Rat pups are basically impossible to find, they don't sell them as feeders and can only be purchased as adults. The quality of mice I've found is beyond poor. Half starved scraggly little balls of skin, bones and fur.. My bp only eats live and is currently eating adult mice. . Would it be worth my time to buy a pair of females and a male mouse? (one litter at a time alternating females, no power breeding) The time and money invested would be minimal, considering the left over supplies from my deceased hamster. In your opinion would this be a better option than paying 3–5 dollars a week for starved feeder mice? I originally considered rats but with one snake only big enough to eat the weaning, they would be too big too fast to be any use to me at the moment. Upon my bp reaching rat eating size I could start the rat breeding and feed off the mice???