To say rodents are never part of a wild pyxies diet is just silly to me. I do however believe that in nature they have better "tools" to help digest and detoxify rodent meals in nature that we haven't been able fathom yet. Just think of the huge range of all kinds of choices to choose from. Compare that to the boxes we keep them in. We give them very limited choices and with those limited choices they can only do so much.