MICEDirect GOOD?

was wondering if anyone has ordered from mice direct if so are they good quilty rats?

i ordered from rodentpro last time and wasn't very happy with the quilty of rats i got from them

if not micedirect then who would you guys recommend? any helpfull info thanks

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was wondering if anyone has ordered from mice direct if so are they good quilty rats?

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Small and dirty feeders, I also got to pick up feeders at their facility and I won't even comment on that.

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if not micedirect then who would you guys recommend?

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http://www.americanrodent.com/welcome.html :gj:

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Small and dirty feeders, I also got to pick up feeders at their facility and I won't even comment on that.
http://www.americanrodent.com/welcome.html :gj:

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x2 on American Rodent Supply. :)

Big Cheese rodents!!

www.bigcheeserodents.com

I wouldn't hesitate to order from ARS either.

I have heard great things about Big Cheese. They are located about 45 min from where I live. They appear to go through great lengths to keep their facilities clean.

I have never personally done business with them but they are recommended by people around here.

I have ordered from Micedirect and got a very good sale price but received very inconsistantly sized rats that were scrufty and packed with much feces. I didn't order from them again. I have had good luck with Bigcheese and ARS.

You could also try to find a small scale breeder around you to buy from, support your local breeders!

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Originally Posted by Clear

You could also try to find a small scale breeder around you to buy from, support your local breeders!

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i would but im litterly in the middle of no where

Your be surprised, there are local breeders everywhere! Post on CL or somewhere.

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Originally Posted by klonedskillz

i would but im litterly in the middle of no where

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Well if you tell us where you are one of us may know where one is.

I was EXTREMELY disappointed with my order from American Rodent Supply! I ordered 200 mice (100 large, 100 jumbo). When I opened the box, the size separated bags of mice had exploded and there were tons of loose mice in the box. The bags looked like they had just stuffed them to the max which caused them to tear before they had even shipped it. I say that they most likely tore prior to shipping because when I opened the box, the worse of the four bags were on top and looked as if whoever packed everything had gently placed the 2 exploded bags on top and then scooped a bunch mice on top of those bags. Essentially, I had to re-bag almost everything.

The size of the mice was also a joke. The jumbos were big and meaty, but the larges were 'medium' at best and quite thin. Bad batch of mice? Who knows but now I breed my own feed because of this experience...

Oh and not to mention, the bags were filthy and covered with feces...

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Small and dirty feeders, I also got to pick up feeders at their facility and I won't even comment on that.
http://www.americanrodent.com/welcome.html :gj:

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I would love to hear the story if you have time ever.
I always liked a good horror story. :P

im on an island in michigans Upper peninsula

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Originally Posted by klonedskillz

im on an island in michigans Upper peninsula

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If you will take advice from a troll such as me (that means that I live beneath the bridge to all you foreigners outside of Michigan),there is a guy in the UP that posts on this site that breeds and sells at least ASF. His name is Tim Hurkman I believe. I can't think of the name that he posts under. If someone is kind enough to give his screen name you could send him a PM. I believe that he is in the central UP. I don't know if he is near you or not, but I am sure that he could advise you.

As I think about it, I think that his last name is Hurkmans with an s and I think that he is in the Iron Mountain area. No islands there.

does anyone know his online name?

dsirkle im in the far eastern UP, just moved back up here from battle creek, and now i can rember why i didn't like it here LoL, There is nothing up here but COLD COLD COLD
but i was born and raised here and had a really good job opertunity up here so now im back.

Troll (someone that lives below the bridge) and i would be a Yooper A LoL

Drummond Island maybe?

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Originally Posted by dsirkle

Drummond Island maybe?

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you got it LoL the A gave it away HuH

It's the only Island big enough to support year around living at the Eastern end of the Peninsula that I can think of except of course Mackinac Island has a few people in the winter to maintain stuff. I suspect that you have gone back to your family or at least where everybody knows your name to find employment in our great Michigan economy. I have come to dislike winter too. :salute:

you got it, all my family lives up here, i here ya about the economy i went 6 months down state working like 14 hours a week out of a promised 40, and started falling behind and my dad's boss offered me a really good job with really good pay, hopefully this summer i will be able to make it to at least 1 reptile show down state a month,

? witch ones have the best ball morphs :)
i will aslo be to one in feburary looking to spend alot of $$$$ just not sure witch one to goto

twh is Mr Hurkmans name here. I just did a search in the inquiries forum.

thanks will look him up

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Originally Posted by klonedskillz

you got it, all my family lives up here, i here ya about the economy i went 6 months down state working like 14 hours a week out of a promised 40, and started falling behind and my dad's boss offered me a really good job with really good pay, hopefully this summer i will be able to make it to at least 1 reptile show down state a month,

? witch ones have the best ball morphs :)
i will aslo be to one in feburary looking to spend alot of $$$$ just not sure witch one to goto

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Well, in Taylor Mi (Detroit)there is a monthly show with a pretty fair selection of morphs at decent prices, but I would hesitate to recommend for you to drive 700 miles round trip to go to it. Connie, who posts here as Little Indian Girl is in the Saginaw/Midland area and may be able to recommend a better show that is closer to you. She gets around more than I do.

i also have family down there been to the taylor show a few times and the k-zoo show to was going to make a weekend out of it

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Originally Posted by Mitch21

I was EXTREMELY disappointed with my order from American Rodent Supply! I ordered 200 mice (100 large, 100 jumbo). When I opened the box, the size separated bags of mice had exploded and there were tons of loose mice in the box. The bags looked like they had just stuffed them to the max which caused them to tear before they had even shipped it. I say that they most likely tore prior to shipping because when I opened the box, the worse of the four bags were on top and looked as if whoever packed everything had gently placed the 2 exploded bags on top and then scooped a bunch mice on top of those bags. Essentially, I had to re-bag almost everything.

The size of the mice was also a joke. The jumbos were big and meaty, but the larges were 'medium' at best and quite thin. Bad batch of mice? Who knows but now I breed my own feed because of this experience...

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I had been ordering from ARS for the last year and have recently noticed a "lapse" in their service and their quality. My last ordered took an extra week to ship and the when it did, it was poorly packed and the feeders were just about thawed out.

After reading many recommendations, I switched to Big Cheese. The mice and rats are clean, plump, consistent (size wise) and well packed. Plus, they ship on Monday and I get my package the next day.

I've used Rodent Pro and Mice Direct in the past and noticed the same issues that other people are referring to.

welp placed my order with big cheese and couldn't be more happy got my rats today and they look a hole lot better then rodentpros and with big cheese the are vacumed sealed,