I posted something similar to this a while ago but now my mind is really turning it this way and that, trying to figure out if I should give it a shot. I want to start a feeder business. I would breed rats and mice as snake feeders, but I would also breed different types of insects, other rodents (gerbils, hamsters) guinea pigs, and possibly rabbits. I would provide both live and frozen feeders for those who keep exotics (snakes, ferrets, lizards, ect) and those feeding raw/whole prey diets to dogs and cats.

When my roommates move out I will re-claim a second bedroom and the snakes and rats will move in. There will still be a lot of space left in the room that I can use to breed the other types of feeders. The gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs, and rabbits won't be bred in large numbers, but the rats, mice, and insects will.

I was wondering if its worth it. I already have one pet store that said they'd buy any extra feeders I produce with my rat breeding, and I was going to talk to another one. My colony is no where near large enough to start producing for pet stores, but I'm slowly growing it up. I have 4 breeding females and plan on getting more females as soon as I get more racks built. There was a man that works at the pet store that wanted me to breed gerbils for him since he didn't want to breed them himself and he couldn't buy them often because of the price. (He has a ball python that will only eat gerbils.)

So, I'm already working on the rat colony. I'm going to be getting some mice to raise up to become breeders tomorrow. I just want the feeders to pay for themselves and provide me with a little profit. I was hoping to breed these following feeders.

Rats
Mice
ASFs
Gerbils
Hamsters
Guinea Pigs
Rabbits
Crickets
Mealworms
Superworms
Roaches