I find myself looking at the feeder babies and going "Hmmm, you know I WILL need a new male for the next bin of girls.... I should keep you too..."

I do have quite a few holdbacks right now, from "nearly ready to breed" to newly weaned babies. It is extremely satisfying to feed off rats I raised myself, even if they are a TON of work. But I enjoy the rats a lot and I'll often have my favorites out or be giving out the sunflower seeds. So far the one treat I've found everyone goes for is sunflower seeds. Many won't touch yogurt drops, and some don't like the dried cranberries or pomergrate.

I was thinking of getting some banana chips too. Any other treats?

And I've been holding back blues a lot and dumbos. And of course siamese. I should try to get some decent pics of the rats soon. I have issues getting them to sit still enough for pictures.