I agree with satomi,
We breed out rats on a small scale, well I guess you can say its growing... At the moment we have about 150 pinkys, and about..... 25 breeders, (about 1.4 ratio)
Each mom is placed in an individual tub once she is recognizably pregnant.We believe this to definitely lower the mortality rate and stress level on both the babies/mom.
My wife sells rats (colors, hairless, dumbos, you name it she probably has it). She sells them locally as pets. We also have enough to feed all 17 of our snakes. Plus,i just got my little ASF project started.
We (when I say we, I mean Iclean out all the cages once a week. Which usually takes about two hours altogether. Not bad for being able to enjoy our snakes
All this started off as a way to save money and its really really helped. I can GUARANTEE if I did not breed rats, we would not be able to keep snakes. I also think we benefit because we know what the rats are eating, what conditions they are kept in and what is eventually going into our snakes, instead of just hoping the rodents you just bought we're properly taken care of and don't carry something. :/
Every Month 1/2:
Aspen --(4.38 compressed cubic feet)
$14.00
Bag of quality dog food (40 lbs)
$20.00
We do just fine on a small budget. I have never paid attention to the big time rat breeders. (Except for Rodent Pro's outbreak it was all over the forum). I guess we just have no need to, the rats pay for themselves.
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