buying frozens

what is considered bulk? 100+ or 500+.
im thinking of trying to get my snake (once i get it) established on f/t rats.
i dont have the heart to kill anything myself & really am starting to frown on feeding live cuz of the possible injuries to the snake.

Are you planning on buying locally or from online?

I know where I buy my frozen rats you get a discount if you buy whole sheets as opposed to single rats. A sheet consist of 15 small rats or 20 weanlings.

i was considering buying online since i have no idea where to get them locally for a good price. the local petco/petsmart sells them for way too much & only 3-4 per pck. we're talking $5-$7.99 for a 3 pck! rediculous!

You might want to do some poking around and see if you can find a local supplier. I was driving 4 hours (round trip) once a month to buy rats, but just this past weekend I found out about a place that breeds their own feeders that is only 15 minutes away.

hmmm ok thanks.

I would recommend f/t for sure.
Make sure that you do not buy too many. You can't keep them in the freezer forever. Lots of people recommend 6 months I think. I have heard they might be fine up to a year though? Maybe someone could back me up.
What size are the rats you were looking at for 5-8 bucks? Where I live, rats are illegal period. They do not exist period, and have to be shipped in! You can probably guess we pay BANK for rats.

i was only planning on buying the amount i'd need per month so that i wouldn't have to worry about them going bad due to having too many. i figured
1 rat per week = 4-5 rats per month or
buy 1 10-25 pck (depending on the size of the rat)...that would be 2-5 months of food for 1 snake. i think thats a better deal then buying 3-4 rats for almost $10.
mr.s - the frozen rats i was talking about are different sizes & different prices but they ranged from $5-$8 for all of them & they only come in 3 pcks...not a good deal in my opinion.

How far are you from Aynor or Columbia SC? I have friends there that may be willing to sell you rats. Online rats are reasonable...shipping will kill you!!!

i believe we're an hour and a half from columbia never heard of aynor...i can tell you right now my fiancee will not drive to columbia for rats + they'd be thawed by the time we got home.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by mommanessy247

i believe we're an hour and a half from columbia never heard of aynor...i can tell you right now my fiancee will not drive to columbia for rats + they'd be thawed by the time we got home.

---

Well then here are your choices.

Find some1 locally who breeds em and sells em

Find some1 else who is willing to go half on a frozen shipment

Buy them from a pet store

Buy the bag your self

A bag of Hoppers and anything smaller generally comes in a bag of 100. And Weanlings and large adults come in bag of 50. Now a bag of 50 large adults only cost $22.50 from rodent pro. But be prepared to spend $50 on shipping.

So thats around $75 for 50 mice :) which is $1.50 per mouse. Still cheaper :gj:

Edit: And no if u drove out there to get em they would not thaw out in a hr and a half. I bought my bag of 50 from the clev show and was good all the way here about 3 hrs later

Edit 2:BTW all frozen rodent shipping is around $50 no matter where u go pretty much

http://rodentpro.com/
http://www.beechdaleanimalsupply.com/
http://www.micedirect.com/
http://www.bigappleherp.com/

Me i used rodent pro. Order them online for their online special discounted rates and pick em up at the local reptile show since they vend there