Rat food prices

Yea those are some of the things that we have to talk about like is there a min order or monthly order requirement. And the company I am talking to is Purina Mills the good one. :D

It might not pan out but I have no other place to get my rat food so this is one of two options that I have and the better sounding of the two. :D

With me and the local store and another local Breeder that I have yet to talk to. We would go through about 20-25 50lb bags every four weeks

I paid $13.70 for a 33 pound bag of Harlan Teklad 2018 a couple months ago which comes out to about $21 for 50 pounds. I think they price may have gone up since then, but they now require a $1,000 minimum order. Oh, and this is directly from the Harlan Teklad distribution center. The local feed stores in this area charge around $35 for a 50 pound bag of Mazuri.

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Originally Posted by xdeus

I paid $13.70 for a 33 pound bag of Harlan Teklad 2018 a couple months ago which comes out to about $21 for 50 pounds. I think they price may have gone up since then, but they now require a $1,000 minimum order. Oh, and this is directly from the Harlan Teklad distribution center. The local feed stores in this area charge around $35 for a 50 pound bag of Mazuri.

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On top of that $1000 minimum, they require you to have a loading dock to receive the shipments! How bogus... I was looking for people around me that wanted Harlan, but now I need a dock? Grr... Who wants to rent me a shipping dock? :P

last year I was getting 6F locally from the mill at or just under $20 per 50# now its between 20-25.

So it cost more to feed rats and in turn more to feed snakes so why aren't prices going up?

Now that I'm breeding my own rats I've been looking into buying Mazuri and I found a feed mill in my area that will bring it up from the supplier for me. I'll be paying $16.00 for 25 pounds. I think it's a decent price so I'm happy. As I am breeding more and more rats then I'll start buying the 50 pounds eventually.

Is there a big difference between buying 6F mazuri and 9F?

Same as everyone else. 25 for a 6F mazuri.

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

Is there a big difference between buying 6F mazuri and 9F?

Same as everyone else. 25 for a 6F mazuri.

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Different protein levels. 6f is 16%, 9f is 19%.

..also 6f = 6% fat and 9f = 9% fat

So does it make a big difference for breeders?