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Wholesale question... other options?

Amanda E

Amanda E

Snake Addict!
Since I can't ship and I only have normals and hypos to sell, I haven't had too much luck selling my babies. I'm hoping that once I get Fed-Ex certified and I produce more variety this summer (bloodreds, coral snows, caramels, etc.) I will have better luck selling my babies.

That said, if I do have trouble again with selling, I'll be forced to wholesale my cornsnakes as I cant afford to keep 50+ babies forever.

Is finding a wholesaler that easy though? If so, does anyone know of any good wholesalers?

Does the type of morph matter? IOW... Would I be able to get a better price for a bloodred than for a normal? What about more common ones like snows or ghosts?

Any other suggestions for moving babies, other than lowering the prices... I know that trick.

I love breeding these guys but I hate the hassle I've had selling the babies. I'm almost thinking of getting rid of all but a few favorites and stop breeding all together, but I think I would regret that.
 
I just wholesale the leftovers to local pet stores. They are usually looking for a few odds and ends. You won't get rich, but you won't be feeding hatchlings all winter. ;)
 
Yah... that's the problem, no petstores near me, that I know of, buy from local breeders. Well, actually one said they were interested, but not right now. Apparently their current cages suck and every snake they've bought lately has escaped and they don't know when they are going to get new cages.
 
Amanda,

Sometimes you can ask other vendors at the show if they want to pick up a quantity for a lower price. Some other vendors go to shows in other states (like I do) and they will sometimes pick up stuff wholesale to keep their tables full.
 
DAND said:
Amanda,
Sometimes you can ask other vendors at the show if they want to pick up a quantity for a lower price. Some other vendors go to shows in other states (like I do) and they will sometimes pick up stuff wholesale to keep their tables full.
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You wouldn't be interested by any chance would you? Normals and Hypos, poss Het Caramel?

It doesn't make sense for me to have a table at the NOAH show with less than a dozen snakes and I hate to take advantage of Norm by sharing his table, though he says he doesn't mind.
 
When you wholesale animals out to petstores, what they're het for doesn't matter. They're only concerned about the expressed trait. The reason for this is that the general public has no notion on genetics in cornsnakes.

Wholesale prices run...

Normals $5-10/ea
Amels $6-10/ea
Anery $6-10/ea
Snows $8-12/ea

(normally, this is the basics that you see in a store)
 
You might consider getting a kingsnake. It also gives you something useful to do with slugs and non-feeders.
 
Amanda E said:
You wouldn't be interested by any chance would you? Normals and Hypos, poss Het Caramel?

It doesn't make sense for me to have a table at the NOAH show with less than a dozen snakes and I hate to take advantage of Norm by sharing his table, though he says he doesn't mind.
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What do you have left?
 
Maybe if you offered to buy a couple of suitable cages and lend them to the petstore so that they could exhibit your stock they would be interested? OK, it means expenditure upfront, but it would create a bit of dependency on you and transfer the cost of feeding...

David
 
I wouldn't recommend that. No guarantees you would get your equipment returned. What if an employee damaged the equipment? That is not how normal pet stores work. They purchase the stock that they want at low prices, to resell at double to quadraple what they originally purchased.

Also, the costs of buying new displays for the baby corns she has in particular is a whole lot more then what she would get wholesale price for them.
 
Serpwidgets said:
You might consider getting a kingsnake. It also gives you something useful to do with slugs and non-feeders.
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That was my exact thought as well, but I didn't have the balls to be the first one to say it. Your other option is to find a wholesaler online and ship decretely like the rest of us do. I imagine many of us ship our snakes without being Fed Ex certified. My shipper is on a don't ask don't tell system with me.

I just picked up two Black Mexicans to help me out this year. It seems sad, but no one has a problem with fancy mouse breeders keeping snakes to get rid of their mice that are "unplaceable". I personally think that is more humane than selling them to many of the wholesalers out there that really take terrible care of thier animals.
 
I myself breed fancy mice, and though my sakes are only on pinkies right now, my runt mice are getting disposed of as feeders, as are extra litters i dont need.
I would never tell the pet store i breed for to do this, as she is adamantly against live feeding, but i dont see a problem with it.......
 
Their is a difference between feeding animals live and using specific animals to feed other animals. Which are you speaking of? I personally, have no problem feeding a mammal to my snakes (obviously). I do have a problem though, feeding live items. Not because of the feeder, but because of my snakes safety.
 
carol said:
I personally think that is more humane than selling them to many of the wholesalers out there that really take terrible care of thier animals.
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This is what I was getting at I guess. Where are the good wholesalers? Or do people keep them all for themselves when they find a good one?
 
Serpwidgets said:
You might consider getting a kingsnake. It also gives you something useful to do with slugs and non-feeders.
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That is the best answer I have seen yet...


Although...if you feed your Kingsnake reptiles often enough...you may have to start breeding just to feed your king...wouldn't THAT be a pain...
 
Alias47 said:
Although...if you feed your Kingsnake reptiles often enough...you may have to start breeding just to feed your king...wouldn't THAT be a pain...
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Heh heh, not mine. She's a garbage disposal. She eats mice, rats, birds, corns, and corn eggs/slugs. The only things she's ever refused were fish and sausages. (She did try the "underwater pacman" move when I offered her fish, but couldn't catch them and gave up. :laugh: )

My only concern is that I've now gotten a male kingsnake to try to breed her, and I wonder if 1- she's gonna try to eat him, and B- she's gonna eat each of her own eggs as she lays them. ;)
 
Serpwidgets said:
Heh heh, not mine. She's a garbage disposal...
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Oh, I should add, she's also tried to eat her water bowl and a deli cup (both of which smelled of corn) and a paintbrush handle (because it moved.) :D
 
Oh...you have one of THOSE kingsnakes... :dgrin:

I bet mine would eat most anything put in front of her...she is very personable...but she will chase me across the room after eating (I feed her in the middle of the living room...on a plate)...I should try feeding her something else...now you have me thinking...as good as she eats...she would probably ingest anything that crossed her path as well...if trained properly...LOL
I can guarantee that she will be eating 'leftovers' after breeding season...if it comes to that...
 
Serpwidgets said:
Heh heh, not mine. She's a garbage disposal. She eats mice, rats, birds, corns, and corn eggs/slugs. The only things she's ever refused were fish and sausages. (She did try the "underwater pacman" move when I offered her fish, but couldn't catch them and gave up. :laugh: )

My only concern is that I've now gotten a male kingsnake to try to breed her, and I wonder if 1- she's gonna try to eat him, and B- she's gonna eat each of her own eggs as she lays them. ;)
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Kingsnake??
Nah...
I just use my water monitor! He takes anything as well....
mice, rats, birds, fish, crabs, snakes, fingers if they get too close :crazy02:
 
Same thing with my male beardie he'lltake mice, fish, bugs, other small lizards/snakes, chicken...you name it. He got very big last year. I had about 3 times as many non feeders as normal, and he got all their refused pinkies. I think I'm gonna pick up a king or a monitor just to split up his workload.
 
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