5g of rats = 1g of weight gain?

[Bristen]

Hi everyone,

I've had a small CH03 male that was 575g in early november, but that was 774g in February... I've looked at the total weight of rats he ate and the weight gain and it came out to the formula specified in the subject line.. does it work out to about that for everybody? Just wondering if somebody has done calculations with their animals (hopefully on a larger sample size, over a longer period of time)... just curious what others have found.. I think somebody had posted something on this subject before, but I don't remember what the details were...

Thanks,
Bristen.