The BRODENTS! Rodent Enthusiast Thread!

[darkvoodoo]

Hard to believe these guys will start leaving next week!

[synastry]

Hi! This is my first post here, and was just wanting some advice before I get either one male, or 3 females.

I was wondering, since mice need quite a bit of fresh vegetable in their diet, which ones are safe for them to eat. Because I know that every small animal has certain vegetable/fruit needs, and I just wanted to know which vegetable are safe for mice. Also, I know that if I put a male and a female together, that I should spay and neuter both of them, or at least the male, to prevent any unwanted babies C: Also, for the seed mixes and the pellets, which brands would you guys recommend? I know that some mice like to pick out their favourites, and that is sometimes the junk food out of it. Plus, I know that some commercial mouse foods are horrible for them, so any help would be very appreciated.

[Lydia♡]

I have literally no veggies for Zeke but for a bit of carrot poor piggie<3 I hope he's OK my mom is buying some veggies for him. I seriously need to give my Piggie more veggies and pay attention when there getting low.... -.-

[Saskia1982]

Hi all,

I have mice and dwarfhamsters so i like to join this topic

[darkvoodoo]

Hi! This is my first post here, and was just wanting some advice before I get either one male, or 3 females.

I was wondering, since mice need quite a bit of fresh vegetable in their diet, which ones are safe for them to eat. Because I know that every small animal has certain vegetable/fruit needs, and I just wanted to know which vegetable are safe for mice. Also, I know that if I put a male and a female together, that I should spay and neuter both of them, or at least the male, to prevent any unwanted babies C: Also, for the seed mixes and the pellets, which brands would you guys recommend? I know that some mice like to pick out their favourites, and that is sometimes the junk food out of it. Plus, I know that some commercial mouse foods are horrible for them, so any help would be very appreciated.

Its not very common for mice to be spayed or neutered. My vet thought I was nuts when I asked about my rats being fixed.

My homemade mix:
*Lab blocks is always in the cage but its not ate very often (they prefer to forge through the loose food)
*Wild bird seed/cockatiel seed
*High Quality dog food
*Ramen noodles (uncooked)
*Pumpkin seeds
*Whole grain cereal(cheerios/corn flakes)
*Sunflower seeds
*Split peas (uncooked)
*Rice


For veggies I feed carrots, lettuce (the darker the lettuce the better), peas, etc.

[dragonsapphic]

Hi! This is my first post here, and was just wanting some advice before I get either one male, or 3 females.

I was wondering, since mice need quite a bit of fresh vegetable in their diet, which ones are safe for them to eat. Because I know that every small animal has certain vegetable/fruit needs, and I just wanted to know which vegetable are safe for mice. Also, I know that if I put a male and a female together, that I should spay and neuter both of them, or at least the male, to prevent any unwanted babies C: Also, for the seed mixes and the pellets, which brands would you guys recommend? I know that some mice like to pick out their favourites, and that is sometimes the junk food out of it. Plus, I know that some commercial mouse foods are horrible for them, so any help would be very appreciated.

Hello!

In regard to your dietary questions, I recommend you read this page. Feel free to browse around that website some more, it is a great resource for mouse owners.

Since mice are so small and delicate, it's generally not recommended to spay or neuter a mouse so that you can house a male and female together. They are very fragile and often will not survive surgery.

I feed my mice Tropical Carnival's Hamster & Gerbil mix, and I pick out most of the corn and sunflower seeds. I know other mouse owners feed parakeet mixes with similar content.

[PeachFuzz]

Hi! This is my first post here, and was just wanting some advice before I get either one male, or 3 females.

I was wondering, since mice need quite a bit of fresh vegetable in their diet, which ones are safe for them to eat. Because I know that every small animal has certain vegetable/fruit needs, and I just wanted to know which vegetable are safe for mice. Also, I know that if I put a male and a female together, that I should spay and neuter both of them, or at least the male, to prevent any unwanted babies C: Also, for the seed mixes and the pellets, which brands would you guys recommend? I know that some mice like to pick out their favourites, and that is sometimes the junk food out of it. Plus, I know that some commercial mouse foods are horrible for them, so any help would be very appreciated.

I feed Sunseed Vita Prima cockatiel seed mix as their base diet. I remove the peanuts, striped sunflower seeds, raisins, and flowers. I add in:
Plain Cheerios cereal
Rolled oats
Black oil sunflower seeds
Uncooked pasta
Mealworms

For veggies I feed romaine lettuce, carrot, bell pepper, & peas.

[Lydia♡]

A fed my Piggie yesterday a lot of cucumber, a few little slices of bell pepper and some nice lettuce. Not too much variety but cx

[PeachFuzz]

A fed my Piggie yesterday a lot of cucumber, a few little slices of bell pepper and some nice lettuce. Not too much variety but cx

Be careful with the cucumber. Don't feed more than a slice per week. It has very little nutritional value and too much can cause diarrhea. Make lettuce the main part of your pig's veggie diet, but add in a good variety of other things: bell pepper (try to feed a little every day for vitamin C), parsley, kale, broccoli, dandelion greens.

[darkvoodoo]

Im pretty happy with this rat litter. Keeping 2 of the silver minks:
Girls

Boys



3rd Gen of blue marked mice: