I'm feeding my snakes for free!

Congrats. My little colony is going pretty good now too. I've got 2.5 breeders. Right now, I'm trying to figure out how many females to keep in production.
How do you kill your extras? Gassing?

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Originally Posted by snakelady

Congrats. My little colony is going pretty good now too. I've got 2.5 breeders. Right now, I'm trying to figure out how many females to keep in production.
How do you kill your extras? Gassing?

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Yeah co2. And not just extras. All my snakes will take f/t so I kill large groups when they're the right size, that way I don't have to worry about having the right size next feeding day.

I also use cervical dislocation if I'm just p/k-ing one or two in cases where for some reason I don't have one in the freezer.

And my boa and my king hunt live really efficiently so they occasionally eat that way.

i'm doing the same thing, i started off breeding rats for my BP's. I had 1.1 breeders when i started know i have 2.16 and I sell what i don't need and i'm more then breaking even.

I never have enough rats to sell extra! LOL :8:

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Originally Posted by NorCalPythons

i'm doing the same thing, i started off breeding rats for my BP's. I had 1.1 breeders when i started know i have 2.16 and I sell what i don't need and i'm more then breaking even.

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Originally Posted by littleindiangirl

I never have enough rats to sell extra! LOL :8:

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I think it has something to do with numbers. Too small a colony and you never have all the sized you need. Meduim colony like I have and NorCalPythons has and you can break even/ make a little cash selling extras. If you can find someone to sell to, it's easier if you're willing to ship which I"m not. My guy actually comes and gets them from me where I work.

But when the colony gets too big the upkeep costs go up and you can't sell enough to break even unless that's all your doing. Because lets face it if you have a really large colony you either have enough snakes to make it worth while (hence the snakes eat the animal, so you can't sell) or your only breeding to sell (like rodentpro or mousefactory). But if you have enough snakes to make a really big colony worth while you're saving money anyway.