How is frozen any cheaper then live? Do suppliers sell frozen cheaper then live? Where I live, Indiana, we have plenty of people breeding rodents. They offer both live and frozen. And I assumed they sold them at the same price. How is raising a rodent that is frozen and sold any different in selling it alive? I would assume it would cost more with the cost involed. Gas, freezers, dry ice, etc.

I myself, since I have close to 300 ball pythons, I produce my own rodents. That way , if I need small rats I have them, if I need twelve pinks, I just go pull them.

I know not everyone can produce their own, and need to have a supplier. If you have only three or four snakes, then by all means, I think frozen is the way to go. But once you get a collection going, and have some numbers, your find frozen to be more then it's worth.

Another thing I do, that most don't is I only use RATS. I never offer a ball python a mouse. Once a ball is hatched, it is offered a pink rat. If it doesn't take it, I wait another week, and offer again. This past season, I had every hatchling eating rats. Only one didn't want to eat a rat. I went to the Indy Show and bought a hopper mouse. It ate it. I sold that snake for $10. AS A NON EATER of rats. Wasn't worth my time to keep it.

It's all about how much you want to work and struggle.

Ron

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