding-packet
@MOMM Welcome to the site! c:
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Re: recommended diet for mice that will be bred?
by MOMM Mon 16 Sep 2019, 2:49 pm
Thank you!! My partner and I have decided to use parakeet mix as well as lab blocks and a rodent mix. We have researched and used the diet post in this site 
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Re: recommended diet for mice that will be bred?
by Robin~ Mon 16 Sep 2019, 3:16 pm
This moreso goes for all of breeding, but, if you have any breeders near you and would be willing to have a convo with one directly that would be fantastic and may give you some more direct advice
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Re: recommended diet for mice that will be bred?
by MOMM Mon 16 Sep 2019, 7:50 pm
Robin~ wrote:This moreso goes for all of breeding, but, if you have any breeders near you and would be willing to have a convo with one directly that would be fantastic and may give you some more direct advice
I've spent the day trying to message breeders and stuff, but I can't send most forms to even apply to be approved to adopt mice from them because I'm a minor and haven't talked about getting the mice to their homes just yet (the project officially starts October 31st)
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