Poll- source of your mice/rats/rabbits/birds/etc.

[Bdadawg]

So if you can buy them frozen why buy live, and then kill, just to freeze them again???

Still think i'll try and feed live so if it ever wont eat the f/t then it would know whats its doing with somthing alive still.... ? (bad theory?)

One of the reasons I buy live then kill and freeze is because I get better discounts when I buy larger amounts. I have my phone number left at my local farm store ... whenever someone brings in rats that the store doesnt have room for they call me, I go pick them up at half price. This could be anything from a female with a litter to x-large males that used to be pets.

Also my rabbit breeder lives about 60 miles away and I dont want to be driving 60 miles every 10 days to buy a $2 rabbit.

Bryan

[_BoidFinatic_]

[QUOTE=TheNooB]So if you can buy them frozen why buy live, and then kill, just to freeze them again??? QUOTE]

people do this if they buy live and then can't take care of them, or they decide to do both live and f/t. also sometimes a store may run out of live so you must resort to buying the live and then freezing them yourself.this is only a few reasons why

[TheNooB]

Some pet stores do not sell frozen rodents, so that is a reason to buy live.



Yep.. bad theory. They don't 'forget'.

thank you! It was more of a question then anything. lol

[unimom]

Oh heck i'll be honest. I feed live and p/k. I tried live once and DD just went up to the rat and the two of them stared at eachother nose to nose while I sat there and watched for a few seconds. I got nervous when DD didn't make an attempt to strike and just went and hid in his hide. So I p/k the rat and then DD took it np. Besides it gives me an excuse to see the really cute manager at the pet store! LOL

[Diceman]

Only reason I dont buy all frozen is mainly because (atleast from what im told) they come in big sizes...ive heard like 50 in a pack of small mice..well my boa wont be on small mice long enough to eat 50 so id actually be losing money..when the snakes are all full grown I could do that but still 50 is alot for 1 week..i just preffer to get 2-3 at a time and make a trip to the pet store every 3 weeks

[The Cannibal Monkey]

Only reason I dont buy all frozen is mainly because (atleast from what im told) they come in big sizes...ive heard like 50 in a pack of small mice..well my boa wont be on small mice long enough to eat 50 so id actually be losing money..when the snakes are all full grown I could do that but still 50 is alot for 1 week..i just preffer to get 2-3 at a time and make a trip to the pet store every 3 weeks

I get "6-packs" at Petco for $10...they're TRex brand Arctic Mice and they come in this nice little container, all in individual tiny ziplocs. Also, Petsmart sells their F/T individually for about the same price per mouse, though they don't have the little ziplocs =P. It's a little pricey compaired to bulk, but the convienence cannot be beat!

[Diceman]

I never thought to check petco lol I checked with the local pet store but they wont even kill the mice for you lol does petco have all sizes? like could I get it fuzzies, small mice, and medium rats?

[_BoidFinatic_]

My petco here in Central, NJ has frozen pinkie mice,fuzzy mice, hopper mice, aduilt mice, rat pinkies, rat fuzzies, medium rats, large rats, extra-large rats

[ddbjdealer]

I buy and feed live to all my snakes.

[Smulkin]

Homegrown, baby!

We're gonna have to start freezing soon methinks - only because we don't have endless room/cages/ratfood.