Well went to the store and they are all out of rats. From talking to the girl there they don't breed the rats, they just get them in. They're small adults so definitely can't do that. They had a bunch of empty mouse tanks and several with nursing mothers. They couldn't sell the mothers and the biggest babies they had were weaned. They are supposed to get a shipment before closing (of adult mice and various other sizes), but I'll be back in class by then. So I bought a weaned one and she ate that. It's much too small for her but I'm just happy to see her eat. When I pulled the hide off of her I noticed she looks more triangular shaped than last week. :/ She needs to get nice and round like my other girl.
I have to say that was incredible to witness in person. I really want to breed my own feeders now. I felt bad for the little cute baby but it was so cool to see the circle of life in person. Plus it was good just to see my baby eat. I'll go back to the feed store tomorrow and pick up an adult mouse for her. She looks pretty hungry now.
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