I live in a small town but I did find 1 place about 20 minutes away willing 2 sell rat babies. I bought 1 & will c this week how it goes. I prefer rats over mice anyways. I was told from the breeder that they are fed once a week. We had him a week before he ate 4 us the 1st time. Hope it goes well cause we haven't had much luck w/ our corns