A question about feeders

[Rogue628]

Originally Posted by theapexgerman

What he said sums it up

She

lol

[theapexgerman]

My coral snake will eat live,f/t and just bout anything even when he's sheeding I still don't know if its a he or a she tho no one won't probe it for me and I'm sure not going to do it my self and take a chance of getting bit I've been bittin by sidewinder and it hurt me a lot I could just imagine what a coral would do but he's a tame snake never try to bite tho I still use a hook

[theapexgerman]

Originally Posted by Rogue628

She

lol

My bad she said my mistake sorry =D

[Psyche]

Originally Posted by Gungirl

If your snake takes f/t now don't offer live. If you give it live it might start to refuse F/t then you have to deal with live all the time along with the risk of bites and what not.

oh i hadnt considered that either! well never mind then. To be completely honest with you guys i dont think i'll have an issue with her eating, she's a pig! lol

[theapexgerman]

I'm glad you got a good eater on your hands snakes with good eating are happy snakes

[Psyche]

yea i think i got rather lucky haha she's really calm and i havent had any issues with her balling up or biting or anything. I think she actually likes it when i hold her

[infernalis]

I breed rats, for my smaller snakes, I just feed pinkie rats instead of mice, and my python gets junior size rats.

Any that make it to adulthood I sell off.

[Psyche]

Originally Posted by infernalis

I breed rats, for my smaller snakes, I just feed pinkie rats instead of mice, and my python gets junior size rats.

Any that make it to adulthood I sell off.

How hard/costly would you say breeding is? i know theres a lot to factor in and stuff such as enclosures and bedding and such.

[red ink]

One thing I do know about FT prey, whether I'm feeding them to small snakes with small prey size or large snakes with large prey size.... None of the FT food items has ever fought, bitten or scratched any of my snakes. FTs also don't require food or water or cleaning all they need is a dedicated spot in the freezer.

[infernalis]

Originally Posted by Psyche

How hard/costly would you say breeding is? i know theres a lot to factor in and stuff such as enclosures and bedding and such.

I keep my two colonies in old fish tanks, One is cracked, I used boat patch cement, it's ugly but it works.

I got the aquariums for free.

For feed, I mix bags of hamster food with generic corn flakes, generic bran flakes, and cheese crackers so the feed is really quite cheap, I think I spend about $5 a week on rat food.

Dried out dinner rolls are free, they like them too.

Pine bedding is like $3 a bag at wall mart, I mix that with shredded office documents.
(if you ask people who own a business, shredded paper is free)

[theapexgerman]

I would have to buy another freezer if I keep rats or mice in our freezer Jessica has a rule no rodents around any of the food even if there in zip lock baggys I would go over to f/t before I would start breeding roddents

[Psyche]

Originally Posted by infernalis

I keep my two colonies in old fish tanks, One is cracked, I used boat patch cement, it's ugly but it works.

I got the aquariums for free.

For feed, I mix bags of hamster food with generic corn flakes, generic bran flakes, and cheese crackers so the feed is really quite cheap, I think I spend about $5 a week on rat food.

Dried out dinner rolls are free, they like them too.

Pine bedding is like $3 a bag at wall mart, I mix that with shredded office documents.
(if you ask people who own a business, shredded paper is free)

Wow thats not that bad o.o i was expecting... way more expenses haha

[KORBIN5895]

My current mouse colony has cost me around $60 since October. That is including a thermostat and red flood light. Right now I have between 80-100 mice.

[theapexgerman]

How bad does all of the rodents smell and what do you use for a odor killer

[KORBIN5895]

They smell terrible. I don't worry though because they live in my shed.