Castrophy Need Ideas quick!!!!!!

So I buy my live feeders form my local herp haunt. Well last week their Mouse supplier lost power and with the heat he lost 9000 mice and want be in production for like another 6 weeks. No biggie my guys are big enough that they will take rat pups and weenlings and small rats.:D come on growth. Well Friday I walk in to buy rats and I get the great news. The rat suppliers AC burned out and he lost 2000 rats and he won't be getting back in breeding at all. :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: .They have no one else to supply them for rats at all. I just started breeding myself and have only had one litter and have one other on the way. I spent the last two days building a rack so I can kick up the porduction. I have enough to keep me in rats for like 3 maybe 4 weeks. But after that I'm Screwed!!!!! Nonof mine eat F/T and I got two that will only eat live mice :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

I am open to suggestions here. If some one has in GA-AL-LA has some breeder rats they would sell me even preggers ones I'd drive to get them.and just about pay what they ask.I'm that stuck.

shoot me a pm. i'm in savannah, ga and i can hook you up with several breeders, and maybe some feeders, depending on what i have if/when we meet up.

I would take a day off of work, get 2 or 3 rat racks built...then drive to all the pet stores that you know in a 100 mile radius of you and buy all the female rats that they have.

It won't get crackin for a few weeks depending on the size of the new rats, but once they hit their stride, you'll be OK....Good Luck

Ed...isn't Mice Direct in Georgia? If so you might give them a call and see about getting a large order of live. They might be able to hook you up with older females that are closer to breeding age.


Just a thought.

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Originally Posted by lord jackel

Ed...isn't Mice Direct in Georgia? If so you might give them a call and see about getting a large order of live. They might be able to hook you up with older females that are closer to breeding age.


Just a thought.

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They are I'll give that a try.

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Originally Posted by lord jackel

Ed...isn't Mice Direct in Georgia? If so you might give them a call and see about getting a large order of live. They might be able to hook you up with older females that are closer to breeding age.


Just a thought.

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Yea I got one litter at 5 weeks old and one about two weeks out and I'm hoping another one on the way. But with 17 snakes I would need a litter a week. Thats like having 20-25 females and I just don't have it yet

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

Yea I got one litter at 5 weeks old and one about two weeks out and I'm hoping another one on the way. But with 17 snakes I would need a litter a week. Thats like having 20-25 females and I just don't have it yet

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I checked out there site and they said they will sell live if you pick them up...so if you can make it over to them it sounds like they should be able to help you out.

Also you estimate might be light (unless you think that each litter will be giving you near 20 offspring) I have 16 tubs of 2-3 female rats each. I have 23 mouths to feed and need the complete tubs litters (2-3) to feed them all. I count on 10-12 per litter (anything more is great but for an estimate I am conservative)

Keep us posted.

Just a note - another member here recently picked up 25 female mice for me from Mice Direct (I didn't want to have any stinky males to house) and they were in tip top condition, and I'm down to five now. Much nicer than any I've gotten at my local pet store for feeders.


I breed rats, but not mice, so I have to pick up mice.

I don't have a lot of excess rats, but I can probably hook you up with a few males and females if you'd like. I'm in Marietta, GA and they're all black hooded, but my litters average 14+.

Here's a thought Ed...
Chances are you won't be the only person that goes there to pick up feeder mice and rats. I bet this store is going to be losing a lot of money due to no rat/mice sales, so they'll be in a rush to find a new supplier. Maybe if you use what you have (order some f/t just for assurance), they may have new suppliers in a month.

Well heres an update I got three blue hooded females from Petsmart today. I got 5 females before that so that makes 8 females and one of our members has offered to seel me some of their breeding stock females to give me a nice kick in the butt to get me swinging full tilt