Economy of Scale - How many snakes before breeding feeders?

[ballpythonsrock2]

I have one 1000 + grams female ball and realized breeding mice will be cheaper. I use to buy but at 2.50 a mouse being the cheapest ( for dinky little mice ) and 3.99 for a bit larger mice at Petco. Mice are around 20 grams so 5 mice every week or two is pretty expensive and the female bp's grow quite large. So one female ball python eating live makes breeding mice worth it cost wise. That is once you have all the equiment you need, like enclosure, water bottle, food, chew stuff, and houses, and spinner toy, which I now have. Any tips by pm or forum on breeding mice feeders will be appreciated. Thanks. - Steve

[StillBP]

I have one 1000 + grams female ball and realized breeding mice will be cheaper. I use to buy but at 2.50 a mouse being the cheapest ( for dinky little mice ) and 3.99 for a bit larger mice at Petco. Mice are around 20 grams so 5 mice every week or two is pretty expensive and the female bp's grow quite large. So one female ball python eating live makes breeding mice worth it cost wise. That is once you have all the equiment you need, like enclosure, water bottle, food, chew stuff, and houses, and spinner toy, which I now have. Any tips by pm or forum on breeding mice feeders will be appreciated. Thanks. - Steve

not to get off subject but will she not take rats? 1 rat is alot better and cheaper than 5 mice. I know of some that are simply mouse eaters but have you tried to swich her?

As far as breeding I have around 30 balls and do breed mice and rats however I can not keep up with the demand of my snakes with the rodent operation that I have so I still end up buying around 10-20 rats a week but I have a local pet store who I sell my lesser quality balls and all my normals through who gives me fair sized rats at around $2 bucks each so I am better off than most when I have to buy them