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Post by lee on Dec 7, 2016 13:31:25 GMT -5
Sorry just another quick question. I've just started to add mice to there diet and there frozen, all of there food is fresh from butchers or straight from the field. Can I give them the mice frozen, I'm not sure if I imagined it or not but I'm sure I've read it somewhere saying that I can.
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Post by Sherry on Dec 7, 2016 13:35:18 GMT -5
A lot of people give "mice-cicles" lol. However if they are wild mice freeze for about 3 weeks in a deep freezer to kill off potential parasites, and be absolutely CERTAIN no one has put poison out. One of our members lost a mum and entire litter of kits when mum caught a rat and fed it to babies New neighbors had moved in and laid out poison for the rats and mice.
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Post by Heather on Dec 7, 2016 14:43:58 GMT -5
I feed mousicles in the summer when it's hotter outside. During the winter they prefer their food room temp. Spoiled little brats that they are ciao
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Post by lee on Dec 8, 2016 2:36:30 GMT -5
Thank you. The mice are ok to eat as they have been breed for eating, I got them from a reptile centre. I gave them some last night which were not frozen and they just looked at me as if I was stupid an they hadn't touched them when I got up this morning. What's the best way to add a new food
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Post by Sherry on Dec 8, 2016 11:00:44 GMT -5
Have they had mice before? If not try cutting the belly open so they know goodies are inside the fur wrapping
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Post by lee on Dec 8, 2016 13:51:33 GMT -5
I will give that ago tonight. Thank you
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Post by lee on Dec 8, 2016 15:32:31 GMT -5
Have they had mice before? If not try cutting the belly open so they know goodies are inside the fur wrapping Thank you sherry, that worked a treat. While they were still frozen I cut them in 4 bits and then defrosted them. They were gone in seconds.
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Post by Corvidophile on Dec 9, 2016 11:47:39 GMT -5
Starting when I had work overnights and wanted to leave plenty of food that would stay fresh, I gave guinea pigs and quail frozen solid the morning I left. He would "check them into inventory" by chewing on the thinner bits, feet etc, and then go back to sleep (he knows when I'm leaving for a while). Laziness and convenience and a hot summer later... now I give him ALL his food still frozen, and he has the jaw strength to rip off and eat outer pieces immediately. He does wait for the body to thaw, but that's a few hours later at most. I highly prefer it because it keeps it from bleeding out defrosting in the fridge, much neater for me, he smells it defrosting faster than I check it and doesn't let much/any of the defrosting juices escape.
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Post by abbeytheferret6 on Dec 10, 2016 5:55:19 GMT -5
To get my last girl to eat mice,I cut up and patted a little salmon oil on it. I first had her to get to like salmon oil.This was after she started refusing mouse soupies. Maybe I should have tried that first:))) With my Annabelle---who likes chasing cat toys, I tied mouse to one and played chase. Once a leg came off while playing, and she quickly gobbled it up. I guess she thought it was going to run off or something(not instant success). Abbey looking on who had not ate mice at the time. They are all mouse and rat eaters now. Did waste a few mice before they took to them.
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