Feeder Fish

[Albert Clark]

Reptile industries has their analysis of pinky mice @ 80% moisture. There are labs that list them in the mid to high 80's. I will find the link and post it. The main thing is the op saw mice pinks listed as complete nutrition on a couple of care sheets. They are not. The fact is they are "mostly (90%) moisture" is the important thing.

[Albert Clark]

Ok. Dr foster/smith show pinky moisture percentage at 80%, Rodentpro nutritive analysis doesn't list moisture percentage at all. The high I found tonight is the 84% reported by beaded dragon.org Melissa Kaplan also doesn't list moisture percentage of pink mice. Your resource is definitely the most credible however I will continue to pursue the links I know are out there. Thanks.

[Albert Clark]

Steve , this is what I copied and pasted from bearded dragon co.
Neonatal mice are also ~84% moisture, ~13% protein and ~3-4% crude fat(tested amount is 3.4% so less than the young crickets and almost half adult crickets) Also naturally these mice have a 1:1.1 Ca:Ph ratio so are great to be dusted lightly for the perfect ratio of 1.43:1
Pinkies have vitamin A as well which contains beta-Carotene. The amount is less than the dose limit which is 10,000IU/kg? There are reports of 90% moisture in pink mice in https://www.beardeddragon.org/forums/index.php analysing labs.

[guidofatherof5]

Thanks again, lots of material out there.

[Albert Clark]

Thanks again, lots of material out there.

Right, and the main thing once again is, pinky mice are very low in Ca+ ( Calcium) but high in containing mostly moisture.

[guidofatherof5]

Female T. radix - Plains garter. Great snakes with great personalities. Eat about everything.

[SourceAll]

Thanks Steve, definitely have to check them out. Wish more people had garters at expos, so I could check them out in person.

Female T. radix - Plains garter. Great snakes with great personalities. Eat about everything.

[Albert Clark]

I will be at some upcoming expos in New York and Pennsylvania soon with some well started albino checkereds and red concinnus hatchlings around November '16.