Frozen feeder mice

[infernalis]

Not much choice at my house. Our snakes consume around 400-500 mice per month to month and a half.

[Floof]

Actually, I was using shipping figures from not too especially far from where you are (I think, anyway!). My first and last few online orders came when I still lived out in the "boonies" that is Pacific County, Washington, an hour from the nearest "city" (Chehalis/Centralia), and 2 hours or so from the nearest airport (actually, from both nearest airports). Willapa Valley is pretty isolated--not as bad as some areas of the peninsula, but it's far enough away from "population" that it's almost expected for shipping to be outrageous. I got the quote from Rodentpro using Raymond's zipcode, NOT my current zip here in Utah, so even with their $83 quote, you're still looking at a quote for western Washington "boonies."

And the $50 guesstimate? That's the shipping cost from RodentPro to Raymond, and I can speak from experience that their box is exceptionally large, so that shipping cost has a lot more to do with the bulk of the package than the distance from the facility. They have one standard box size, that's absolutely enormous, as opposed to smaller companies who ship smaller orders in appropriately smaller boxes. If I remember correctly, my largest order from TMF to Raymond (more than 200 rats and mice of assorted sizes, if I remember right) was somewhere between $40 and $50. And Jumbo Rats and Adult mice are much, much heavier than pinkies.

Anyway, like I said, whether you want to or can do a bulk order is up to you. I'm just stating the facts, as, even if it doesn't help you at all, it might help other people who come along considering bulk orders online. I can understand not having $100 to drop on a bulk order; I don't either, or I'd suck it up and do just that for my gopher snake!