Today we re-joined the ranks of those breeding their own food, but this time with rats instead of stinky mice. We bought 1.2 brown and white rats, but they're still small, so it will probably be a few months before we have any offspring. We are all set up, though, with all three currently in a huge 3-story ferret cage, a Sterilite ready to put the male in after a bit of time with the female, and two birdcage-style small rodent cages for any weanlings not put down to be separated by gender. We have lab blocks, water bottles, newspaper, and fresh pears from the yard for them. There's a cardboard hide in each cage. I think we ought to find something to entertain them, but aside from that, is there anything you think we're missing?