Depending on where you are in the country, you can't buy gerbils anywhere. I live on the west coast and I've never seen a gerbil in person, ever. However, most snakes in this area have already been eating mice, so scenting with a mouse works because they're captive bred and are accustomed to that scent, not gerbil-scent.

I wish we got the frozen rodents that much cheaper around here! For me, a medium frozen rat is 3.99 and a large is 4.99 - cheaper than the live ones, but still adds up pretty quick. I like frozen because I don't have to feed it and give it water if my snake decides she doesn't want it after all. :D

~jenny
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1.1 normal ball pythons (Cindy and Darwin)
1.0 rex rat (Scurvy)
0.1 bunny (Spazz)
2.1 betta fishes (Vicious, Killer, and Butters)
3.1 great danes (Shasta, Odysseus, Merlot, and Watson)
1.0 fat fuzzy mutt (Smokey)
1.1 cats (Thidwick and Turtle)
2.0 horses (Buddy and Sam)
1.0 goat (Billy Jack)
2.25 chickens (Jacques the rooster and his harem)

but what I really want is more ball pythons!

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