#emiology

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pssst... *hands u a wee little harvest mouse**

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There’s a lot of controversy going around the rodent community about the best food for rats/mice/hamsters/any other rodent, and there has been for who knows how long. It’s a never ending conversation about nutrition, safe foods, unsafe foods, safe brands, unsafe brands, and most of all (at least from what I’ve seen), how the US has almost no good foods for rodents. There’s always something missing, or there’s too much of something, or there are ingredients that are unsafe for the particular pet that the food is being advertised for. It’s very frustrating, which is why I make my own rodent food. The only rodents I currently own are rats and mice, so naturally, I only make rat and mouse food.

Another reason I make my own rodent food is because my mice like variety, and will get bored and over groom if their food is just a pellet (ie: Mazuri blocks, which is the only food I’ve found that’s available in the US that is actually good for mice.), even if it’s scattered and not in a bowl. On the other hand, my solitary mouse, Storm, can’t eat most commercial foods anyways because the top ingredient in a lot of them is rice, and she is allergic to that. So, therefore, I make my own food.

Anyways, I wanted to show y’all how I make it!

I based it off one of Emiology’s videos on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BFvPTw6axyM

I did adjust it slightly for mice, which you will see in a minute.

So this is what my rat food looks like

It consists of:

Base mix (50%)

10 scoops Oxbow Essentials Adult Rat Food

Protein (10%)

2 scoops Zignature Trout and Salmon dry dog food

Grains (20%)

2 scoops Cascadian Farms Just O’s cereal

2 scoops Barilla Penne and/or Mini Wheels pasta

Herbs and Veggies (10%)

2 heaping scoops Rosewood Naturals Nature’s Salad

Seeds (5%)

Half scoop Scarlet Naturals Finch seeds

Half scoop Woodstock Shelled and Unsalted Pumpkin Seeds

And here’s what my mouse food looks like

It consists of:

Base mix (50%)

10 scoops Mazuri Rat & Mouse Diet blocks

Protein (15%)

3 scoops Zignature Trout and Salmon dry dog food

Grains (20%)

2 scoops Cascadian Farms Just O’s cereal

2 scoops Quaker Oats Rolled Oats

Herbs and Veggies (10%)

2 heaping scoops Rosewood Naturals Nature’s Salad

Seeds (5%)

Half scoop Scarlet Naturals Finch seeds

Half scoop Woodstock Shelled and Unsalted Pumpkin Seeds

As you can see, the protein percentage is different from rats to mice, as mice get three scoops of dog food, and rats only get two. This is because mice need more protein than rats.

As Emiology said in her video, please don’t follow this ingredient for ingredient, as your rats or mice could be different from mine. I only list exactly what I put in it to give you an idea of what to use. Also, I said “2 heaping scoops” for herbs because there is hay in the salad mix, and mice and rats cannot digest that, so I substitute by adding just a bit more.

These recipes are just what I’ve found works well for me and my rodents. I’ve changed ingredients many times, swapped base mixes, etc, and I will probably have to do that again and again, especially if I decide to get more mice as my current girls go, and this is why I suggest not using this recipe exactly.

Anyways, I hope this inspires you to make your own rat or mouse food if your current food isn’t to your liking, and if it did, good luck!

See y’all next time!

[madetofly]

They’re so cute!

*cries*

[kei-teelynn]

Stop Pets at Home turning their animal enclosures into a playground

I'm not even in the UK and this is infuriating. I didn't think in store enclosures could get much worse..I was wrong. Please watch Emiology's video about this, and sign and share the petition if you can.

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