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Just curious, I feed Mazuri lab blocks because I get them cheap, but I always read don't feed dog food with dye in it.

I don't think I ever read why, so I tried a useless search.

Now I ask why?? What does the dye do??

TomChambers

>>Just curious, I feed Mazuri lab blocks because I get them cheap, but I always read don't feed dog food with dye in it.
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>>I don't think I ever read why, so I tried a useless search.
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>>Now I ask why?? What does the dye do??
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>>TomChambers

This quote is from MiceOnIce FAQs....

>>>Toxic Mice - Where did all the red dye go?
"Dog Food Feed is Killing our Snakes" says Jim Jackson of Snake Asylum, Cicero, Il.
90-95% of the mice and rats breeders feed dog food only, and the cheapest brand available. The mice are absorbing the large quantities of red dye into their organs. Their metabolism is twice as fast as ours. They can't eliminate it, and must store it in their organs. This red dye, put into the dog food to enhance it's meaty appearance, of course is passed on to the snakes. What happens is that the red dye kills off the snakes kidneys and gaul bladder, and can cause tumors. Jim and his friends are doing extensive research on this , and if they are right, this will explain the mysterious deaths of otherwise healthy reptiles. This brings us to another closer question. If the snakes are what they eat, shouldn't we be more concerned about what we put into our own mouths?
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