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	Mice in the fish food
greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	I had 4lbs of food that I ordered a month or two ago in a drawer in my stand. I heard mice noises near and checked it out. They chewed holes in all the bags. Is the food still good.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	Have you got mouse poison down at all? I would just discard the parts around the hole and feed the food as filler. It might be stale by now, and the nutrient content cannot be trusted. For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	I wouldn't feed it to my fish. I don't trust the mice & the germs thay might carry. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buzaqq/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	We dont have any poison down. It couldn't have been like this for long.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	The thing is though, the germs that the mice carry are unlikely to be transferrable to fish. If it was mouse food or rabbit food, i'd say turf the lot, but being fishfood, if you discard the parts that are heavily contaminated, I think the reast should be passable. Up to you though, if you don't feel comfy with it, then toss it and get new And for goodness sake, put the next one in a mousproof container (we have mice here at the moment, everything is in plastic boxes!) For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
keithgh Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003	greenmonkey51 There is no way I would use it all. Buy some type of sealed containers for the next lot of food. Before that either lay baits, get a moust trap, or get a cat. Either way get rid of the mice. Keith Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT? VOTE NOW VOTE NOW
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	Do you use microworms? Use it for substrate. For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	Haha got the sucker today. He paid for it.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
keithgh Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 6371 Kudos: 6918 Votes: 1542 Registered: 26-Apr-2003	greenmonkey51 Are you sure, where there is one there is usually more. Keith Near enough is not good enough, therefore good enough is not near enough, and only your best will do. I VOTE DO YOU if not WHY NOT? VOTE NOW VOTE NOW
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	We just got our 8th one... they do tend to travel in groups. For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
Two Tanks Big Fish Posts: 449 Kudos: 328 Votes: 13 Registered: 02-Jun-2003	Mice always travel in pairs of two or more. If there is one, there is another. They are nasty little varmits, I would scrap the food, as they have a habit of peeing and pooping on everything, but it depends on how far inside the bag they dug.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58


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