How much do you guys pay for your breeder rats? Do you just buy them smaller and let them grow into breeders? I ask because I live in a small town with 3 pet stores. 1 never has anything(seriously, they must rob banks to stay in business). Another is okay, I guess. It's hit or miss on the feeder selection. The last is probably the best all around but they never seem to have anything bigger than fuzzies. I take a 30 minute drive(one way) every 5 days to get a feeder for my bp and I always have to choose between bad and worse! I hate feeding a few rats, then having to switch to a mouse b/c there are no rats. Then back to a rat then mouse... rats.. etc.
The guy seems pretty stingy with his breeders too, so IF he decided to sell them, I wonder what I should be paying?

I'm not trying to breed for 1 snake. I'll have 5 within a couple weeks and I'm trying to figure out the easiest way to feed them. I don't really want to buy frozen, my wife really doesn't want them in our freezer. I realize that might be the best/easiest thing to do though.

I don't know much about breeding as far as numbers go. If its a good option for me/even possible to accomplish for the number of rats im looking for, I'm asking somone to show me the way.. as far as how many females/males, how many keep together and in what size enclosure, and what it will take to have 5 rat pups/weanlings every 5-7 days.


Advice, please?