How Much Do You Spend Monthly to Feed Your Snakes?

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Basically the more you produce the lower the cost per prey item to get numbers like mine we are talking of a few thousand feeders each year.

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That's a LOT of feeders:O

for the year I generally average 70-90 a week some weeks get as high as 150 some (like during breeding season)as low as 50

Back when I was breeding ASFs. I Paid $20 for an ASFs trio (1.2). I spend maybe $40 for the weaned tubs I made and everything that went in it. I bought a 25 Lb. bag of hog feed for $14~. I still have that bag. I dont breed anymore though. So other than the initial set up cost, I didnt spend anything but the ocasional pine shaving bag.

Now that I dont breed ASFs anymore and I have to run to the store once a week I spend usualy $10 tops. I have 4 BPs. So it comes to an average of $40 a month.

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Originally Posted by Royal Morphz

for the year I generally average 70-90 a week some weeks get as high as 150 some (like during breeding season)as low as 50

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Not too bad actually. I guess it's best to spend a lot of money on feeders for the breeding season:)

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Originally Posted by Danounet

Back when I was breeding ASFs. I Paid $20 for an ASFs trio (1.2). I spend maybe $40 for the weaned tubs I made and everything that went in it. I bought a 25 Lb. bag of hog feed for $14~. I still have that bag. I dont breed anymore though. So other than the initial set up cost, I didnt spend anything but the ocasional pine shaving bag.

Now that I dont breed ASFs anymore and I have to run to the store once a week I spend usualy $10 tops. I have 4 BPs. So it comes to an average of $40 a month.

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Not bad:gj:

I pay $6 dollars a month for the feeding:D:D:D

I am at roughly $40 a week so monthly is around $160...

I just recently started keeping records and stats on what the hobby is costing me, I'm now in position to produce about 215 feeders a month about double my needs at the moment, I do expect my collection to grow again this year, breeding this much is going to run me about $20 to 40 dollars a month. About 30% of my production will be soft furs(ASF) so this helps big time with cleaning and smell cause they need alot less attention.

Breeding your own feeders is great you always know you are feeding a very healthy and well nourished prey item. I feed my colonys mazuri 6f plus carrots and veggies once in a while. I have a real good hook up in town with outstanding prices but I still rather breed my own. I work lots of hrs I don't like to have a set feeding day or pick up day.

I only have one snake currently, I spend about $25 a month on my mouse/gerbil colony, I breed mainly for my ferrets and cat so it makes snake feeding costs pretty much nothing. My local pet store charges $4 a mouse and they don't stock rats really at all other than a couple adults for pets. So I was spending up to $40 buying them previously monthly just for the snake, made breeding a very good investment and cuts food costs for the other critters as well.

I'm at about $32 a month. My female has been picky, so I buy pre killed for her and if she doesn't eat it, I throw it in the freezer for next week. That's been nice, less trips to the store.

The biggest pain isn't the money, it's the constant trips to the store! I can't stand driving.

I sell my excess frozen feeders to a local pet store, so what I make off of that is just enough to pay for bedding and feed. I've sold some ASFs to local enthusiasts as well, which has earned me some nice pocket change. So, my number is in the low negatives.