What do you feed your feeders?

[Linds]

I feed mine a straight diet of Mazuri 6F Rodent Breeder.

[North]

Because I blow all my money on new snakes...I figure if cat food is good enough for me.. it's good enough for the rats ..Damnit....

[Grant vg]

i use those Green lab rat blocks and find that they work well...although kinda pricy....a buck a pound but they seem to last long....

[Gorelith]

Nutri-Block formulated rodent diet blocks (not sure if that's what the block thingies are in the poll) And also a seed mix called nurtiphase which is also a rodent specialty food. Thinking about starting to buy bulk though cause at $10/5lb bag and 1 bag a week, the $15/bag for the 15 kg is sounding pretty good.

[Dom]

I give them a bit of everything ...


Bout 2 days a week dog / cat food

bout once a week - bird seeds ///

Bout one day a week i empty my fridge of vegies and cupords of nuts and any other type of food thell eat!

and the rest lab diets for feeders ...


This is the cheapest way to get healthy chubby rats to me

[marisa]

I also give mine dog and cat food a couple/few days a week. I also give bird seed, millet, and leftovers from dinner!

They really enjoy millet spray i give my birds, and i also cook and egg for them sometimes if I see like a 50 baby pile up in a cage. Just to make sure they have enough.

But of course, with only less than 50 mice at all times I can waste time boiling eggs for them...hahaha

marisa

[Linds]

grant: wow buck a pound! lol...that is a bit pricey. i use mazuri, its a zoo diet made specifically for rodents being bred as feeders. I get a 50lb bag for either $12 or $18 (cant remember which). lol...only downfall being i have to drive all the way to oakville to get it my cars good on gas so its no biggie though

[Dom]

Marissa - for the eggs - how often and do you remove the shells?

I like the idea!

[Grant vg]

Linds: Next time u go....HOLLA....i want a 50 lb bag too

[patricia]

Everything costs so much more in the far north, and the price of the specially formulated rodent feed is "over the moon". I use it only as a rare treat. The staple diet for all my rodents is cat food, supplemented with vegetables. They also get table/kitchen scraps, breadcrusts (rarely, the dog loves them, too), and sometimes a nibble of popcorn (Hubby loves the stuff, and gives them the half-popped leftovers, and anything that he's got left over after it's a day old). For supplementary protein and calcium, I'll once in a while give them poultry bones, beef bones, liver or heart (all well-cooked).