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Rodent food and bedding - What kind do you use? How much do you pay?
As far as food goes, I buy 25lb bags of Mazuri rodent food for $18.00. In Idaho (where I plan on moving to eventually) I can get the 50 lb bags for $32.99. It’s a lot more expensive than what I’ve seen everyone else pay, but I think it’s because they need to be special ordered because they usually don’t carry them. Unfortunately it’s not the 9f or even the 6f kind... It’s the 5663 kind. I also get 40 lb bags of Nature’s animal bedding (a kiln dried pine pellet bedding) for $5.80. How much do you spend on your food/bedding? What kind?
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| 06/01/09 09:37pm |
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Greatballzofire View Profile |
Message To: Reflex In reference to Message Id: 2014870 Rodent food and bedding - What kind do you use? How much do you pay?
Rodent block Critter Cubes 50 pound bag for $37.95 Pine shavings America’s Choice 12 cu ft bale for $7.50 Oat groats 50 pound bag for $28.95 What are those rodents in your photos? They are really cute, whatever they are! |
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| 06/01/09 10:13pm |
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Reflex View Profile |
Message To: Greatballzofire In reference to Message Id: 2014893 Rodent food and bedding - What kind do you use? How much do you pay?
Oh, and they are African Soft-Furred Rats... Cute... But evil little buggers! |
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| 06/01/09 10:21pm |
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Greatballzofire View Profile |
Message To: Reflex In reference to Message Id: 2014899 Rodent food and bedding - What kind do you use? How much do you pay?
What oat groats are. I like to feed my nursing mamas and weanlings the oat groats as a supplement to put weight on and give them a boost in nourishment. They love their groats. Soft furred rats...I’ve heard those are mean little devils. They are illegal to keep in California, as where they come from is too much like here and its feared they would naturalize too easily. |
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| 06/02/09 08:22am |
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Tefoe View Profile |
Message To: Reflex In reference to Message Id: 2014870 Rodent food and bedding - What kind do you use? How much do you pay?
As for food! I’m a big believer in all around care for my rodents, not just cleaning them and providing food and water.. Rats are pretty intelligent creatures. So it stands that they should be enriched and stimulated mentally too, as part of having healthy, fast growing, big!, large litter producing rats... You don’t need toys and what not to do that. simply giving them variety in what they choose to eat, gos extremely far in doing that iv found.. The single most important thing that this dose is reduce Stress!! You can do everything right, but if you have animals that are too stressed, they will still breed and grow just fine. But take that stress and remove it and rats do much better..... litters sizes go higher, growth rates go up, breeding life is longer, and they get BIGGER!! Anyway!! I make my own mix of food.. Just think about it, would you prefer dry brown blocks day in day out, or a nice variety of foods? And its cheaper! The only thing i buy that’s over $18 is the dog food! In my rat food mix: Rabbit pellets.($8-50lbs) 10% horse pellets.($7.50-50lbs) Whole corn.($9-50lbs) Sun flower seeds.($12-25lbs) mixed grains; wheat, barely, millet, and oats.(($11.50-50lbs) Dry maccaroni.($2.50-3lbs x5) Purina all Natural dog food...($27.50-40lbs) that’s everything. this is what all of my rats eat, 2 batches a week. My mice get the same minus the dog food, witch they only get once a week. |
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| 06/02/09 05:08pm |
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Reflex View Profile |
Message To: Tefoe In reference to Message Id: 2015311 Rodent food and bedding - What kind do you use? How much do you pay?
I do agree with you. I used to use my own mix full of healthy foods for my pet rats, and even have a rat food mix video on youtube. I stopped when I found the Mazuri. I had need for a mix that I could put into a food hopper. |
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| 06/02/09 08:14pm |
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Reflex View Profile |
Message To: Greatballzofire In reference to Message Id: 2015076 Rodent food and bedding - What kind do you use? How much do you pay?
Aren’t ferrets illegal there, too? |
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| 06/03/09 02:03am |
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Greatballzofire View Profile |
Message To: Reflex In reference to Message Id: 2015569 Rodent food and bedding - What kind do you use? How much do you pay?
Quote: Aren’t ferrets illegal there, too?
Yes, ferrets are illegal, too. And gerbils. |
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| 06/03/09 09:21am |
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Zechriel View Profile |
Message To: Tefoe In reference to Message Id: 2015311 Rodent food and bedding - What kind do you use? How much do you pay?
My daughter is the breeder and keep of the mice. She also uses the pine from Walmart. So far, never had problems. As far as mouse food, we used to get it from the local pet store in the city for $1 a pound but then the mice were picky, throwing out the corn and some pellets, only eating the sunflower seeds and other seeds. Then we moved to town and I have to get 4 lb. bags at Petco for $8!!! But a new store just opened that sells pellet blocks? I guess what everyone else uses and they seems to gnaw on that. 2 lbs for $4. Since we only have 2 cages, no big deal but I think I will try that recipe. If I can find a feed store close by. Good luck! Love, Zechriel |
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| 06/21/09 08:23pm |
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Bearded_dragon_0 View Profile |
Message To: Reflex In reference to Message Id: 2014870 Rodent food and bedding - What kind do you use? How much do you pay?
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| 07/08/09 06:29am |
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Greatballzofire View Profile |
Message To: Bearded_dragon_0 In reference to Message Id: 2035983 Rodent food and bedding - What kind do you use? How much do you pay?
Still use the other two things: Pine shavings America’s Choice 12 cu ft bale for $7.50 Oat groats 50 pound bag for $28.95 |
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| 07/08/09 08:30am |
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Jynxer50 View Profile |
Message To: Greatballzofire In reference to Message Id: 2036009 Rodent food and bedding - What kind do you use? How much do you pay?
Jake |
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| 07/12/09 10:54am |
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