Ok so I have 13 snakes: 12 balls and 1 Hog Island Boa. 4 of my balls take medium rats and I have 3 on smalls which leaves me with 5 that feed on pups and will be for at least a couple more months. I feed on a 6 day basis so my snakes will eat about 5 times per month. By the numbers I feed 20 meds, 15 smalls, and 30 pups monthly and thats roughly $135/month. I also plan on adding about 4 more snakes over the coming months so essentially I will have 17 snakes to feed. I currently have 2 females who are ready to breed and 1 big male rat.

I am wondering what would be a good amount of breeder rats so that eventually i will no longer have to buy F/T? Any help would be greatly appreciated.