buying bulk rat pups?

[bmxican1317]

i cant get ahold of any f/t rat pups here in my area i called all the local pet shops and even posted an ad on craigslist so it looks like my only option is rodent pro or some other feeder site . so my question is if i buy the 25 count limit with just one snake to feed how long will they keep in the freezer since it will take a while to go through them

[CCfive]

They can stay good for up to a year I believe. I ,however, don't use anything over six months.That's just me. I think it also has to do with a few factors such as when , how they are frozen. I'm sure someone else will chime in.

[SHROP]

my girlfriend and i just moved out of bako a few months back. (i moved a long time ago) but im sure you can get f/t rat pups there. ill ask her tonight when she gets off where she used to get them.

[bmxican1317]

my girlfriend and i just moved out of bako a few months back. (i moved a long time ago) but im sure you can get f/t rat pups there. ill ask her tonight when she gets off where she used to get them.

alright cool

[Alexandra V]

To add on to what was said, they keep for a good long time if you keep them in the freezer properly - i.e. the more airtight you keep them the longer they will last, and such.

However, if you're getting 25 (I'm making the assumption that you're feeding every 7 days) then that's about a month's worth of food for your snake. If I'm correct, then you'll have no problem keeping them for a month - they'll be perfectly fine.

[Evenstar]

The biggest danger to f/t rodents is air which causes freezer burn. If you take steps to keep the air out, you can keep frozen rodents up to a year easily....

Seperate the rodents into individual freezer bags. I use the sandwich size and put 2-6 rodents in each bag (depending on the size of the rodent). Squeeze ALL the air out. Those bags go in a gallon size freezer bag. When you get a rodent out, you are only opening 1 bag at a time and exposing only a couple rodents to air instead of all of them.

I got 30 mouse hoppers for my baby boa in May. I am only just now running out of them. That was feeding 1 hopper a week to 1 snake. That was 5 months and they looked as good last night when I fed as they did the very first week. I buy my ONE adult BP's jumbo mice in batches of 50. She eats 1-2 per week so that will last me about 35-40 weeks or up to 10 months. They are still perfect at the end of those 10 months.

I wouldn't go longer than a year, but if you only get 25 and your BP eats 1 per week, that's only a maximum of about 6 months of storage time (25 wks = 5 mths & 3 wks). You're good!

[mandalorian]

Have you tried Layne Labs? I believe they are out of SLO and also do mail order. I bought some med frozen rats from them at a show in Southern Cali and and they were in excellent condition.

[SHROP]

My girlfriend told me to look at "CLS" next to montgomery ward. Its quite possible they only sell live. IF they only sell live might be worth a gas box then you can euthanize them yourself and freeze them. you can look up a how-to in the DIY section of this site to see how to inexpensively build a gas box.

[bmxican1317]

I called cls today and apparently the person I called a few days back didn't know what she was doing I was able to place an order for some frozen pups and he said they should be in by the end of the week he even asked me what weight I was shooting for and everything well see how this goes. Thanks everyone for chiming in

[Redneck_Crow]

One thing that you might want to consider is that if your snake is growing rapidly, it might eat those pups faster than you think. Mine started eating 2 at a sitting pretty quickly. Little snakes get hungry very quickly--mine ate every 4 days, and IIRC, the two of them ate their way through only one bag of frozen pups before they moved on up to weaners.