Avg Price per month

[tomfromtheshade]

As a rule, you will go through about a bag of feed and a bag of pine every two weeks with a rack like that.

Check out Tractor Supply in Danville. You can save money on feed and pine there. They may or may not get Mazuri for you, but you can get the beloved Doggy Bag dog food there...$11.99 for 40 pounds. Their bales of pine are also under $6.00 a piece if I remember correctly.

How much should one expect to pay for food and bedding for 6 tubs of 1.5 breeder rats? Where I get Mazuri 6F it costs $25 for a 50lb bag and about 6 cuft pine is around $7. Would 50lb of food and that much bedding last longer than a month? two months? I want to figure out for myself if breeding rats would be cheaper than buying frozen..I already figured the cost of building the rack and the cost of the rats(ie the initial investment) and now I'm trying to figure upkeep. So if anyone has any helpful input on how long a 50lb bag of mazuri and a big bag of pine generally lasts them, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks for the help.