Quote Originally Posted by SatanicIntention View Post
I would not bring in live, unquarantined rats. They can put your current girls at risk from viruses such as Sendai, SDA, external parasites such as mites and lice. I would either feed mice or feed f/t rats, much less risk of bringing something unknown into your current group.
absolutely, that's the major reason I'm going to be feeding f/t (well... that, plus i dont think i could sacrifice a rat i bonded with ). I'm under the impression that feeding multiple smaller prey animals was more effective than one large one, that seems to be recommended on some caresheets. when i get closer to the actual date of acquisition i'll probably think more about that. But if that is what everyone recommends i'll definitely be going with f/t mice.

the only problem with f/t is that my building looses power about once a month for a few hours... i cant imagine how that'd go over with a pile of mice in my freezer!!