So my first litter born on Oct 7th that's being grown out is still awfully small. With the same mother having a second litter already, I've noticed that it seems that as soon as they stop getting their food from nursing, they stop growing so fast.

My two female keepers from Oct 7th are only about a RodentPro small size, even though they're 56 or 57 days old (something like that, mind is screwy right now). The boys from the same litter that are full siblings to each other and the girls are even smaller! Only weaned size, though they do have little guts that make them look pregnant, even though they're male and not fat.

It feels like it's taking forever to grow once they get passed about 4 wks of age... any ideas? Instead of giving the HIGH energy food to them that I give my breeding girls, I was giving them a low protein and low fat food, which rats, I thought, were supposed to have if they weren't breeding.

Also, unless you direct me to a place where I can directly order lab blocks online without having to special order via email or pay outrageous shipping, don't even mention it. "Go to the local feed store" doesn't work for everyone.