I've been considering breeding my own feeders more and more, but wanted to shoot around thoughts on it. Every breakdown of f/t vs breeding has said that f/t is cheaper, especially for those with a smaller collection. My concern is that at my new house our freezer space is very limited, so I can only buy 1-2 months supply of f/t at a time, less if we have our usual amount of human food in there. Shipping is NOT worth it in those small amounts, and the nearest driving distance trustworthy supplier is about 1 1/2 hour drive away; while I love my old beater car for running as well as it does, the gas mileage is not all that great.

I've been eyeing the boamaster rodent racks since they're a decent price with the watering system set up, and until we can build up our tool collection again I don't think I can build my own racks. With only 5 snakes in the house, I figure I can run 2 or 3 rat breeding groups of 1.2 without much difficulty, and thankfully my landlord is a very reasonable man who has had absolutely no issue with the animals, especially seeing the organization we practice in keeping them ("No :cens0r: indoor cats or dogs, that's all I care about" ).

I'm just frustrated because I would prefer f/t for convenience's sake, but we don't have a place we could put a separate freezer. There's space inside the house where I could put racks, and as long as we keep up on cleaning I can't see the rats becoming an issue. The gas money and slightly higher prices of the nearest reptile shop/rodent suppliers makes it the same if not more expensive than ordering online. However, we do have a feed store in town that could order Mazuri for a decent price.

If you guys have any handy tips on keeping smaller colonies of rats they'd be greatly appreciated, or any ideas about this for that matter. Rat breeding actually looks like some fun, and I don't mind rats themselves. Just trying to figure out what to do in the new house/new situation