Mousery Diet
As of mid 2012, I decided to fall back to using a basic seed & grain mix for my mice as a staple & supplement with Norco lab block. My females have Norco brand lab blocks available at all times, though I ususally sprinkle seed mix into their tubs every third day for them to forage for, as a method of mental stimulation. All my bucks have dry mix on offer & I give them a few lab blocks each week to supplement their diet. I find the combination of higher protein from the blocks for the females produces good litters, & the lower protein of the seed & grain mix for the males reduces the number of male offspring produced.
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Other Parts to the Diets
Other foods they get are parsley leaves, spinach leaves, choko vine leaves, some dark lettuce leaves (no Iceberg lettuce), pak or bok choy, all roughly chopped up or ripped by hand. They get bits of broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, pumpkin (cooked, raw, seeds, skin, flesh), boiled or baked potatoes, and some cooked beans also (canned is fine, just rinse the juice off to reduce salt). They also get pieces of banana, apple, pear, apricots, nectarines, pineapple, sweet plums, rockmelon, water melon, honey dew melon, plus most berries like blue berries, mulberries, strawberries & raspberries. They only get what is in season veggie or fruit wise, they only ever get small amounts of fruit, sometimes they don’t get fruit at all. They also get both dry dog & cat food, Good O’s (a dog food, like fruit loops for dogs), plain baked dog biscuits, dried meats, mealworms, crickets, cooked or raw meats, bones & organs, some baby foods (meat & veggie ones, fruity ones if sick).
A bit of seafood is also good, they love dried shrimp & bits of crab, prawn/shrimp heads are enjoyed also, dried fish or canned sardines are favourites.
A bit of seafood is also good, they love dried shrimp & bits of crab, prawn/shrimp heads are enjoyed also, dried fish or canned sardines are favourites.