Reptile & Amphibian Forums

I have recently started my own mice colonies and have purchased mice an rat pellets from a local pet shop who also breeds mice to sell to customers and for feeding his own snake collection. Just wanted to know if the nutrtional analysis is beneficial to maintain both breeding mice and rat colonies. The pellets are called ACE HI Rat and Mice Pellets by Star Milling Co. The nutritional breakdown is as follows:

Crude Protien-----23.50%
Crude Fat---------6.00%
Crude Fiber-------5.00%
Ash---------------8.00%

Any input would be much appreciated

it should be fine for BREEDING rats as long as it has some animal proteine. If not I would go with somethine else (like a cheap dog food) or you can supplement them with a couple pieces of chicken/ham/pork/steak (meat basicly) a day.
-----
1.1 Ball Python, 0.1 motley amel corn, 1.0 western hognose

>>I have recently started my own mice colonies and have purchased mice an rat pellets from a local pet shop who also breeds mice to sell to customers and for feeding his own snake collection. Just wanted to know if the nutrtional analysis is beneficial to maintain both breeding mice and rat colonies. The pellets are called ACE HI Rat and Mice Pellets by Star Milling Co. The nutritional breakdown is as follows:
>>
>>Crude Protien-----23.50%
>>Crude Fat---------6.00%
>>Crude Fiber-------5.00%
>>Ash---------------8.00%
>>
>>Any input would be much appreciated

You might want to up the protien now and then for the mice. I fuss with my mixes anyway. It is good sounding for rats.
-----
Sonya

Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with the software.

Thank you for your input-Do you think the fat should be a little higher? I have been told 9% fat for better output.