Wire Mesh Size?

[OFRD_GRL]

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..)

[Stewart_Reptiles]

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

[OFRD_GRL]

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"

[OFRD_GRL]

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.

[SatanicIntention]

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%.

[OFRD_GRL]

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

Thanks for the info though