After 5 years of eating mice I don't think you will be able to switch to rats, it's much easier when they are younger. You can try but it will probably take some tough love and it still may not work. It's just more convenient and usually cheaper to feed 1 rat instead of 5 mice.
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^What chrid said.^ That's gotta add up on the feeder bill.