First Mistake? 50 Pack of Frozen Feeder Mice

Food Saver :gj:
Yeah hoppers are really for right out of the egg. You might feed 3 or more at a feeding....

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Originally Posted by skiajl6297

Related question - how "old" roughly is a female at roughly 150g?

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Likely no older than just a few months. They hatch in the 50 to 100 gram range, so it doesn't take many meals at all to get up to 150 grams.

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Originally Posted by skiajl6297

And how big (roughly) is a well fed female at roughly 1, 2, 3 years old?

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That's much harder to say. I've had females by 1400+ grams by the time they were a year old and others that were around 600 grams when I got them at a year old. With that wide of a window, you can imagine that putting a weight range on a 2 to 3 year old is even more difficult. Healthy body proportions on a well-cared for animal is the most important thing.

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Originally Posted by skiajl6297

I probably overdid it on a young snake enclosure when she is just going to pork out and need a new enclosure before I know it. (Excuse to get another youngin to fill the small cage? :D

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You'll start out needing excuses like this to get more snakes. Those excuses gradually devolve into "because it's Thursday". :P

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Originally Posted by skiajl6297

I should dial back the enthusiasm though, I don't even have a day of snake ownership under my belt.

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NEVER dial back the enthusiasm!!!

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You'll start out needing excuses like this to get more snakes. Those excuses gradually devolve into "because it's Thursday".

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HAHA yep. For reference on feeder size, my scrawny little lesser het clown girl is 131g definitely under fed, and took a fat adult mouse. My 170 gram boy happily snarfed a rat wean.

It looks like you have all the answers you need, but yeah, they come apart very easily.

So as to not waste my too-small mice, how do you go about feeding more than one mouse per "feed"? Offer one at a time over several hours, days, etc? Or just feed more often than once a week, e.g. offer one prey item every 2-3 days?

I don't mind the extra work assuming it is not a negative for the snake. If this is something that could be too stressful for the snake, I can just buy more appropriately sized prey!

how much was shipping if you dont mind my asking?

If I'm feeding multiple prey items I wait until they finish the first one and then offer the next one. I've never fed any of my snakes more than 3 prey items at a feeding.

@ m3gz- I believe the OP ordered from Perfect Prey. Their shipping is usually about $30.

$25 for shipping, $22.50 for the 50 hoppers!

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Originally Posted by skiajl6297

$25 for shipping, $22.50 for the 50 hoppers!

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That's $47.50 for (50) hoppers. I used to get a pack of (6) hoppers at Petsmart for $13. That means (48) hoppers at Petsmart would cost me $104. I still think it's worth it to buy in bulk even with just one snake. I have (8) snakes so the shipping costs are very reasonable to me. Here's my last Perfect Prey order.

Product	Quantity	Price
Fuzzy Rats (25/Pack)	1	$18.75
Small Rats (15/Pack)	2	$45.00
Large Rats (5/Pack)	2	$27.50
Rat Pups (25/Pack)	1	$25.00
Weaned Rats (20/Pack)	2	$50.00
Medium Rats (10/Pack)	4	$70.00
Day-old Chicks (25/pack)	2	$19.50
Cart Subtotal:		$255.75
Cart Discount:		-$9.75
Shipping:		$27.89 via FedEx Ground Home Delivery (2 days)
Out of state - No Tax:		$0.00
Order Total:		$273.89

Man, I'm glad I got a local guy, I don't have to deal with over pricing OR shipping!