Not to go against What anyone has said in the past buti find that keeping grouped colonies of 1:5 works best and is most efficient. It doesn't burn the male out, you only have to clean them once every other day and the food seems to last longer. As far as rats go a 1:3 is optimal.



I use to breed my own rodents: I had to, I was producing over 600 offspring of reptiles a year. As well as all my breeders but then I came to the conclusion that It was far to expensive to pay my helper to take care of the colonies and do the dirty work.



I since have found a local breeder who I get a tremendous deal on rodents from and it's more soothing then to have a constant smell of piss and s^%t throughout the day.



Also, if you can find a local feed store that sells swine food it is best to buy that. I t comes in 50# bags for like $6. Also it keeps their coats clean and white and provides good healthy nutrition. And I still stand by the rule of using rats for mothers. You willl find far to many times the mice will eat their babies.

Good Luck!

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