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Does anyone feed whole foods like mice?

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The Hounds- of- Bassetville- +2

Is that a- chicken- foot?!?!?!?

Barked: Sat Nov 7, '09 5:16pm PST


	I have considered buying some feeder rats but I always decide not to. The hounds have caught quite a few mice/rats in the yard and they never eat them because I always take them away for fear of poisoning. We live in a neighborhood so you never know who puts out poison. I don't want he pups thinking that mouse=food so I probably won't try it. I have two Guinea Pigs so that's out... I don't want the pups sneaking back and having a midnight snack The only whole "food" I would consider is Rabbit, and if I can ever get a hold of some cheap I will, so far the cheapest I have seen is like $6/lb with shipping.

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Copernicus

C-pup, attorney- at law

Barked: Sun Nov 8, '09 1:02am PST


	Maxwell is right, I feed Copernicus whole prey. Half the year he eats whole prey and half the year he eats prey model raw. In fact, I use rodentpro.com. As Maxwell mentioned, I do have ferrets as well and they eat the whole prey too (they'll eat 4 months of whole prey, 4 months of commercial frozen raw, and 4 months of prey model raw). I buy the Guinea Pigs, Quail, Mice, Rats, and Rabbit from rodent pro. oh! Chicks too! Copernicus LOVES those. Believe it or not feeding this way is really no different (insofar as feeding logistics) from prey model raw. There is suprsingly little mess (sometimes the animals bleed, but they are dead so its not like they have a beating hear to spurt blood everywhere-----I'm sorry if that is a little graphic). I find the fur and feathers do wonders for Copee's teeth and they help make his poopies beautiful by providing extra fiber.

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Byron

Bridge Angel - always loved

Barked: Sun Nov 8, '09 10:08pm PST


	Copernicus, why do you rotate among the various forms of raw?

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Copernicus

C-pup, attorney- at law

Barked: Sun Nov 8, '09 11:06pm PST


	Two reasons: 1. Variety: I can't find meats like bison, venison, rabbit, or lamb locally at affordable prices. I can however find these meats in commercial frozen raw diets sold at local all natural petstores. So I buy commercial raw so that my animals can still enjoy the benefits of these "exotic" foods. Also, I try to feed various RMBs and whole prey as well for variety. 2. Cost: I can't afford to feed all whole prey or all commerical raw. I could feed all rmbs but I want the variety of the other diets. I feed one diet for like 4-6 months at a time because I place a large order of whole prey and then thats all that fits in my freezer. So I feed the order until gone and then fill up the freezer with commerical frozen raw, then prey model rmbs and organs.

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Josie - CGC

California Girl

Barked: Mon Nov 9, '09 10:15am PST


	We feed some whole rabbit, whole fish, and whole hare -- when they can catch it!

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Gir

All that lives- is holy.

Barked: Mon Nov 9, '09 1:44pm PST


	Gir is an excellent ratter, to the extent that more terrier like Zim should be embarrassed by his own inadequacy at the task- not to mention my cats! He's never even tried to eat them, though. I've had zero success at feeding rats and mice.

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Sedona

The Wise Cracker

Barked: Mon Nov 9, '09 2:31pm PST


	Heh, Zim and Gir. I had wondered if Gir was named after the Gir. Now I know.

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