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Marilyn's Nice Mice
Yes, I raise mice. I have been raising feeder mice for years for individuals and pet stores. I used to buy lab mouse diet which supposedly has 50 years of research behind it and claims to be the best possible rodent diet. I wasn't totally happy with it although it was very convenient. It was the most expensive feed I've ever bought for any of my animals but the mice weren't totally healthy on it. They had small to normal size litters, would sometimes eat their young, and the most disappointing thing of all is that sometimes they would develop tumors. There had to be a better way.Two years ago, I started experimenting with what I had been supplementing my chickens for years, kefir soaked oats. Only this time I added a few other ingredients like kelp and flax seeds, and dried it for preservation and convenience. I immediately got larger litters and no more canabalism. The most delightful side benefit was I virtually never get tumors any more. So for the past two years I have been making all my mouse feed from scratch. As usual, I give my cow, Star, most of the credit as her raw milk is the foundation for this wonderful mouse food.
I have all sizes of mice available. Pinkys, fuzzies, hoppers, weaners, and adults. Call for prices. No shipping.
Marilyn Kefirlady,
originator of Marilyn's Mouse Diet, six months research and two years of tweaking and I believe I have the best mouse diet in the world.
Marilyn's Mouse Diet
You can now purchase my own mouse feed formula for your pet mouse or rat. Call or write for details. Put "mouse diet" in the subject line.Ingredients: Raw Jersey milk kefir, steam rolled barley, flax seeds, fish meal, kelp, nutritional yeast. Every batch dried at low temperatures to preserve protein quality, probiotic benefits of kefir, and enzymes.
Marilyn Kefirlady
419-237-3095
marilynjarz@gmail.com
Corn Causes Tumors in Mice
After one year of great success with my own special blend of ingredients, I have tumors in my mice. The only difference in the feed is that I started substituting one cup of corn for the oats or barley. I saw my first tumor in a long time last month. Not realizing the cause, I upped the corn to 1/2 the grain in the last two weeks. Yesterday when I cleaned all the cages, I noticed at least 10 mice with tumors.The reason for upping the corn was because I am feeding the same formuula to my chickens. Too many oats is not good for chickens. Corn is good, especially this time of the year. I'm writing this November 27, 2005. Corn keeps the birds warmer, it causes no digestive issues as does oats and barley, it makes the yolks dark, and they love it. I am back to the original proven formula for my mice.
I talked to my vet and she said corn carries fungus that could cause mammary tumors in my mice. So maybe it was the fungus on the corn causing the tumors and not the corn itself. This makes corn just as bad. I wonder what it does to people.