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Getting mice to eat pelleted food or lab block

LynnFreytag — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:27:34 GMT

Has anyone had any luck getting their mice to eat pelleted food or lab block? My vet wants my mouse to eat pelleted food but she doesn't like it and won't eat it. She much prefers sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, all the "goodies" instead. Thanks in advance for any ideas.

Favorite Game

Ferrets Moderator — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:27:48 GMT

What's your mouse's favorite game to play?

New Pet

animalgirl — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:58:45 GMT

So I'm getting a pet mouse in a few hours. I went to the pet shop yesterday and bought another hermit crab (I named it Lava, because it has a brown shell and the crab is red with a purple pincher) and I walked by the mouse tank. There were 2 really cute mice in there. One was white with black spots, and the other was black with white patches. Well, the one that looked like an oreo cookie started chewing its tail, tried to walk and fell... so maybe that one wasn't the healthiest. The black one was sleeping, but he looked healthier than the other one. I named him Patches because of the color. I'm going to the pet shop to buy him in a few hours when my parents get home. What's really weird is that I already had almost all the supplies for a mouse without knowing it. A hiding place, bedding, timothy hay, some plastic and rubber baby toys from when my sister was a baby, an old 10-gallon tank. (my snake used to live in it until she escaped... ) And the only reason my parents are letting me get the mouse is because I said that I could do a science project about how a mouse would run through a maze faster if there was a strawberry at the end.

Fave. Food

MouseLuver — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:26:28 GMT

i just want to know which mice favor

Question:

Rodentsrus — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:36:20 GMT

We feed our rat and hamster tofu and they love it...Are mice aloud it?

Multiple types of pets

Ferrets Moderator — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:45:09 GMT

Have you owned several types of small animal pets? If so, which one turned out to be the best pet for you? Why?