***I apologize now as this post contains math and whatnot, if you fear math, click away now***
**** TL;DR: I did maths and breeding rodents doesn't add up, but I could have done bad maths, so how much does it cost to breed rats??****
So my collection of BP's is steadily growing, and with breeding plans in the near future I'm considering breeding my own feeders. The issue I'm running into is this, I currently have 8 adult/subadult BP's eating one small rat a week minimum. (my biggest females get 2 weanling/smalls per week or a really big small as Big Cheese is ALWAYS out of mediums)
My concern on breeding my own feeders is that once I've done the math it doesn't seem worth it. I currently spend $25 for 15 small rats through Big Cheese and since they are within 15-20 minutes of my house I have no shipping cost. So cost per small rat is $1.65 each, which means that each snake is about $6.60+tax to feed each month.
So,
$6.60/snake/month x 8 Snakes = $52.80/month for the collection
but if I go by the cost to feed hatchlings in the equation:
$4.00/snake/month(for fuzzies) x 24 hatchlings = $96.00
Most posts on here people are quoting around $50/month in upkeep for their rat breeding and they seem to be using 10-12 female breeders which only equates to feeding 10-12 snakes.
So if it's about $5/month/snake to breed rodents then how is it possible to do so for rat fuzzies/pups that are only about $4/month/snake when bought F/T?
So I guess the question is:
How much do y'all spend per month breeding rodent feeders?
And how many feeders do you produce for that amount?
Or better yet, if someone is OCD like me and keeps ridiculous records, a breakdown of cost/rodent by size produced?
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