Bigger meals less frequently or smaller meals more frequently?

Which is better? And how does it affect growth rate, health, and likeliness to go off feed (eat more consistently)?

I saw the snakebytestv "experiment" but that was for corns I think balls are different.

My animals eat with more consistency with smaller meals once a week.

I have a few girls that can take down a retired female rat but if they are fed that they will refuse food for the next 3 to 4 weeks. In addition they are very sluggish, seems miserable not moving around...

What needs to be kept in mind that even small meals on a weekly basis is still likely more food than they would eat in the wild.

I feed medium rats to my female probably around 125 grams (about 5 weeks old), male get small rats around 65 grams (about 3 weeks old)

Works for me.

My snobby female takes bigger meals better

Wow, rats get to 125g in 5 weeks? I really need to start breeding my own rats...

smaller meals more often...

Smaller meals more often here too :)

I also agree with smaller meals once a week.

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Originally Posted by heathers*bps

Smaller meals more often here too :)

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Same here. It is not a contest to see who gets the biggest, fastest. ;)

Smaller meals once a week here too.