Quote Originally Posted by bc30629
These guys really smell and i have an opportunity to get some rats tomorrow. Should i just feed these three off and start my rat colony or is there something i can do to make these guys productive?
Mice typically are harder to get to breed consistently (not impossible they just seem to stress quicker) I have breed both mice and rats and prefer rats 10 to 1 over mice. They seem to breed much easier, are very social, still smell but not as bad as long as you clean.