I was thinking about breeding rats for a short time to get a stock pile in the freezer. Possibly breed rats for a few months out of the year, just enough to feed one BP. Once my freezer has enough to last me for a few months I would cease breeding the rats until my supply ran low and then restart breeding again when needed.

A few questions: Does this seem like a good idea? Rats at the local pet store are expensive. $9.00 for large and $7.00 for med. Frozen from petsmart are even more about $12.00 for two small frozen rats. With these prices, food and bedding should be a little cheaper than buying feeders from a pet store. As mentioned, I only have one snake at the moment.

If breeding seems like the more logical thing to do, what is a cheap one colony set up going to be like. Would a ten gallon aquarium suffice or is that too small? I can buy a storage tub if need be. Breeding then freezing for one snake seems laborious, but with my local prices I can't see paying that much for rats.