my $.03, like it or not
well, it just so happens that the day this thread gets started, i/we get our first shipment in from Rodent Pro. paul (pcar) had posted earlier and we actually had both gone in together for a small little order for needed food and to try them out. we had both been checking prices recently out of 8-10 different suppliers and next to MiceDirect, RP was the cheapest (product + shipping = per mouse price). MD was out of pinkys the day i was going to order so we decided to give RP a shot. note: after reading Carols post about MD, i can see why they are so cheap. if every shipment comes like this one, i will keep giving them my business. i am not a paid spokesperson for them nor do i recieve anything for this, i just thought that i would add to a thread tilted "Rodent Pro".
the box shipped tuesday and arrived today (thursday) while i was at work so i didn't even get to open it until around 8:30 tonight. when i did open it, i was amazed at the quality of foam wrapping and quantity of dry ice that was still in blocks (3 in all). now granted they do charge their shipping in a "per box" type price and ours was only 15% full. so yes, we could have actually ordered more feeders and not have spent allot more on the shipping as it does not go up much after the initial box charge (maybe a few dollars). anyway, for 400 large pinkies and 100 fuzzies we paid $98.00 shipped which comes out to just under $.20 per meal. not to bad if you ask me, and i looked over every bag and physically did not see anything foriegn inside (bedding, feces, bugs, nails, tires, etc). now there were a few broken legs/arms but the best thing to see was 400 pink colored pinkies and 100 solid black fuzzies that were frozen. i burnt (ice burn) my hands taking the paper wrapped block ice out of the box and then burnt them again picking up the mouse bags to place in the freezer as they were that cold. (worst one was taking the picture) OUCH !
the only thing i could agree to with some of the previous posts would be that i HAVE seen pinkies a little larger when labled as large, but these by no means are of the small variety. each bag consisted of what it was supposed to, i did not have any hoppers in my pinkies or rat pups in my fuzzies. overall i would rate it a 9.9 on a scale to 10 and it was worth it even if i just got to see my kids have fun with the dry ice in a sink full of water. LOL
anyway, thought i would post these for some newer people to see what to expect when you get a shipment of mice. sorry for rambling, just trying to give some good information and let people who are doing it for their first time know what to expect. i am pretty sure other people could post something like this about another company as well................and nothing against the other companies, i just wanted to add to this thread.
galen
