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Cost Prohibitive Pinkies
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Old 04-12-2015, 02:52 AM   #1
frostgfx
Cost Prohibitive Pinkies

I went looking into pinkies for my soon to be acquisition. Since I only plan on one snake (no kidding) I don't need a boatload of pinkies, fuzzier, etc. Seems like most mice breeders have a minimum shipping fee of around $30. I only have a small room fridge and even smaller freezer section so I would want to buy maybe 25 mice at a time as my snake grows.

Are there any ideas out there about how to deal with feeding one snake??? The pet shop wants almost a dollar apiece... Ouch.
 
Old 04-12-2015, 03:06 AM   #2
Shiari
Best thing to do is find someone else near you that needs mice as well, and split the shipping cost.
 
Old 04-12-2015, 03:11 AM   #3
frostgfx
So far I haven't located anyone local to me in Zip 01027, 01060, 01035 area of MA. Thanks for the tip.
 
Old 04-12-2015, 12:59 PM   #4
Chip
A buck and a half a week isn't too bad to keep a pet, comparatively. It can't hurt to ask if they do any quantity discounts. I sell pinks in my store for .79 cents or ten for $5. I figure they probably cost me around .35 to .40 cents each with shipping, rent, electric, processing fees and shrinkage.

An obvious solution would be to save up for a rack and get more snakes so that it makes sense to order direct!
 
Old 04-12-2015, 02:25 PM   #5
frostgfx
As much as I'd like to... My total living area is about 200 sq. ft., so only one snake...
 
Old 04-12-2015, 03:11 PM   #6
celawlor
Our local petco and petsmart sell frozen feeders in 3 packs for pinkies and larger feeders individually. Do you have one nearby?
 
Old 04-12-2015, 03:19 PM   #7
Dahliasmom2012
I get mine at pets supplies plus. 6 pinkies for 6.98. I haven't enough babies to warrant getting more at once yet.
 
Old 04-12-2015, 03:50 PM   #8
rockinghorsedemon
My fuzzys I bought a week ago seemed to have all rotted. Is it normal for these thongs to happen. So I get live ones and kill the. For my snake
 
Old 04-12-2015, 04:44 PM   #9
Dahliasmom2012
They shouldn't rot in your freezer.
 
Old 04-12-2015, 05:53 PM   #10
Cane
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Originally Posted by frostgfx View Post
As much as I'd like to... My total living area is about 200 sq. ft., so only one snake...
If you build a rack you can go from floor to ceiling only taking up the same amount of square footage as one snake!
 

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