First Mistake? 50 Pack of Frozen Feeder Mice

[PitOnTheProwl]

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Yeah hoppers are really for right out of the egg. You might feed 3 or more at a feeding....

[Eric Alan]

Related question - how "old" roughly is a female at roughly 150g?

Likely no older than just a few months. They hatch in the 50 to 100 gram range, so it doesn't take many meals at all to get up to 150 grams.

And how big (roughly) is a well fed female at roughly 1, 2, 3 years old?

That's much harder to say. I've had females by 1400+ grams by the time they were a year old and others that were around 600 grams when I got them at a year old. With that wide of a window, you can imagine that putting a weight range on a 2 to 3 year old is even more difficult. Healthy body proportions on a well-cared for animal is the most important thing.

I probably overdid it on a young snake enclosure when she is just going to pork out and need a new enclosure before I know it. (Excuse to get another youngin to fill the small cage?

You'll start out needing excuses like this to get more snakes. Those excuses gradually devolve into "because it's Thursday".

I should dial back the enthusiasm though, I don't even have a day of snake ownership under my belt.

NEVER dial back the enthusiasm!!!

[Lizardlicks]

You'll start out needing excuses like this to get more snakes. Those excuses gradually devolve into "because it's Thursday".

HAHA yep. For reference on feeder size, my scrawny little lesser het clown girl is 131g definitely under fed, and took a fat adult mouse. My 170 gram boy happily snarfed a rat wean.

[Meerna]

It looks like you have all the answers you need, but yeah, they come apart very easily.

[skiajl6297]

So as to not waste my too-small mice, how do you go about feeding more than one mouse per "feed"? Offer one at a time over several hours, days, etc? Or just feed more often than once a week, e.g. offer one prey item every 2-3 days?

I don't mind the extra work assuming it is not a negative for the snake. If this is something that could be too stressful for the snake, I can just buy more appropriately sized prey!

[m3gz]

how much was shipping if you dont mind my asking?

[EL-Ziggy]

If I'm feeding multiple prey items I wait until they finish the first one and then offer the next one. I've never fed any of my snakes more than 3 prey items at a feeding.

@ m3gz- I believe the OP ordered from Perfect Prey. Their shipping is usually about $30.

[skiajl6297]

$25 for shipping, $22.50 for the 50 hoppers!

[EL-Ziggy]

$25 for shipping, $22.50 for the 50 hoppers!

That's $47.50 for (50) hoppers. I used to get a pack of (6) hoppers at Petsmart for $13. That means (48) hoppers at Petsmart would cost me $104. I still think it's worth it to buy in bulk even with just one snake. I have (8) snakes so the shipping costs are very reasonable to me. Here's my last Perfect Prey order.

Product	Quantity	Price
Fuzzy Rats (25/Pack)	1	$18.75
Small Rats (15/Pack)	2	$45.00
Large Rats (5/Pack)	2	$27.50
Rat Pups (25/Pack)	1	$25.00
Weaned Rats (20/Pack)	2	$50.00
Medium Rats (10/Pack)	4	$70.00
Day-old Chicks (25/pack)	2	$19.50
Cart Subtotal:		$255.75
Cart Discount:		-$9.75
Shipping:		$27.89 via FedEx Ground Home Delivery (2 days)
Out of state - No Tax:		$0.00
Order Total:		$273.89

[Lizardlicks]

Man, I'm glad I got a local guy, I don't have to deal with over pricing OR shipping!