Mice eaters, anyone?

[ozz465]

I dont see anything wrong with feeding fish mice , as an occasional treat . remember "everything in moderation" Too much mammalian fat is bad for them .

 

[smartlove_518]

How is feeding an aro a mouse which is a small mammal and entirely likely apart of their natural diet worse then feedin them a market prawn which they will not run across in nature? unless you are feeding them FW market shrimp? I've seen northern pike and musky take down juvinile ducks/geese and LM bass tag snakes/shrew/ect. imo any top water predetors diet does consist of mammalian prey. as long as it is part of a balanced feeding regeime it is not unhealthy. and likely provides some key nutrients for the fish. Which yes can or may be found in many prepared diets. But many predetors of said type can be very hard to convert to such diets. which IMO is cruel to starve your fish to get it to eat because you as it's owner refuse to offer it what it's natural prey would be.

and feeding a fish a live mouse is no crueler then feeding it a live fish, live worm, or anyother live food. now tormenting said food before feeding it is cruel, the act of feeding it in itself is not imo. I've watched snakes eat live chickens, piglets, and goats, let alone mice, rats,rabbits ect. The only cruelty in any of it is if the food is left to suffer/or abused prior to feeding. though I did lose a red-tail boa to a particularly viciouse rat. which was methodically executed (imo humane as it was a quick and as painfree a death as I could make) and fed to another snake.

people will always agree to disagree with feeding live. imo if its such a horrible thing. Go stake out an animal testing faciity where you will see true cruelty to any of the above mentioned animals.

a side note on the feeding of toads, beware of the toxins some frogs and toads produce. likely harmless in small quantities but not likely healthy in larger doses (ie, multiple feeding of strickly said animals)

stick to the op. we all gave our views but we still stuck to the op. dont make this thread about how cruel feeding live is or how it is fine to feed live. there have been many threads on this topic.it will end up being locked then.

 

[SuperDave]

I used to do that with my old Silver Aro every once in awhile. But Come on he was over 25 inch long he can take down a full grown mouse in fact I think he ate two once lol, But I stopped because I got tired of seeing the mice fur on top of the water the day after.


But Aros, know what there doing, I believe they know what the mouse is. At least with mine, it would grab it in its mouth and take it down deep and swim all over the tank with it in its mouth, until it knew for sure the mouse was dead. Then it would eat it, fish have instincts they knows whats up.

 

[OnceLoyal]

I think Superdave hit it right.

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

I can sort of 'agree' a little more with dead mice but live mice is WRONG.

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

depending on the size of the gar, they will tear up some mice. they dont have a chance. Oh and nothing wrong with a live feeder. Just not too many mice. they got protien that can back up in fish

 

[fishfeeder12]

i have three id sharks big time mouse eaters

 

[krichardson]

o actually do not think people feed fish mice!!!
maybe iam wrong but seems odd

Every now and then I will give my shark a mouse.