Harlan -



I am not going to argue the point with you - I don't raise rodents any longer - when I did raise my small colony I used high protein rodent chow and produced wonderful feeders for my snakes. My frozen rodent supplier uses high protein rodent chow also and I'm very pleased with the results. I wouldn't pass judgment on someone that feeds dog food to their rodents - but to me it carries the stigma of settling for "good enough" or taking shortcuts or just being cheap - again I don't care to argue the point but that is just my personal view - I'm wrong a lot. I guess when you consider that reptiles only use up like 30% of the nutrients they receive from their feeders even the most undernourished feeders probably have more than enough nourishment for the domestic snake.



Also there are many studies out there about the harmful effects of red dyes on lab animals (yes rats and mice) and I used to have a few of them in reference to how it can be passed on from feeders to reptiles (sorry most of this stuff is packed away in storage). To say no studies have been done is not exactly true. Whether these are the same red dyes currently used in the dog food that you are feeding your feeders - I admittedly don't know - but even if it's not in your food - who's to say it won't be in the food of someone reading your post.
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Tosha

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