Where to get mice?

[Enneirda.]

I don't have a foodsaver system, and can't afford one. And our freezer is self defrosting. Is there any way to keep them save else wise? Other bags, freezer packs ect lol.

Could they last a year in a self defrosting freezer? Or just 6 months ect.

Besides for craigs (i'll post for sure -thanks!-) Are their any other ways can I find someone that might have mice available? No south texas breeders on here hu?

At least you got somthing Steve! I added it up, and Mice direct is the cheapest I've seen so far at $42.24 for 100 small pinkies. If I do have to go with shipping, it'll be them I think.

Their 'small pinkies' states are:

Weight Each (Grams): 1-2.1
Length (Inches): .5-1
Age (Days): 1-2

Rune should be able to eat that size right? She's 15 inches right now.

[guidofatherof5]

I've heard if you freeze things in a block of ice they won't get freezer burn.
Not sure if it true or not.

That size sounds about right for your snake.

[kibakiba]

My concinnus eat small pinkies and they aren't more than 13 inches, I get extra smalls in my boxes sometimes, but they prefer the larger ones. As a precaution, I would use the extra smalls, just in case Rune can't get the smalls down. My ordinoides, Runt, eats extra small pinkies when I find them, but can't eat a small one. She's about 13 inches too and about a year old.

[ConcinusMan]

The only problem with self defrosting freezers is small items like pinkies often get partially thawed then refroze. Air is the main enemy. If they are exposed to air, even small pockets, they tend to freezer burn within a few months. This will change the color of their skin to almost white and cause them to be brittle. I wouldn't feed my snakes freezer burnt food personally.

Completely covering them in water before freezing might help with both the thawing and freezer burn but I've never tried it with pinkies myself since I want to preserve their smell. I do know that small fish (Silversides) keep better when frozen inside ice.

[Enneirda.]

Thanks Steve, kibakiba. Good to know she'll be able to eat them fine!


ConcinnusMan, change of data! It is NOT a self defrosting freezer! =D (apparently yelling questions across the house doesn't always work....)

So what does that mean for the live of frozen mice? Can they be edible for longer now?

[ConcinusMan]

Sure but anything can still freezer burn especially if exposed to air, which all food is unless it's vacuum sealed. I would still expect well packaged pinkies with minimal air in the package to last several months without significant freezer burn.

[riley_napalm]

i work at a pet store and it's $1.59 for a live mouse or a live pinkie. that's not too bad. frozen are cheaper yet! but i set up two 10 gallon tanks to start breeding mice and i'm having fantastic results! i also have a yellow-throated plated lizard to eat pinkies, a savannah monitor that devours the full sizes, and a blue tongue skink that gets the occasional pinkie. my albino checkered garter is a bit too teeny to eat pinkies yet, he's still on guppies. but maybe look into breeding and then freezing the pinkies? it's pretty cheap and easy to get started on this route!

[kibakiba]

1.59 is a lot of money when you have 5 snakes who eat pinkies, one of which can down 4 of them in 1 sitting. It's also a lot if you look at people who sell them locally for under 50 cents each. The boxes of frozen mice I get are 6-7 for 3 and I usually have to buy up to 10 boxes a month.
To me, breeding mice is just as bad. They stink like a garbage pit no matter how clean you try to keep them. I had a couple mice and they were stinky things. I couldn't stand them.

[riley_napalm]

1.59 is a lot of money when you have 5 snakes who eat pinkies, one of which can down 4 of them in 1 sitting. It's also a lot if you look at people who sell them locally for under 50 cents each. The boxes of frozen mice I get are 6-7 for 3 and I usually have to buy up to 10 boxes a month.
To me, breeding mice is just as bad. They stink like a garbage pit no matter how clean you try to keep them. I had a couple mice and they were stinky things. I couldn't stand them.

yeah they are smelly little creatures, but i keep up on them so it doesn't get bad. my savannah monitor goes through three or four hoppers or full sized ones a week. haha. that's the main reason i started breeding!

[mustang]

yeah they are smelly little creatures, but i keep up on them so it doesn't get bad. my savannah monitor goes through three or four hoppers or full sized ones a week. haha. that's the main reason i started breeding!

whats your savs name!!! post pics!!!! im gonna laugh if its name is "Chomper"