I had trapped some actual wild mice and thought I would keep them in a 55 gallon barrel till I had enough to do some testing. They either jumped or crawled right out of that barrel with clean and smooth sides. These lab mice aren't a fair test of this product. Then again, if such a feeder was...
Rats and mice can easily jump a lot more than 8" but if your plastic feeder raised up on a smaller base is working that is all you need till they figure out how to get in. But oh my, that price on that feeder is just a little less than a small treadle feeder made out of galvanized steel and...