Great points and I feel the same way. I'm not having feeding problems myself...I guess I'm mostly taken in by the fact that they don't urinate so much, and the size being inbetween mice and regular rats. Any thoughts on if these will become a popular food item or not? I realize a transition would be hard and probably most established breeders wouldn't buy into this early just due to the fact that they are not common. What if they did become more common would keepers be inclined to change to this food source assuming prices would also drop and were comparible to rats (or mice).

I'm trying to invision different scenarios of how this would work...if it can. It may not be feasible to get in the action early due to the crazy prices being asked now. So its largely dependant on the population of these new rodents and a price drop. If and when that is accomplished, I think the next wall to climb would be to convince reptile keepers to jump into it. With this I see many skeptics and a few who might try it. I would think this might cause a mess though with some breeders raising on this new rodent and some not, even assuming these af. rodents are widely available.

A possible scenario for smaller breeders/keepers that may work is if they would be used just for feeding animals that are kept for breeding/pets. Reptile offspring could still be raised on mice. This however poses the question of why raise so many different rodents? Good question! Is the less smell worth it?