feeders food - compromise or not?

[sapphire_moon]

Actually I was going to ask what she thought was the best brand of horse feed to use for rats/mice?

[jjnnbns]

I called two feed stores and they had no idea what I was looking for when I said "horse chunks"

Is it a staple diet or a treat? That was what they were asking me, but I think that at the fleet farm they may have had the right product.

[sapphire_moon]

I think it's a staple diet. If you try the older horse food, it has higher protiene. Maybe if you find the right horse food, you can feed just that to mice, and just that to rats with a bit of extra meat on the side for meat protiene?

What do you think annieb_mice? Would that work?

[marisa]

With all this talk about "what goes into our feeders goes into our snakes" You guys MUST have some data on a snakes nutrional needs???

Oh wait, there isn't any.

My rodents get cheap dog food (yup, dog parts and all) a seed mix from Walmart, and plenty of leftovers. It's worked for me, and thats my humble opinion.

Marisa

[Linds]

Originally posted by jjnnbns
I called two feed stores and they had no idea what I was looking for when I said "horse chunks"

Is it a staple diet or a treat? That was what they were asking me, but I think that at the fleet farm they may have had the right product.

That's odd, there are many different companies that make at least one of their forumlations in the form of chunks. It is a staple diet, same as extruded feeds, sweet feeds, and pelletted feeds. It is just the form it comes in. I use Masterfeeds Golden Years Horse Chunks. It has the highest protein/fat that they carried, at 16% protein and 4% fat.

[reptilesalonica]

Marisa, i have read what you say...i don't know what to think...
After all mice and rats are garbage eaters. Not sayin that it is good to eat newspapers though.
~Greg~