A pet store in California launches canned mouse meat cat food
2026-10-24
In order to make picky pet cats eat well, a pet shop owner in California has launched canned cat food containing mouse meat.
According to the Monterey County Herald on the 26th, Tom Radcliffe, a man who owns three pet stores in California, often hears customers complain about the picky taste of his pet cats. Inspired by the animated film "Tom and Jerry", Radcliffe plans to make cat food from mouse meat. After consulting with some animal nutritionists and friends, he began to devote himself wholeheartedly to the research and development of this cat food. Recently, Radcliffe launched a canned cat food brand called Mouser with easy to pull lids.
According to the regulations of the US Food and Drug Administration, meat such as rat meat can enter the market for sale without prior approval. After one month of product release, Mouser brand cat food will be sold in pet stores in California, Arizona, and Nevada. Radcliffe explained that the rat meat used to make cat food is not from laboratory mice, but is purchased from manufacturers specializing in raising rodents. This type of rodent is usually used to feed pet snakes and owls, and the cost is "very high", more than 10 times more expensive than chicken, duck meat, and so on. (Sun Wenguang)