If you have 20 or more ball where do you get your rats?

[envy_ld50]

I am just wondering where people are getting there rats and how much you pay per month to feed. I am thinking of investing in a good freezer and spending around 200 a month to feed my collection of around 30 snakes. Which online rodent breeders are cheapest? does anyone know any wholesale breeders in AZ? Thanks!

[Monty]

if you have 20 plus snakes of any type the people are prolly breeding their own

[nevohraalnavnoj]

I wish I was breeding my own...but right now, Big Cheese Rodents.

JonV

[simplechamp]

Here's a good side question: at what point (number of snakes) does it become more economical to breed rodents as opposed to buying them?

[blackcrystal22]

Here's a good side question: at what point (number of snakes) does it become more economical to breed rodents as opposed to buying them?

3 or more snakes.

I bred at two. I don't want to buy one of each size from a frozen bulk, so I make my own and use what I need when I need it.

[PsYcHo_99]

i get mine from a friend that breeds.. 5 snakes are 10 bucks.. a week.. so about 40 bucks a months

[starmom]

I have 13 ball pythons and 3 boas. I purchase the rodents from The Mouse Factory; they are not the least expensive, but they offer the best product, in my opinion, and after having tried other less expensive alternatives.

[simplechamp]

I have 13 ball pythons and 3 boas. I purchase the rodents from The Mouse Factory; they are not the least expensive, but they offer the best product, in my opinion, and after having tried other less expensive alternatives.

So you have 16 snakes. Is it still more economical for you to buy as opposed to breed? Or do you buy for convienience, even though breeding could possibly cost less?

[starmom]

So you have 16 snakes. Is it still more economical for you to buy as opposed to breed? Or do you buy for convienience, even though breeding could possibly cost less?

In my situation, breeding would be pretty difficult. I don't really have the space for rodent racks and the cost of bedding and food and the time to clean and care for them would, I believe, cost more than ordering them.

Also, I really don't feel inclined to be a rodent farmer on top of everything else I have going on in my life....

[WingedWolfPsion]

Rodent Pro or The Mouse Factory.

I have some snakes that refuse f/t, and of course hatchlings want nothing to do with f/t, so we also breed rats and a few mice. It would be prohibitively expensive to buy live rodents.
Freedom Breeder rodent racks proved to be the best solution for us--you can buy them by the level, so you can just add on as your snake collection expands.