BEST/CHEAPEST place for rodent-cicles?!

so what's the best place for frozen rodents (price and quality-wise)?

i am so sick of raising live rodents already... i think the rats are kinda cool as pets but i don't like raising them for food for whatever reason. i'd rather just pay for bulk rats and throw them in the freezer.

I'm liking http://www.bigcheeserodents.com/ personally, I always get quality feeders and ultimately the best price for what I need. :) Always arrives the same week I order it too. Good stuff.

Back when we fed f/t we used www.themousefactory.com Edna is a great lady who is very helpful as far as what to order and the best bang for your rodent buying buck. The orders were packaged very, very well. Heck as nicely as live critters and the turnaround from phone order to delivery was amazing. Very clean prey items, packaged well and a nice consistency of size. I'd definitely recommend them anytime.

thanks i'll check both of those out! it will probably boil down to shipping i would guess.

The other thing to check is I think there's a rodent supplier that goes to that monthly herp show in Taylor, MI...Ed something or other???? (sorry memory sucks lol). Don't know if he does f/t or just brings live but it's worth checking that out. I know a few folks on this forum go there regularily.

I second The Mouse Factory. Their facilities are fantastic, the rodents are clean/healthy and the service is flawless. Shipping was fast and on time. I recently got ~500 units from them and each unit was perfect. The Queens are Kings in my book!


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Edna's a hoot to talk to on the phone too isn't she Chris LOL. She's also very very knowledgeable about their product and was incredibly helpful to me on my very first frozen rodent order. I wasn't quite sure what to order, quantity and size wise to get the best deal as far as shipping but with Edna's patient help I was quite pleased with my final order. Our phone conversation was at 11 a.m. on that Monday morning....the order was in my hands at my front door at 12:35 the next day...you just cannot beat that for service.

She is a little rascal! Her hubby is just as nice. When I was a teen they let me come visit their place and showed me around. It's in west Texas surrounded by nothing. No regrets when ordering from TMF!!

Oh, I'm jealous. I'd love to see a rodent feeder facility...seems like it would be fascinating...and little intimidating to be in a room with THAT many mices!

You would have such a good time! They cover you with peanut butter, toss you in the mouse pen and close the door for 18 minutes. A million tiny tongues licking away!!!


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You would have such a good time! They cover you with peanut butter, toss you in the mouse pen and close the door for 18 minutes. A million tiny tongues licking away!!!

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Awwwwww mannnn! I have never been afraid of mice...always liked the little boogers (so long as I don't have to keep them!)....but that image gave even me chills and willies! You should write ideas for Fear Factor. (Is that show even still on the air? LOL)

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You would have such a good time! They cover you with peanut butter, toss you in the mouse pen and close the door for 18 minutes. A million tiny tongues licking away!!!


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YES! That's it Bryan!

Dont go with the cheapest. You will get nasty rodents. I love Big Cheese and also American Rodent Supply. Both will ship to you via Greyhound to your nearest terminal for around $20-$25 and ARS will ship 2nd day UPS as well and that could be even less.

If memory serves me, in order of most expensive to least expensive its:

The Mouse Factory
ARS
Big Cheese
Rodent Pro (I wouldn't touch them with a ten foot hunk of cheese)

I'm thinking about switching to f/t , but don't like the Idea of having to defrost . What's the best way to defrost them?

I throw them in a bowl in the sink and run hot water over them.

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I'm thinking about switching to f/t , but don't like the Idea of having to defrost . What's the best way to defrost them?

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I don't have first hand experience with defrosting f/t's but Sheree (Medusa's Owl) has some funky little defroster contraption that seems pretty cool...anyone have a link to that?

Ive ordered from the mouse factory before and they are such wonderful people to work with. I checked around a few other feeder companys when I was looking for bulk rodent and the mouse factory seemed to be the cheapest on the rodents and cheapest on shipping. The rats/mice/everything came VERY WELL packaged. I would order again from them anytime.

American Rodent Supply for me.

Thawing process: I usually put them in their own separate baggies, and let them sit out for a few hours to get them good and de-frozen. Then I run hot water over them to warm them up a bit for the snakes. Haven't had a refusal yet. ;)

I have ordered from Rodent Pro and Big Apple herp. I choose between them depending who has my item on sale at the time. Both are great.

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Sorry that just cracks me up :(

Here's the link to the defroster I use for smaller prey. :) But for bigger rats, forget it, I do the plastic baggie in the sink trick. The defroster is awesome for pinkies to weans though, I wish they made em bigger! Mmm, steamed rat...

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=28414