So it's time to purchase Mashadar his first rats and I have 2 questions:

1. Has anyone ordered rodents from Big Cheese Rodent Factory? Are they good quality?

2. I know he needs a rat that is not wider than the widest part of his body, but since I can't see them, I have to go by weight.
He is 172g as of 10/24 before I fed him. He ate a 24 g f/t mouse (since I didn't have any rats) just fine so I was looking in that range. I can get fuzzies that are 10-19g or pups that are 20-34g. . . I think the weaned may still be too big, they are 35-50g.

The breeder had him on live rats from their breeding colony, so the size was always adjusted as he grew. I'm really surprised he ate a f/t mouse, but I want to get him back on rats ASAP so he does not get a affinity for the mice!

We use rodent pro at the center and the quality is fine, but they charge $50 for a 50 count bag, and Big Cheese charges $18.75 for a bag of 25. Both charge $29 for shipping. Until he is on small / medium rats as an adult, I'd like to buy smaller quantities. I know that either way he will outgrow the pup size before I finish the bag, but I can donate what he doesn't finish or feed him multiple at each feeding.