Frozen Food Prices In The UK?

[Petsnakes]

Hi Guys,

Just wondering what sort of prices people in the UK are paying for their frozen food and which suppliers are recommended?

I'm currently paying as follows......

Pinkies - 16p

Fluffs - 20p

Small Mice - 30p

Medium Mice - 40p

Monster Mice - 60p

Small Rat - 80p

Medium Rat - 80p

Large Rat - 90p

Delivery is £21.15

Are there any recommended (and reliable) suppliers in the UK who can beat this?

Bye for now,

Jim

 

[Phoeb]

I cant help you with suppliers, but I pay £4 for 10 medium mice from my local reptile shop.

 

[jub_jub_bird]

Those prices are really rather good Jim! If the supplier is reliable and the stock is good then i would stick with them to be honest. There is likely to be another shortage of frozen food pretty soon - we are having problems with large rats, and i have heard through the grapevine that adult mice supplies are going to run pretty low soon.
- Also some of those prices are better than i pay at trade, but i have had some cr@p sent through from other suppliers i had to throw away! My advice - stick with what you trust!

kat

 

[Petsnakes]

Hi Kat,

Thanks for that.

Bye for now,

Jim

 

[cornmorphs]

i pay 13p for pinks, thats for 1000 though.
18 for fluffs, which is also done in bulk
35 for large, bulk etc
thats all i use, i find the sizes of small and mediun very inconsistent, so i have started feeding 2 fluffs until they are big enough to take large... te fluffs are quite big, bigger than most 'small' i have used in the past lol

 

[beaniebopps]

Those prices are really good I think, where do you get them from? At the minute I'm paying £1.50 a prey item!! (Weaner rats) but I buy them 2 at a time from my local pet shop. I would like to buy online, but the bulk prices tend to only start at about 100 items - I want to buy about 20 at a time or so.

 

[cornmorphs]

i dont know where would be cheapest for you there in NI.
i mainly buy from simons rodents in cambs

 

[Petsnakes]

Hi,

I use Simons Rodents too.

Don't get the 13p rate because I don't order over 500 mice at a time. Bah!

Bye for now,

Jim

 

[Plissken]

Those prices seem pretty good. My frozen food is fairly expensive in relation - I pay something like £1.00 each for Connor's medium adult mice and about £1.50 each for Chester's large rats. The food is good quality, though, and I don't have enough snakes to want to buy in bulk online.

The prices you quoted look good - think you'd be hard pressed to find cheaper really.

 

[Denise]

Jim

What are the small med and large rats like????
Is small, a weaner?
Dont they do rat pups or fuzzies???

I get mine from a friend... prices are pretty comparible really

Denise

 

[Barry T S]

Not sure exactly what I pay so far, Im still buying multiple items as I learn & improve the vivarium. Yesterday I bought a book (Don Soderberg one) @ £8-95, a climbing vine @ £11 + and 6 fuzzies & the bill was £23+, so the fuzzies must have been around 50p each. local shop is Nottingham Reptile Centre.

 

[mele2511]

I normally pay £4 for 10 pinkys and £8 for 10 adult mice from paws for thought in leeds

 

[Petsnakes]

Hi Denise,

I only listed the stuff that I ordered.

The quality of the rats is very good.

Here are the prices...

Rat Pups 10g £0.25
Rat Fluffies 11g – 25g £0.30
Rat Weaners 26g – 75g £0.50
Small Rats 75g – 150g £0.60
Medium Rats 150g – 350g £0.75
Large Rats 300g – 450g £0.90
Giant Rats 450g £1.00

Just remember to add the £21.15 delivery charge when working out the cost.

This could make all the difference when deciding if it's cheaper than a local supplier.

Bye for now,

Jim