Cheap rat food?

Kent 50lbs bags are reaching 20$+ in my area within a 40 mile radius and mazuri is around 23-25$+. Given that i go through 4+ bags a aweek it is starting to really add up. I started look at my local farm stores Farm and fleet,Big R,and Rural king but all i have found are the pig pellets like rabbit food instead of pig cubes like ordinary rodent feed. Does anybody in the IL/WI/IA area know of any cheap swine feed sources? Could i use rolled oats, sunflower seeds, corn and other grains/seeds as a homemade diet?
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you burn through 200 pounds of rodent feed a week?! how many rats do you have lol.

I use the mazuri pig food that's the small pellet form...so I'm of no use as to what type of hog food you can get in the brick form

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Originally Posted by predatorkeeper87

you burn through 200 pounds of rodent feed a week?! how many rats do you have lol.

I use the mazuri pig food that's the small pellet form...so I'm of no use as to what type of hog food you can get in the brick form

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Do the pellets work? I didnt want to use pellets becuase i thought it wouldnt dull their teeth and they would start chewing the tubs. Yeah a few months ago i upgraded and built a large maternity rack and got around 60 breeder females. I only have around 100-120 snakes, So i will have around 4-5 tubs bi weekly stocked with 30 wieners each and they eat alot! lol I have found though that rats that escape and live in my barn for a few weeks grow really big really fast probaly from eating chicken mash and rabbit feed.

Interesting. I have no clue on your topic, but are you selling any rats? I think I may be local to you seeing your location

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Interesting. I have no clue on your topic, but are you selling any rats? I think I may be local to you seeing your location

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Possibly i am in between naperville and yorkville. I am thinking of starting to sell rats to the public as i am going through some major life changes in a few years so i am selling almost all of my breeder snakes and am going to restart from the ground up. So depending on if i find cheap food and it is worth my time and am able to make atleast a small profit. I will start selling rats as i have the capacity to be producing over 150 rats a week.

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Do the pellets work? I didnt want to use pellets becuase i thought it wouldnt dull their teeth and they would start chewing the tubs. Yeah a few months ago i upgraded and built a large maternity rack and got around 60 breeder females. I only have around 100-120 snakes, So i will have around 4-5 tubs bi weekly stocked with 30 wieners each and they eat alot! lol I have found though that rats that escape and live in my barn for a few weeks grow really big really fast probaly from eating chicken mash and rabbit feed.

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I haven't had any issues with tub chewing so far, but I do give my rats a veggie/fruit salad and willow sticks to chew on every other day so that maybe were they are wearing their teeth down moreso.

Damn that's a lot of snakes and rodents lol, I hope to be producing 150-200 rats per week in the next few months though.

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Possibly i am in between naperville and yorkville. I am thinking of starting to sell rats to the public as i am going through some major life changes in a few years so i am selling almost all of my breeder snakes and am going to restart from the ground up. So depending on if i find cheap food and it is worth my time and am able to make atleast a small profit. I will start selling rats as i have the capacity to be producing over 150 rats a week.

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not far at all. Can you send me a pm with contact info? I will be needing a supply of rodents soon. Are you the guy selling the breeders on Cl?

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not far at all. Can you send me a pm with contact info? I will be needing a supply of rodents soon. Are you the guy selling the breeders on Cl?

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Yes i am the one selling the 22 breeder ball pythons. Sent you a PM

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I haven't had any issues with tub chewing so far, but I do give my rats a veggie/fruit salad and willow sticks to chew on every other day so that maybe were they are wearing their teeth down moreso.

Damn that's a lot of snakes and rodents lol, I hope to be producing 150-200 rats per week in the next few months though.

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Start looking for a nice Chest Freezer (Best Buy I got mine for $189) and a Vacuum Seal machine :gj:. Sounds like those are good healthy Rats eating a well balanced diet. Gourmet feeder rat will be entering the market, great for keeping healthy snakes $$$ :snake:

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not far at all. Can you send me a pm with contact info? I will be needing a supply of rodents soon. Are you the guy selling the breeders on Cl?

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Yes i am the one selling the 22 breeder ball pythons. Sent you a PM

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