I live in Minot ND. Pretty sure there are no shows around.. I wouldn't be able to travel much farther than Bismarck even if there were. That's a couple hours away. The next most populated place would be Fargo. IF there was anything around there, Imagine me telling my wife I want to drive 10 hours round trip to buy rats, lol. While it's that important to me, she would just think I'm an idiot.

I was only considering buying adults because I'm moving back to NY when i'm out of the military(june08). If I try to raise them, I wouldn't be able to breed until i'm almost ready to move. I'll definitely be breeding in NY.. because i'm sure i'll be getting more snakes then.

What I don't want: To go to one of these lame pet stores for 5 feeders and come home w/ 2 mice hoppers, 1 rat fuzzy, 1 rat pup, and 1 weaned rat. That's better than nothing, maybe. But, if all 5 snakes are around the same size, I want all 5 to be eating the same thing consistently. That seems like it might make things easier for me.

Maybe frozen is the way..