Just an update. I started with a single male and 5 female (most were already pregnant, given to me by a fellow breeder and snake enthusiast).
I now have 15 mature (or near mature) mice with just as many juveniles and pinkies.
I currently keep a heating lamp about9-12 inches from the cage with my juveniles to help keep them warm, my local temp is around mid 40s to 50s right now. the others keep warm in the bedding and huddling. my goal is to get around 4 cages breeding and a larger cage that i plan to keep feeders.
current costs;
cages - $15/ea totaling $60
Bag of feed - $25. 40lb bag, i havent even put a dent in it yet.
Bag of pine shavings - $10 again, jumbo, no real use as of yet
Total cost so far is about $85.
To give an idea of the savings I'll have, I spend roughly $20 a week on mice feeding 4 adult snakes, and another $5 feeding to juvenile snakes. I've already begun feeding my younger snakes a pinky each week, and i still have enough reaching adulthood ready to breed.
Just a picture of one of my Irian Jaya Carpet pythons eating.
