Quote Originally Posted by rabernet
I had never heard this before. I've offered a random rat to different girls in my collection, as I currently feed only mice (with 100 gram weight gains each month on some of these girls with just 2 med mice a week) - but plan to start breeding rats soon. Each one I've offered a rat to so far took it with no hesitation. I was expecting some resistence - but my girls don't seem to care. If it's warm and furry - it's fair game! LOL
I've had a couple picky rat eaters that stopped eating to start taking them again by scenting with mice or mouse bedding. It could be that they were mouse eaters to begin with and ate rats a few times for me, but I've heard about the mouse preference from a few different sources... although I'm not sure how reliable those sources are and what methods they used to back up their claims.