Hey folks,

My rat colony's destination is my boa and burm (and bp when she'll eat one). Getting rats to a size for the boa and bp is no problem, but I really want to get rats as large as possible for the burm so I can feed less per feeding.

Using my two breeder boys as a yardstick, they weigh in at 375 - 405g. But the grow out boys are just taking forever to get even to 350g. I should mention that I am working with getting the boys huge as the male rats seem to get bigger than the girls.

I don't want too high a fat content on them as I know that's not desirable, but does anyone have any tips on additional foods that may help speed up growth? I'm feeding Mazuri 6F in the hoppers.

I haven't wanted to put in Becky's mix in bowls just I'm just afraid they'll waste more than they eat...but...what else can I put in their tubs help healthy weight gain? Stuff I've thought about: apples, corn on the cob, carrots...opinions?

I do give them scraps from the kitchen I can, but honestly I just don't produce a lot of rat-eatable scraps, other than occ. beef/pork/chicken bones.