Hello I am breeding Rats and mice now in a larger setup. I ned a large amount of food for a small price. I am currently using ol roy dog food and sunflower seeds. Is the Mazuri products better or can I just stay with what I am using? I want to be as healthy as possible. Thank You,
-Matt
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Which Mazuri rodent chow to go with.
justcage
Jul 10, 2004 02:19 PM
Replies (3)
mykee
Jul 17, 2004 12:52 PM
Dog food is for dogs, not rats. Mazuri 6F is what you need.
JDouglas
Jul 23, 2004 02:56 PM
We have been using this for a few months now & the rats are doing great. We have ben getting large litters and they are growing quickly.
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Jaremy Douglas
jfmoore
Jul 17, 2004 03:12 PM
Hi –
I don’t breed rats now, but when I did I used 5L42 Rodent Breeder Chow, but I see that’s not listed. The product would be 5M30 now, I guess (6% fat like mykee said). I never outbred my little colony and kept breeding the same stock year after year and got great production – huge litters and always healthy animals. The few times I tried dog chow, it was clearly inferior.
If you want to breed mice, however, you really need to go with the product with 9% or 11% fat for good production.
-Joan
