Rat & mouse safe greens & vegetables — opportunistic omnivore; nugget base, small fresh veg/fruit, rodent toxins

Rat & mouse safe greens & vegetables — opportunistic omnivore; nugget base, small fresh veg/fruit, rodent toxins

Claims

• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Mice are opportunistic omnivores; wild mice eat a wide variety of seeds, grains and other plant material plus invertebrates, small vertebrates and carrion.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* A good-quality commercial mouse food (recommended as nuggets/pellets) provides a complete and balanced diet.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Safe greens include small amounts of fresh vegetables and fruits fed as part of the daily allowance (not in addition); however grapes/raisins and rhubarb are poisonous to mice and lettuce can cause diarrhoea.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Mice are coprophagic, re-eating their faeces to absorb essential nutrients such as vitamin B12 and folic acid.