Frozen Thawed 1st Order - Size Question

[LadyCalypso]

I"m glade I stumbled onto this topic, I'll have to be making an order soon haha, much easier and I think a lot cheaper then driving an hour to a pet store that sells there food. I also think I'm going to try chicks as a little special treat for my bigger girl Paradox.

[SDA]

As someone who has now bought from both big cheese and perfect prey and will continue to buy from both, perfect prey has been just that much better in quality. That is not to say big cheese is poor quality, they are amazing but perfect prey seems to go that extra mile to have top quality prey items. The large pinkies I have for my rosy boa are still in perfect shape.

If you don't mind a few extra bucks for shipping, perfect prey with their small quantity options is the way to go of the two. I can't say anything about reptilinks simply because I never used them. I do have to say customer service with the two I have used have been really good for me so I flip flop between the two depending on in stock and the quantities I need.

[Godzilla78]

I will have to make an order soon too. My local supplier has been ignoring me, as he owes me $25 of rats and is being a dodgy scum. There is one more local supplier to try, and then perfect prey will be my choice based on reviews


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[LadyCalypso]

i agree with perfect prey, i havn't ordered from any of them but i like there prices and what they have.

[Aedryan Methyus]

I'm not sure how old/large your snake is, but myself, I wouldn't ever feed mice. I've heard a lot of stories about snakes acquiring a taste for mice and becoming very difficult to get switched over to rats. Mice won't be large enough food items for very long and you'll have to switch to rats, anyway. So, why not just start off with rats? Just my opinion...

[Momokahn]

I'm not sure how old/large your snake is, but myself, I wouldn't ever feed mice. I've heard a lot of stories about snakes acquiring a taste for mice and becoming very difficult to get switched over to rats. Mice won't be large enough food items for very long and you'll have to switch to rats, anyway. So, why not just start off with rats? Just my opinion...

I am so glad my snakes have never listened to the "story's" or read the "rule book" on what they can and can't eat. If they had they never could survive in the wild. "Darn, I can't eat that because I read once I may become addicted.....guess I will just starve".

[ckuhn003]

I'm not sure how old/large your snake is, but myself, I wouldn't ever feed mice. I've heard a lot of stories about snakes acquiring a taste for mice and becoming very difficult to get switched over to rats. Mice won't be large enough food items for very long and you'll have to switch to rats, anyway. So, why not just start off with rats? Just my opinion...

Appreciate the response. This very subject was raised in another post of mine where I tried to make the switch but it involved both a regurgitation of the 1st rat pup and several refusals once I was able to build him back from the incident. In an effort to get him feeding again and put on some weight, I decided to go back on mice (possibly forever or until he's added some weight). He's currently around 260ish. The breeder (and many others on here) have said, while not ideal, males can get away w/ being life long mouse eaters. I'll try once gain when he's put on some weight but if it doesn't work, I may stick to mice and just feed jumbo mice. Thanks again for your insight.

[Aedryan Methyus]

I am so glad my snakes have never listened to the "story's" or read the "rule book" on what they can and can't eat. If they had they never could survive in the wild. "Darn, I can't eat that because I read once I may become addicted.....guess I will just starve".

How about instead of leaving a useless troll comment you actually share your vast wisdom with the OP? *smh*

[Momokahn]

How about instead of leaving a useless troll comment you actually share your vast wisdom with the OP? *smh*

Sorry not a troll, I even smiled. I don't quote story's I have heard over the years on how to keep reptiles. I base my comments on what I have witnessed with my snakes in captivity and documented facts how they live in the wild. If you have witnessed a snake on a complete hunger strike due to not getting it's fix of mice, I say post it. To retell story's you have heard that was your call and I responded. In this hobby of keeping snakes, we all want the best for our pets. I can remember the story 30 years ago to never feed a snake in it's cage. That story has come full circle to now never feed a snake outside it's cage....and the battle still rages. I didn't listen then and to darn old to listen now where to feed my snakes. My snakes over the years have been fed almost everywhere except in a church. Now if someone told me that story not to feed in a church I might listen.

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[BR8080]

Thanks, I'll take a look at Reptilinks. They were not in my original search.

So back to the feeding size, and maybe I'm over analyzing, but if my feeder is 26 grams and my BP is 300 grams, do I need to figure out out how to make up those extra grams or should that prey be sufficient for that week? I've never fed my BP more then one prey at a time so I'm curious if he'll come back out of his hide for another.

I too like the 10-15% range when feeding but sometime you just can't just ca't hit it perfect and that's nature I guess. I've fed x2 before when all I had available was a smaller feeder and it went without issue. Heck - when I'm done feeding and if someone doesn't want their second, my carpet and BCI are always waiting for more LOL

I ran into the same issue with Tyson with the Lg adult mice before switching him to rats. I would shoot for the 10-15% rule, but if it's a little under 10% I just rolled with it and he was fine.

I would weigh and sort the mice when they came in. I would put 3 or 4 in a zip lock bag and label them. Then put all the ziplocks into a zip lock gallon size freezer bag and then into some grocery or Wal-Mart bags. This helps to keep them fresh and easy to find the size I needed.

When it came time to double up I would start using the 18-24gram mice and it worked out fine.

I found with perfect prey I got a LOT of mice in the 18-24 range and VERY few bigger than 27 grams. In two orders with them I only received one mouse bigger than 29 grams. I wasn't too happy with that, but they do deliver a great product, beautifully packaged for a great price.

Glad I'm not the only "crazy OCD" snake owner out there that weighs the feeders to feed in increased increments as the snakes grow LOL It's time consuming but works...just food save them, label, and stack in the chest freezer. Then there isn't any digging around and/or being stuck with small feeders at the bottom.

The 1 order I've placed with Reptilinks I was extremely pleased when I weighed everything (yes - all 300 mice/rats) and had a very slight deviation - 3 total were out of the advertised weight range and on the heavy side.

Very clean - no odor - prey stacked nicely in zip lock bags then vacuum sealed - no frozen blocks of feeders - no parts and pieces either like I've seen with Rodent Pro

Good luck with your ordering and feeding process, it can seem a bit overwhelming but you'll figure it out.

I've also heard, it's better and healthier for the snake to have it slightly hungry rather then to have it be overweight.