Buying frozen mice (RodentPro)

[marvelfreak]

You have to realize the cost of everything involved with shipping. Rodent Pro use extra heavy duty wax card broad box, they wrap insulation in a bag around everything, then you have your dry ice, plastic Ziploc bags, and last the rats. Then like Aaron said you have to add the weight of it all. I tell you what it might seem pricey but once your get a order and see how well it package it worth it to know your rats, mice, or rabbits a will arrive frozen.

Also they have a thing where you can get a quote and it will tell you how full the box is.

here check it out. Frozen Mice, Frozen Rats, Rabbits, Guinea Pigs, Chicks and Quail

[smy_749]

Originally Posted by marvelfreak

You have to realize the cost of everything involved with shipping. Rodent Pro use extra heavy duty wax card broad box, they wrap insulation in a bag around everything, then you have your dry ice, plastic Ziploc bags, and last the rats. Then like Aaron said you have to add the weight of it all. I tell you what it might seem pricey but once your get a order and see how well it package it worth it to know your rats, mice, or rabbits a will arrive frozen.

Also they have a thing where you can get a quote and it will tell you how full the box is.

here check it out. Frozen Mice, Frozen Rats, Rabbits, Guinea Pigs, Chicks and Quail

I just messed around with it to see what it would cost me (I don't currently order in bulk as my collection is so small I'd rather not keep that many in my small freezer) but anyways. For the anthills I tried 100 extra small pinks, 100 large pinks, and 100 fuzzies for adults. It came out to 100 shipped. If I purchased them from petco it would be like....500 or 600 dollars.. I guess with the small ones you save on shipping too though.

[Amadeus]

Originally Posted by smy_749

I just messed around with it to see what it would cost me (I don't currently order in bulk as my collection is so small I'd rather not keep that many in my small freezer) but anyways. For the anthills I tried 100 extra small pinks, 100 large pinks, and 100 fuzzies for adults. It came out to 100 shipped. If I purchased them from petco it would be like....500 or 600 dollars.. I guess with the small ones you save on shipping too though.

Yeah the box will be tiny and the weight of the whole order could be what? 500-600 grams?

[smy_749]

Originally Posted by Amadeus

Yeah the box will be tiny and the weight of the whole order could be what? 500-600 grams?

Prob less, but still would save crazy money so I figured I'd point it out. lol

[Starbuck]

Originally Posted by Amadeus

Yeah the box will be tiny and the weight of the whole order could be what? 500-600 grams?

i belive rodent pro ships only one size box, about 2x2x2 feet, which when full of feeders and dry ice weighs about 30 pounds. a smaller order ships i the same size box, hence they tell you how much room is left in your shipping container at checkout. shipping cost is pretty standard (75$), its up to the customer to maximize cost efficiency.
the raptor center i volunteer at gets bi-weekly shipments of frozen quails, 3 boxes. they are always frozen and exceptionally well packed, though expensive.

[formica]

Originally Posted by Starbuck

its up to the customer to maximize cost efficiency.

fine if the company doesnt want to do small orders, but they are missing out on allot of business this way - there is no reason for them not to offer more reasonable shipping costs for smaller orders, dry ice, pacaging and logistics are cheap these days. Even with a 20Kg order I dont see how they are not making a huge profit on the 'shipping costs'....tbh I'm amazed any one uses them at that price

You can order 5 or 50 bags of food from a supermarket and get free delivery in a frozen goods vehicle, which includes packing in dry ice