Like Emily said, we didn't mean for our post to be taken as hard scientific fact. We just thought that it might bring up some interesting discussion, which it mostly has done. To you mouse-feeders, there really is no need to get defensive. I mean its not like we posted a thread titled "Mice Will Make Your Snakes Shrink! Don't Feed Them!" We just related our experience with feeding mice vs. rats. Thanks again for all of the replies and discussion!