So I posted in my local reptile FB group and there is a good lacking of feeder breeders here and many way overpay for their feeders from pet stores if they can't get their snakes to switch to F/T. I'm trying to see if my low prices are going to be economical when I move to supplying a larger selection of people. I don't want to just be breaking even. I feed my mice Doggy Bag dog food from Tractor Supply. It's $13 dollars for 40lb bags. That's about 33 cents a pound. For my rats I make my own mix and the current mix (with Doggy Bag plus a grain and cream mix) is about 50 cents a pound from what I remember. I'm going to be changing what I put into the mix since I found an easier recipe so I'll have to price it out in a few weeks when I need to make some.
I'm considering building another 7 tub cement tub rat rack just for feeders. (I don't want my "rarer" genes going to anyone as live feeders) I'm trying to figure out how long a bag of Doggy Bag dog food lasts. So for those that feed it how long do you get out of the bag per what your feeding? Like it lasts you say two weeks a bag for X number of mice or X number of rats. I'm trying to find a happy ground between profit to make the whole operation free (including the breeding I do for my own snake food plus the breeding I do to improve my rat stock and work on lines for show) while having some profit margin for the work in cleaning tubs, while still offering low prices.
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