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Everytime i place food in the food bowl my females takes it all out one at a time and hides it in a corner under the substrate.

This happens every feeding. Maybe i need a feeder of some sort but its hard to use 1/2" hardware cloth in an aquarium. Just thought i'd see if this meant anything or was just normal behavior.
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Jaye- "If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.". ... Jiddu Krishnamurti

>>Everytime i place food in the food bowl my females takes it all out one at a time and hides it in a corner under the substrate.
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>>This happens every feeding. Maybe i need a feeder of some sort but its hard to use 1/2" hardware cloth in an aquarium. Just thought i'd see if this meant anything or was just normal behavior.

It is pretty much normal PITA rat behavior. A feeder would cut down on it. But some girls just feel the need to store up food. I tend to cut back on their food til they eat out their supply. Otherwise you will just waste it.
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Sonya

Haven't we warned you about tampering with the structure of a chaotic system?
Mrs. Neutron

to change their food daily. Was i misinformed. Can i just leave any food not eaten in there till they eat it?
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Jaye- "If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.". ... Jiddu Krishnamurti

>>to change their food daily. Was i misinformed. Can i just leave any food not eaten in there till they eat it?

You weren't wrong to do it....but she is cheating. I personally would cut back on the food til she decides she is gonna eat it and not 'save' it. I wouldn't leave it more than a couple days.
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Sonya

Haven't we warned you about tampering with the structure of a chaotic system?
Mrs. Neutron