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tmshaffer
at Tue Jan 8 15:47:35 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by tmshaffer ]
>>Well, I've never bought frozen so don't know how much comes in a $400 - $500 order. I can help with the math on how much it costs to produce rodents.
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>>In 2007, I spent almost $2000 on food and bedding to maintain my colony.
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>>Can't say exactly what I took out as I didn't keep records on that but I came up with the following estimated numbers:
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>>17 adult BRB's - 12 months (400 adult rats)
>>16 subadult BRB's - 12 months (600 small to medium rats)
>>6 yearling BRB's - 12 months (200 wean mice to small rats)
>>8 early 07 hatchling BRB's - 12 months (300 hopper to wean mice)
>>10 mid 07 hatchling BRB's - 6 months (200 hopper to wean mice)
>>14 mid 07 hatchling BRB's - 4 months (200 hopper to wean mice)
>>60 hatchling BRB's - 3 months (600 hopper mice)
>>50 hatchling BRB's - 1.5 months (250 hopper mice)
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>>19 young adult and sub adult BCI - 12 months (500 adult rats)
>>10 yearling BCI - 12 months (400 small rats)
>>7 yearling BCI - 6 months (150 small rats)
>>2 hatchling BCI - 3 months (10 hopper rats)
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>>Those estimates total up to...
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>>2150 rats (estimating $1.50 average price = $3225)
>>1650 mice (estimating $0.50 average price = $825)
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>>Total estimate = $4050 x 4/3 = $5400 shipped
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>>So, spent $2000 plus my labor to produce $5400 worth of feeders.
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>>And like Sonya already said, I know my feeders are healthy, well fed and fresh.
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>>Plus - no freezer!!
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>>Please feel free to point out any errors in my estimates, just pulled them off the top of my head.
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>>My racks...
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>>Thanks,
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>>Dave Colling
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>>www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com
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>>0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
>>0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)
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>>LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
>>26.49 BRB
>>20.21 BCI
>>And those are only the breeders
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>>lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats
I love the big rack using the cement tubs. Do you use those for grow ups. Or are they breeding tubs.
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