Wire Mesh Size?

What size wire mesh works well for rats to be able to eat food through?

I think the mesh I have is 1/2" and looks too small for them to eat through (They have food in bowls right now in the tank but are BURYING the bowls..)

I use 1/2 hardware cloth for rats and they do just fine :gj:

AWESOME thanks!

I dunno if this stuff is considered hardware cloth... its metal and pretty hard... kinda like chicken wire, except squares and 1/2"

Here is exactly what I have... is this good or not big enough holes?
They also have a bowl of food in there, which they keep burying... but until I was sure they could eat from the wire mesh, I wanted to make sure they had food in there available.

http://flashforwardphotography.com/d...rats/Rats1.JPG

Try not to feed them dog food unless it's very high quality(wellness senior, etc). It makes them greasy and stink.

Find a nice high quality rodent lab block, such as Mazuri or Harlan. Needs to be 18% protein or less, but not less than 16%.

Ya I am getting mazuri shortly. This was a temporary thing since I had nothing else available ATM.

Thanks for the info though :D