We are doing an experiment where mice must eat a highly preferred food, which has been manipulated to have an unpleasant taste. We planned to use quinine but it may not arrive in time for our experiment.
Is there something else we can put on their food which will a) have no smell (so the mice will still be motivated to approach and try the food), but b) taste unpleasant to a mouse? Oh, and perhaps I should add, c) it should not kill the mice.
Thanks in advance for any ideas!
Maybe you can try chloroquine, but I am not totally sure it is odorless.Caffeine is odorless and bitter but it has several other effects that I am not sure won't affect your study.
You could try with some local native bitter plants. An example is Solanum Ligustrinun Lood , plant relatted to potato family.
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