Quote Originally Posted by stratus_020202 View Post
Agreed. It's ok. I mean they are way small, but at least she was getting two a week. You weren't hurting them by any means. And, now we can get them on a steady food schedule.

You can continue to feed them, but you would need to feed a lot. I'm guessing your little ones are in the 300 g range. Just out of the blue guess, not educated or anything. That means they can eat 30-45 g's of food a week. I'm lucky to find an adult mouse at 20 grams. Lets say your mouse hoppers are around 5. Thats 6-9 hoppers a session. That's alot. And at under 5 grams your bp's would be good on a 5 day schedule. For 3 bp's that's over 100 hoppers.

Don't worry yourself though. I think they look fairly healthy. Just need to upgrade thier num nums. And then, they will start fasting for you. So, it's a roller coaster no matter what.
Thanks for your help! I do appreciate it. I just now weighted them (I have a postage scale for my ebay sales). The girl pictured weights 200 grams. Her brother weights 198 grams. Her sister weights 178 grams. They are each 24 inches long. They last ate on Tuesday. Not sure when they last poo'd as I don't record those. Their hopper mice are averaging at 5 grams a piece. So maybe 2 of the hoppers twice a week? 4 total for the week? Next time I go to a show I can pick up some larger food. What size of food should they be eating? I buy from Rodentpro and they go to one of the shows here in Ohio once a month.