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Originally Posted by Kimmie
this is maybe a stupid question, but how long is mouses considered useless? I know pinkies are fat bombs but is it when they start opening their eyes that they are a good thing to feed? - I know mouses alone is not good but just wanted to ask.
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When they have developed fur and are basically "self sufficient" the skeleton will have developed to a greater extent (in some countries they are known at that stage as "fuzzies" and "hoppers", etc). Pinky mice have not yet formed a skeleton (solid bones).
I`ve heard on other forums that they are "full of milk", making them very nutritious food for Varanids which is rather strange, considering they are extremely small ("full of milk"?), and Varanids/reptiles cannot digest (metabolise) lactose.
Of course there are reptiles such as small snakes other lizards that may get some benefit from pinky mice, usually they have a much lower metabolism, meaning they don`t require as much energy as most monitor lizards.
I believe you keep Tegu`s, a hatchling/juvenile Tegu might get some benefit from a few pinkies because their metabolism is lower.
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