ASF food staples

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Hello all, I was just curious to see what people use as a food staple for their ASFs. I currently give mine mainly mazuri 6f and taste of the wild ancient wetlands for its high protein. I also supplement with occasional dried meal worms and spray millet. I was just wondering for the people that give a high protein dog food if anyone has a cheaper suggestion, taste of the wild is quite pricey, plus I’m not a huge fan of the small kibble size as it falls through the hopper too easy. Thanks!

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Read through this thread, it’ll help answer that and probably any other questions you have about ASF’s.

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I feed doggy bag dog food from tractor supply to my ASF’s works pretty well. I also give them dried meal worms and seeds and nuts as well for that extra nutrition. They love the black oil sun flower seeds but I found a mix of seeds and nuts and meal worms in the chicken section at tractor supply that they like too

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We tried the cheap dog food from TSC, didn’t like it.
We tried hampster/gerbil mix, didn’t like it.
We tried lab block rat chow, didn’t like it.
We tried the suet/oil seed, didn’t really care about it.

They really like and do well on this mix:
Kibble and bits mini bistro
Dried meal worms from TSC
Live crickets once a week
Occasional carrots or other veggies

They also like a little cheese, egg, fruit etc. But they don’t always finish it, so we try to feed those a day or so before tub cleaning day.

Also try boiling some spaghetti noodles and then drape a few through the mesh, they will steal it from each other :rofl:. Not too often or too much though, I doubt processed wheat in the form of pasta is good for them.

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I hate how small the pieces of food are in the doggy bag dog food from TSC but right now it’s all I can find close in bulk at a decent price. I’d rather use mazuri rodent breeder food but it’s really high to get it shipped since no where around here sells it

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So my question is
Can ASFs have White Mushrooms or and raw mushrooms

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Mushroom is okay to feed rats and ASF, but give them cooked mushrooms, not raw mushrooms.