Sorry its been a bit since the last message! I have only started breeding mice in 2024 so I don't think we have spoken because I never have offered to sell until these past few months. It took me forever to get the mice to consistently breed, figure out any illnesses (mites), and ensure they have a low mortality rate from birth (cannibalism + terrible mothers that needed to be culled & specific food). I'm sorry you had a bad experience with terrible pricing from someone else. I am super flexible about it but like to recoup costs where I can because the food to keep everything smooth is around 50$ per bag + our ventilated setup with our land lord was a must. I have a ventilated setup for the mice home made, vet care, etc. Since you breed then I'm sure you know about the associated costs to do it right and ethically. Setup for 12 females to breed all on a metal rack in an attic with great results. No matter what I do; this setup is a loss of money! I would prefer to sell and recoup but pricing is not really a concern where there are too many mice.
Originally, my goal was to charge close to a store and undercut Jabberwock reptiles because they are somewhat inconvenient to get to in the area due to their store times. Often during the summer they run out of pinkies. Undercutting them didn't go very well when we went to Facebook because people wanted adult mice and we needed pinkies for our baby Kenyan sand boas! So I started selling around less than 3$ for live adult mice. Even Facebook was difficult to find an audience too. I would rather find a group of friends to help with the overpopulation and recoup costs. Facebook is still too shaky to sell on b/c there are no consistent buyers from the area. They are coming in from Springfield Mass which is way t0o far when posts clearly stated around Peabody, Middleton, Danvers, Salem only. It was nice to get feedback though!!! I almost wanted to Uber them. I usually tell folks if they want frozen to buy a pack online because its cheaper than any live mouse they will ever get and I wont deprive picky snakes from local live food IMO. (Also its like a deliver locally service I guess so I don't want to go far.)
As for images!
I mostly have white mice, grey mice, and white mice with a dusty gray nose/tipped ears. Posted is the mother to all the variants. She is our only brown white bellied mouse. And then two of her daughters. The rest are lab mice white. Kind of boring I know compared. I host a website to sell as well (obv I won't post here and it needs adjustments anyways on costing after feedback).
Nice to talk to a fellow feed breeder! Also LOL on that article!!!!
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