possibly stupid question but um.. dont the baby rats have a hard time reaching the food? do you toss some in the bottom once they are old enough to start nibbling on food? or is there enough of the pieces of food that falls from the top once the food gets chewed small enough?

ive never used any kind of hopper type feeder, just bowls so I dont know how often the smaller pieces fall out of the hopper. (that being said I do have some 1/2" hardware cloth that I bought to build some, i just gotta get around to doing it lol)

cool idea tho, ive often looked at those drawer things and wondered how it could work. If I ever decided to go this rout (basically if I find a good one cheap enough), I'd prolly do mesh on the sides and have a food dish or hoppers hanging down from the sides.