Need f/t pinky mice!!!

[kayleegrace]

I just got my jcp and i am trying to order some rat pinks. however i can seem to find any online without redicuolis prices on shipping....any help?

[Hillsberry]

I most of the time order from this website. Reptile Supplies and Exotic Reptiles (http://lllreptile.com/) I think their prices are good. Hope this helps

[Will0W783]

I go to reptile shows and buy about two months' worth of food at once. For me it works since there are several reptile shows that are within an hour's drive for me. When you order rodents online, you really have to order at least $100 worth for it to be worth the shipping costs, and if you only have 2 snakes it will be hard to fill a large enough order. Are there any pet stores near you where you can get frozen rodents?

If you google "(your state's name) reptile shows" you will get a list of reptile expos and shows in your state and you can try to find one close enough to you to warrant driving and buying lots of food.

[infernalis]

I usually buy bulk....it offsets the shipping costs.

See if you can find a friend or two to split orders up and save.

[kayleegrace]

my problem is that the closest reptile show is about a ten hou drive... i have wanted to go to one forever. There is a big in La and another one in SanDiego but that is a very long drive but if i find other things to do it may be worth a road trip but still that isnt for a while

[kayleegrace]

i dont know if i have told you guys but i live in a extremly small town....like tiny the closest pet store is a good hour away. i only have two friends that have snakes one has an 8 ft bur soo dont think they eat the same at all...and the other "doesnt believe in feeding live....its just me to feed them died ones"
so sadly i dont have either of those options...

[Aaron_S]

rodentpro.com they will probably ship to your address.

[infernalis]

Rodent pro ships anywhere in the USA, and if you buy 500 - 700 mice at once the price is very reasonable.

[Aaron_S]

Rodent pro ships anywhere in the USA, and if you buy 500 - 700 mice at once the price is very reasonable.

Make sure you can feed off that many. Frozen rodents will go bad after a few months.

[infernalis]

I just calculated a 100 pink order, 12 dollars for mice, 38 for shipping, $50 for the order divided by 100 still makes those pinks 50 cents each.

Petco charges well over $1 for each pinkie they sell, so in the end it is still a load cheaper to order from rodent pro.

Mice direct is another option, I have a friend who swears by them. (worth looking into)

[Chu'Wuti]

As I have only three snakes at this time, all on different F/T prey, I order from themousefactory.com. Most of the other places I've looked at have a minimum of 100 per package. At themousefactory, I can buy smaller packages, so I don't run the risk of things going bad.

If I'm careful about planning so that all three start to run out of prey items at about the same time, I can order a combination for them that cuts down on the cost per item, even with the shipping, which is expensive but necessary. Even so, it's definitely MUCH cheaper to buy online than to go buy one-three feeders (the package sizes I've seen available locally) at one of the local pet stores,

Also, store your F animals inside their plastic bag inside another air-tight container in your deep freezer. That will help them keep longer.

[infernalis]

Never a problem in this house, we use 500+ mice per month.

My orders are between 500 and 700 mice at a time.

[illcyat420]

Make sure you can feed off that many. Frozen rodents will go bad after a few months.
How do you know when they go bad....do they just get freezer burnt or something?

[infernalis]

The fastest way to ruin them is leave the bag open or torn.

If the mice are sealed up good, they will last a bit longer.

I go through them way too fast to worry about it, but I know one person who keeps her mice in a "rubbermaid" container to seal them even better.

[Aaron_S]

I keep mine in a rubbermaid as well just because they share a freezer with other people. Naturally, no one else in the house wants to see ratcicles.

[Lankyrob]

Just refer to them as novelty ice cubes and hope nobody uses one in their G&T!!

[infernalis]

I keep mine in a rubbermaid as well just because they share a freezer with other people. Naturally, no one else in the house wants to see ratcicles.


We had a house guest once who was in the freezer looking for something to eat, it was comical when she found 7 bags of frozen rodents (She freaked out at the pinks)

I'm so used to it, I don't even think twice about moving mice out of the way to fetch the shrimp.