Do you feed live but don't raise your own mice/rats?

[C2tcardin]

Hoppers will not survive without their mother for two weeks, anything that is not weaned (usually 3 to 4 weeks of age will not.

Additionally rats grow very fast and in as little as two weeks they could outgrow the ideal size you need.

Thanks to everyone so far for chiming in.

Deborah, this is just the kind of thing I didn't know. Hopefully these couple of smaller girls I recently picked up will be onto small mice and I won't have to worry about the hoppers anymore.