What is so expensive about large constrictors?

[MarkS]

well
three large rats at 6.99
one small rat at like 4 somethin
three mice at 1 somethin
one pinky at 1 somethin

its like 32 72 or somethin like that
it sux. but i dont want to breed

You REALLY need to go to someplace like Rodentpro.com $6.99 for a large rat is really obscene.

[Sinsation]

Yeh I pay 6.99 for small rats sometimes they are as smalls as hoppers with the same price tag, feeding our 7 balls run about 30 bucks for 5 small rats and 2 mice. Its ridiculous.

[Patrick Long]

You REALLY need to go to someplace like Rodentpro.com $6.99 for a large rat is really obscene.

I know Mark, but I have had bad experiences with frozen. I just prefer the non hassle of live

Yeh I pay 6.99 for small rats sometimes they are as smalls as hoppers with the same price tag, feeding our 7 balls run about 30 bucks for 5 small rats and 2 mice. Its ridiculous.

Thats crazy....I WOULDN'T pay that

[ChrisBowsman]

Good grief.... I feel pretty good about $1.59 a week for mice now

[Ginevive]

If the sellers on CL say that the snake is getting too expensive.. I would ask them.. why? Is the snake undergoing treatment for a disease maybe? Perhaps something is wrong and they don't want to pay for vet care. Or maybe they just need to have cable TV and internet, and pay hundreds of $$ for that luxury, but don't want to shell out for snake food

[ChrisBowsman]

I might ask. There's a guy with a 7ft reticulated python pretty close to me. Maybe I'll call him, let him know I'm not really interested, but see if I can go take a look.He said he rescued it from a kid who had no idea what he was getting into. He's trying to adopt it out because he doesn't have the money/time for that and a boa.

[anikamw]

why do you worry about the money? dont get me wrong, i have to work for all i have. i have three dogs that eat about 35 pounds of food a week. that runs into some money. i am not saying you cant, but you should be able to afford ALL aspects of the animal before you get it.

[$nake$]

true you gotta have fun with it if you think that you'll be worrying about the cost of w/e you have to think... is it really worth it?

i never had to pay a lot for food i have a colony of roaches that cost next to nothing to feed and maintain and they are food for my tarantulas and scorpions so i pay nothing for that and i've got a friend who breeds rats who sells me rat fuzzies for $1 even

[ChrisBowsman]

I agree that if you're worrying about whether you can afford it, it's a good sign that you're not ready. That actually applies to pretty much everything in life, but especially something that's gonna suffer if you acted hastily.

[sg1trogdor]

I know Mark, but I have had bad experiences with frozen. I just prefer the non hassle of live

Let me guess the mouse/rat burst open while being eaten. Happened to me about 4 times. its freaking disgusting and once they burst my snakes wont eat them because the blood and gooey stuff blocks their breathing tube thingy and they regurge then i have to go in and remove a puddle of rat goo. I have tried different ways to thaw them and nothing makes a difference.