I loved snakes since i was little (saw a picture of a housesnake when I was 8, wanted one since then, got her last year).
The thing is I dont like how the feeder mice are produced, so i told myself that if i get a snake i will breed my own mice (or other rodents).
Over the years I tryed like every Rodent you can get here, most I hated...Like the gerbils - I mean they were so dusty and I couldn't get them through weaning. Mice smelled horrible (now I know THAT depens on the food)
Hamster were total assholes (at least the syrian ones).
First rodents I liked where Spiny mice, I have this colony for 4 Years now.
After I got the first Snake (adult Corn) I begann to breed dwarf hamsters, meanwhile had the syrians - never again, ASF that were so shy i didn't want to care for them...
Then the third snake I got was a very unsteady feeder (needed reds) so I bought Mice again, as stated below they dont smell even with 60 in a 6 qm room the guests didn't smell them. The snake now is a geat feeder as long I don't try to feed her frozen from a pet shop - little gourmet.
The housesnake dosen't care- eats everything that fits.
Then I found some ASF where i really liked the color, they arent shy and I like them, real interesting as pets, lets see when the first litter comes. in Febuary I also got a pair of roborovsky dwarf hamsters.
2 days ago I got pygmy mice from a Show (together with a few more snakes).
Well here is the rodent room for fancy mice and dwarf hamster:
ASF & Pygmy
Spinys
The rodents
(When I make my viviarium wall in the living room the pygmys and ASF get a 120 x 80 x 60 Viv and the spinys will get a large wirecage (1m x 1m and 2m high)