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Originally Posted by elsita
i want to by bulk frozen mice but dont know if there is a recommended supplier.
so if there are suppliers that i should try or avoid, i don't want to expensive but i understand cheap isn't always good. right now i am getting 4 pinkies at a time for about 1 dollar each.
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That's actually not a horrible price if you have like 1 hatchling. When Lilly's clutch first hatched I had 16 new snows (a literal BLIZZARD!) to feed and tried Mac's Reptiles since after shipping 100 pinkies came to about .49 cents each! The cons were, I couldn't request or get xs or newborns and it was a mixed bag, the bottom of it filled with like 50-60 little limbs, tails, etc. While I read that that is a normal by-product of receiving a frozen shipment, virtually ALL of the pinkies appeared whitish with little off-white spots which I believe were freezer burn. The positives were, the dry ice kept everything appropriately frozen even for another day or two had I been out or away and none of the rodents seemed to cause any negative reactions from my hatchlings. While I had three stubborn non-eaters, who later on began to eat (like almost TWO MONTHS later!) it is difficult to say whether or not that was attributable to the quality of Mac's mice. The other hatchlings all ate them and none ever regurged as a result.
I'm currently also looking for a supplier as I have 6 hatchlings left from Lilly's second clutch, going on two months old at this point. They all hatched out relatively LARGE for hatchlings (between 9 and 11 grams each!) and you'd think there was HAMBURGER in the water here or something!! Strange considering I always use NYC tap water! The best in the country, if not the world! (My opinion, but the proof is in the pudding - or hatchlings)!! In any case, even Mac's is better than paying $1.50 or $2 a pop to feed my babies every 5 days!! That's like $50-60 a month at this point! Problem is I've been busier than a cucumber in a convent!!
Anyhoo, I guess it all depends upon your situation. Good luck!