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RE: Where did you read that? Its a proven fact that pinky mice have more th

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Posted by: samsun at Mon Sep 26 00:12:49 2005   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by samsun ]  
   

SHvar,

If you go back and re-read my post, you'll notice I didn't say "it's impossible to have a healthy baby monitor if you only feed pinkies." I simply said that pinkies and fuzzies do not have as high a calcium content as larger mice, and that is a fact. The bones of a pinkie contain more cartilage and less calcium than the bones of older mice. Don't believe me? Research it, or better yet, let a pinkie dry up and note how much of a skeleton they leave behind. Now do the same thing with a larger mouse. Pinkies turn to mush, as I'm sure you know. Again, I'm not disputing that perfectly healthy monitors can be raised on non-additive pinkies--I'm just saying I don't do it that way. My monitors are growing very quickly, and until I see a reason to change, I won't.

I dip pinkies, fuzzies, and quail into miner-all before feeding (as well as all insects). It certainly can't hurt--unless the lizards develop mini-kidney stones.
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