I am in NO hurry at all with this idea, but I have also experienced some really crappy situations with feeders. I've had animals that simply would not take F/T (My now 10 year old ball python took 6 years to switch) and I've also been charged prices for live feeders that were nothing short of highway robbery. I'm hoping when I move that there will be a reputable, nicely priced feeder source near me. I have a "problem child" ball python who needs calories more than anything right now, but I will continue to attempt to switch him to frozen/thawed rats. He'll take mice and rats live just fine. I will also be raising 1.2 baby Baird's ratsnakes and 1.2 beauty snakes this year. The Baird's will likely take frozen thawed, but I don't know about the beauties.

I'm wondering at what scale/point does breeding your own start to make sense?