cornsnakes as feeders - Page 2

BWSmith · 07-24-03, 11:41 AM

I just work out deals with the breeders. Let them know what they are for and buy thier surplus babies. Ended up with some neat looking colors.

RaVeNo888o · 07-24-03, 11:43 AM

so they will only sell you them at this price it they are sure you are using them for feeding?

BWSmith · 07-24-03, 11:46 AM

I actually ended up running out of corns and couldn't get any for the coral so I ended paying $5 a piece for some African House Snakes. But I like to let them know what they are for. Many breeders don't want thier snakes used for that purpose and I respect that request.

RaVeNo888o · 07-24-03, 11:50 AM

but you cant get them for that price as pets can you?..what if someone was to buy a bunch for food and send me one of them lol

..im not ready to get another snake right now anyways

BWSmith · 07-24-03, 12:26 PM

Dont forget that everything costs more up in Canada.

RaVeNo888o · 07-24-03, 12:29 PM

well ya..but $15 cdn sure beats $50

Removed_2815 · 07-24-03, 02:23 PM

Get this: when I was in Kentucky I stayed a few days at a venom lab where they had freezer bags full of baby leopard geckos (normal phases that had been donated by a breeder - nobody will buy them). There were over 500 frozen baby leopard geckos. Plus, they have dozens of frozen baby albino burmese pythons (sell for $150-200 CDN here) in the freezer as well for some of the larger ophidiophages.
It's hard to believe but these are akin to the rodent-filled freezers we are all used to. It blew my mind at first too but I realize it is really just a food-stuff and is valuable in that sense.
Cheers,
RMB