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Buying food over the net

EvilRix

EvilRix

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Hi all,

Where I live there is no place local that sells food for my corns so I have to make a round trip of about 90 miles every few months to stock up. I've seen a few ads for buying food over the net and I just wondered if anyone here had any experience of purchasing food this way and how well it worked out. How does the food manage to travel and stay fresh ready for freezing? Are there any suppliers that are recommended and any to avoid? Am I better off (or rather are my corns better off) if I purchase local (well, as local as I can!)?

Also... I've understand you can get snake sausages. Does anyone have any experience of using these, are they recommended and if so does anyone know of a supplier?

Ta V much for your thoughts.
 
I don't know which suppliers deliver to the UK, but my experience buying online has been very good. It's much more cost effective than buying live in the states - about $.25/pink mouse (including shipping) vs. $1.00/pink mouse for live at pet shops. Even better savings on adult mice and small rats. I buy from rodentpro.com, and they ship overnight on dry ice. The feeders are already frozen, and they maintain a low enough temperature on the dry ice to stay that way. (There's usually still dry ice left in my boxes when I get them.) I don't know of any advantages of one locality of mice over another.

I've heard both good and bad about the snake sausages, but I haven't tried them myself. Other members on this site recommend a couple of other shippers, as well, and I know that one or two of them have better prices than rodentpro. Some UK members might be able to suggest a place to buy online that ships to you. (I use rodentpro partly because it's based in my state and partly on a good recommendation from a friend.)
 
I believe one of the issues that some people have with snake sausages is that it is easier to overfeed or power feed. Because they are linked together the snake will just keep swallowing. As long as you closely monitor your snake and don't feed it any more than it can handle it should be fine as far as I know, although I've never used them myself.

~Katie
 
I'll second all the reccomendations for Rodentpro.com. They have been absolutely wonderful to me, are very reliable, and their feeders are much fatter and healthier looking than anything I ever got at a pet store before I discovered them. Add to this the fact that their prices are really great!

I'm not sure if they ship to the UK (though I am pretty sure they ship to Canada).

In general though, you will get much better prices on feeders if you purchase them online from someone who specializes, and the quality will likely be at least as good as those you buy locally. The feeders come frozen in special packaging (Rodentpro uses dry ice and insulation, but there may be other methods I do not know of) and you can just toss them right in your own freezer when you open the box.

I haven't heard anything bad about the snake sausages, and the Loves say in their Cornsnake Manual (good book by the way, you should pick it up if you don't already have a copy: The Cornsnake Manual, by Bill and Kathy Love) that their associates who have raised snakes on the sausages have healthy animals. They also caution against powerfeeding with the sausages though. So if you wanted to use sausages, just make sure you have a reasonable feeding schedule and feed individual links rather than entire chains of sausage. Though I haven't used them myself, I often reccomend them to people who express nervousness about keeping dead mice in their freezers. Some people don't want to freak out their roomates or family :)

The general consensus I have heard about the sausages is that they are fine. I haven't heard anything about them causing harm to a snake, so you ought to be fine feeding them to yours.

Good luck with your quest!

Jamie Lynn
 
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