I'm interested in breeding rats for my four snakes ( two corn snakes and two carpet pythons). in the past I have tried to breed rats (on 2 -3 occasions) and only one time was it a success.

Can someone please tell me all the steps I need to properly breed rats?

I heard there was a type of a food i should buy call mazuria or something like?

what size tank do i need to keep them in?

one male to how many females is a good number?

can i keep the babies with the mother until i need them for a certain size? or can i take them whenever i want?

Most of the time when I tried to breed them it was with petco rats that always seem to be in good health but they just never produced any babies for me.