Mouse food

Recently i have been really insane about mouse food. I think i really dote them soo much to go to such extent. But definitely they have done something which make me sooo gaga over them. They are exceptionally smart! Very smart! It’s no wonder they are used in laboratory for testing products used on humans. Because their genetic are very alike to humans. And that means they might have the intelligence of human too. Of course not so smart compared to a human, but the genes are there. =) :-p

Ok, the food. Oxbow, Harlan Teklad and Mazuri.

Oxbow, the reason why i chose Obxow Regal Rat is because (1) i am in love with the cute heart shape pellets :-D, (2) it has got no corn. But the corn factor is no longer an issue. Read further down to know why.

However, it’s is detering me as well, as the protein content is way too low, and i have to supplement with more food stuffs to let them achieve the protein level in their bodies.

Harlan Teklad is a wonderful wonderful product that I found myself. I am very impressed and pleased with myself to find such a good product seriously. 10 points for myself! 😀

Mazuri is second. If Harlan Teklad cannot be found in any area, Mazuri is just as good!

In the entire rats and mouse organisation/rescue teams/associations, Harlan Tekland and Mazuri are highly recommended, and is one of the most quality rat/mouse food product.

Some people were mentioning about the corns as the first ingredient and stuffs. I have learnt a lot during my research and readings on the products ingredients and more.

Corns will be very dangerous when HUGE amount are consumed. Whether it’s for pets or humans, excessive amount of anything is bad.

Corns present in rats/mouse food. Good or Bad?

Don’t worry too much about corn. Corn is just fine for rats and mice, you have no practical reason to be concerned about corn as an ingedient in a diet.

Some peopel are concerned about corn in the rat diet because of aflatoxin, a common, naturally occuring contaminat of corn. Aflatoxin is a known human and animal carcinogen, so levels are refulated here in the states by the fda. Rat are the species most sensitive to the carcinogenic effects of aflatoxin, so many in the rat community are concerned about corn in their rats’ diets. but since levels are regulated by the fda and no one actually feeds their rats a diet of 100% corn, aflatoxin should be of no real practical concern to rat or mouse owners. Many of the lab diets actually fdo an afalatoxin analyses on their diets, and you should be able to get this information directly from them.

Some people are obsessed with corn in the diet and that’s because they’re concerned about the aflatoxin levels in the diet. Levels are regulated by the fda and no one actually feeds their rats a diet of 100% corn, aflatoxin should be of no real practical concern to rat or mouse owners, but if you really want to know afaltoxin levels in a given lab diet, i think you should be able to find levels by simply calling the manufacturer up.

For example, mazuri does not have aflatoxin levels in their diet up on the web, but labdiet, made by the same people who make mazuri, do have a guaranteed aflatoxin level posted up on the web:
http://www.labdiet.com/cert_sum.htm (afaltoxin levels of no greater than 5ppb)

Read more here :http://www.rmca.org/Articles/corn.htm

Please take note of this sentence in the above URL : “Corn in the rat diet should be limited“. And it’s not asking owners to STOP feeding corns entirely.

Like i said, too much of anything is harmful, regardless to humans or pets. 🙂 Moderate amount is recommended.

Many food, whether it’s dog food, cat food, hamsters food, chinchilla food, etc etc, most will contain corns (ground corns). Whether it’s first ingredient, second ingredient, etc, there is still existence of corns.

You might say, if you choose the second ingredient onwards for ground corn would be safer, it’s your preference.

Like what is said in the above before… read above again. :-p

More research findings will be added at a later stage.