Well my local family herp shop which has been there for about 10 years, just went out of business. Its a shame because the family began the business in their home. Breeding many different types of reptiles and rodents. This financial mess we are all going through made business drop so bad, they just couldnt keep the store open.
The biggest problem now is feeders. Sure we have petsmart and petco but they never have feeders and the quality is not very good around here. We have one more small family owned pet store which has been open at least 25 years or more because they are also the primary feed shop for local farmers. They sell feeder mice and the occasional rat but usually only have medium adult mice.
So im talking to a local ASF and feeder mouse breeder about getting some breeder pairs. Only half my collection will take F/T. They others all prefer something different. This one likes mice. That one like small rats. That other one wants ASF's etc...
So im going to start a small breeding colony of ASF's and possibly mice. From the looks of it, many snake breeders are switching to ASF's anyway. They make feeding time a lot easier when it comes to picky ball pythons.
I was hoping this would not happen since the reptile store had great prices and i didnt want to have to breed more than one type of rodent. Even they said they were going to get a breeding colony of ASF's to support the demand in my area.
One good thing about this. It may open up doors for the few local breeders we have of rodents around here. Now that the main supplier is gone.
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