Feeding and Nutrition

Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:10 pm **Pinky mice?**

I breed fancy mice and had a peanut(dwarf) born a few days ago. Peanuts usually die at weaning so I culled him. He's sitting in my freezer in a mini ziplock bag. The oscar fish I use too feed them too has a new home so I don't want it too get wasted. Can I feed him too Sassamoe? Pinkys are pretty much just protien and calcium. I thought I'd check with you all before I thaw and give it too her.

Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:23 pm

I'm planning on picking up some pinkies for my boxie and res tonight.. Good source of calcium!

Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:35 pm

As long as your turtle is large enough to eat it without choking, that would be my main concern.

Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:16 pm

megcornell wrote:As long as your turtle is large enough to eat it without choking, that would be my main concern.

Sassamo is 6" and the pinky is the size of 2 pellets

Good to know I can still use the tiny ones

Kinda pointless too keep them alive since they have such short life spans. So these should be a monthly treat then? or bi weekly?

Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:19 pm

post some results after you feed her, lets see if she likes 'em.

Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:40 pm

As with any high protein food, I'd feed it rarely, like once a month.
Your pinkies are the size of two pellets? The ones I'm used to seeing are much larger so that's why I was thinking about a choking risk, but I think a pinky that small would be fine :-)

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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:37 pm

so anything come about?

Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:10 pm

TupacTheTurle wrote:so anything come about?

Yep the thawed pinky bairly touched the water before it was swallowed whole lol. Then she was like "is that all?" :lol:

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:19 am

dumb question but how do you cull them ? Just thrown them in the ice box or what.

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:22 am

Why is that a dumb Q:? Wow i didn't know RES could eat mice though.. I wouldn't wanna do it though id be too freaked out.. I hate rats.. used to have them when i lived in my dads house..

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:26 am

Joey, yes thats generaly how people cull when they breed mice or anything small like that. It's what I did.

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:41 am

$crewHead wrote:Why is that a dumb Q:? Wow i didn't know RES could eat mice though.. I wouldn't wanna do it though id be too freaked out.. I hate rats.. used to have them when i lived in my dads house..

No I was talking about my question was dumb?

And I just never new how you culled stuff.. LOL Now I know ... and Knowing is half the battle.

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 1:46 am

Lol whats the other half?

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:06 pm

joeybsmooth wrote:dumb question but how do you cull them ? Just thrown them in the ice box or what.

Any mouse that has fur I use a co2 chamber too cull/euthinize them. Before a mouse has fur co2 gas has little effect on them since their breathing is very slow. It will eventually kill them in a several minutes. Placing a pinky in the freezer will kill it in about 30seconds. So I put them in the freezer in mini ziplock bags.

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