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02-Aug-07, 10:41 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Alberta, Canada | | | How many to buy in advance?
There's an expo coming up, and I probably will be buying a Childreni there, However I would like to take advantage of the low prices there and stock up on my mice.
How many you guys recommend, even if it is more than enough, to stock on for the next 8 months?
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02-Aug-07, 10:42 PM
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As many as your snakes can eat in that time.
Unless the rodents are vacuum sealed, it's not advisable to keep them in the freezer for more than 6 months. If they are vacuum sealed, they should last 12 months+.
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02-Aug-07, 10:49 PM
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Most of them here are vacuum sealed, I guess I should had mentioned it.
I never owned a Childreni before, so I have no idea how many pinkies, fuzzies, etc they need.
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02-Aug-07, 10:53 PM
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One every fortnight is a good standard
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02-Aug-07, 10:53 PM
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1 per week is a good starting point.
Edit: so one every 7-14 days is a good starting point. 
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02-Aug-07, 11:26 PM
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Depends on the size of the childreni my childreni went onto fuzzies at about 3-4months then from there they went onto pinn rats and fuzzie rat at about 9months or there about then 12months they werre eating lrg fuzzies (at a guess i can not be sure but think it was bout that) now they eat weaners rats (2 years)
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03-Aug-07, 08:22 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Alberta, Canada | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Snow1369  Depends on the size of the childreni my childreni went onto fuzzies at about 3-4months then from there they went onto pinn rats and fuzzie rat at about 9months or there about then 12months they werre eating lrg fuzzies (at a guess i can not be sure but think it was bout that) now they eat weaners rats (2 years) | Thanks. So pinkies for the first 4 months, then fuzzies for 3 or 4 months after that, and then I am looking at either hopper or weaned for the rest of the year. Too bad rats are banned here.
I hope I am getting this right.
I just know that each snake develop at different speed. Like for example, Corn Snake owners advise some people to get a stage of mice in the freezer for every two months or so, then followed by rats.
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03-Aug-07, 04:08 PM
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one a week mate. a trio of supermice will keep you supplied with babies of all ages. get them now
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03-Aug-07, 05:47 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Alberta, Canada | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by junglemad one a week mate. a trio of supermice will keep you supplied with babies of all ages. get them now | I wish I could if the apartment complex let me have furred/feathered animals.
Anyway, I will buy about 20 pinkies, and 20 fuzzies. Hopefully it should be enough until the spring expos, if not I just have to catch a bus to get some more later on. They charge too much for mice around here, and the shipping companies just plain suck.
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03-Aug-07, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by MrBredli As many as your snakes can eat in that time.
Unless the rodents are vacuum sealed, it's not advisable to keep them in the freezer for more than 6 months. If they are vacuum sealed, they should last 12 months+. | Why do they have to be vac sealed?
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03-Aug-07, 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by waruikazi Why do they have to be vac sealed? | Vac sealed food lasts much longer in the freezer, don't know the exact science behind it apart from no air, but it does.
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03-Aug-07, 06:14 PM
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no air=no oxidation which is what degrades tissue, also with no air no bacteria
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03-Aug-07, 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Stealth_Raptor Anyway, I will buy about 20 pinkies, and 20 fuzzies. Hopefully it should be enough until the spring expos, if not I just have to catch a bus to get some more later on. They charge too much for mice around here, and the shipping companies just plain suck. | Just remember that these little blokes defrost very quickly (even in packs) and once thawed should not be refrozen. No point buying a truckload if you have to throw the lot out by the time you get home.
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03-Aug-07, 06:23 PM
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I'd get like 10-15 pinkies then get 10-15 fuzzies and some hoppers.
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03-Aug-07, 06:43 PM
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Try and bust them up into meal sizes, while their frozen and then its easier to just pull one out to thaw
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