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 #1708808


Argusfreak
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 Feeding price a week

I was wondering on average how much money do you spend a week buy your full grown male sav( if you have one)? Yes I know there are many variations but I tried to mke this as simple as I could. I just want to know how much YOU spend. Hopefully if I get alot of replies I will a good idea of how much money.
04/19/08  07:52am

 #1708872


Reedie
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   Message To: Argusfreak   In reference to Message Id: 1708808


 Feeding price a week

I feed my sub-adult (I think male) Bosc a dozen or so roaches/grasshoppers with Canadian Nightcrawlers and mice. I breed the insects and the worms, and I get the mice from a local place (live, I have to kill a lot of mice) real cheap.

So monthly, I’d say $50

-Reed
04/19/08  09:37am

 #1708873


Reedie
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   Message To: Reedie   In reference to Message Id: 1708872


 Feeding price a week

Oh wait, I need to cut out the cost of feeding the waters...

Monthly, $20 for Bosc.

-Reed
04/19/08  09:39am

 #1708880


Reedie
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   Message To: Reedie   In reference to Message Id: 1708873


 Feeding price a week

Darn it! Sorry, weekly I’d say $7 for Bosc.

I’ll read the title before posting next time :).

-Reed



04/19/08  09:45am

 #1708979


Corny221
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   Message To: Reedie   In reference to Message Id: 1708880


 Feeding price a week

i have a hatchling and i spend about $10 a week on him, i also go to an over priced pet shop to get his food tho
04/19/08  12:04pm

 #1708995


Geezle
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   Message To: Corny221   In reference to Message Id: 1708979


 Feeding price a week

Reed...you say you breed the nightcrawlers? Is there much involved with it? My timor and my water dragon both love them, but I usually just get them from a bait shop...I think they’re around $2.50/dozen.
04/19/08  12:28pm

 #1709007


Reedie
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   Message To: Geezle   In reference to Message Id: 1708995


 Feeding price a week

Geezle, it’s simple, but you have to refregerate them. I bought one of those "pet carrier" things, its a clear plastic thing with a blue top. It’s a few gallons. I just bought 50 crawlers, dumped them and the dirt that they came with into the carrier. Weekly I pour a little bit of water on them and put some lettuce on top of the dirt.

-Reed



04/19/08  12:48pm

 #1709011


Reedie
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   Message To: Reedie   In reference to Message Id: 1709007


 Feeding price a week

Quote:

refregerate


Correction refrigerate

-Reed
04/19/08  12:53pm

 #1709028


Geezle
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   Message To: Reedie   In reference to Message Id: 1709011


 Feeding price a week

Sounds simple enough...I’ll have to look into it a little more. What kind of turnover do you get on them...are they very prolific?
04/19/08  01:11pm

 #1709040


Reedie
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   Message To: Geezle   In reference to Message Id: 1709028


 Feeding price a week

Yes, they are quite prolific. I haven’t counted them, but I can feed off a dozen a day and it doesn’t affect the colony.

-Reed



04/19/08  01:34pm

 #1709046


Betarev3
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   Message To: Reedie   In reference to Message Id: 1709040


 Feeding price a week

a group of worms is called a squirm instead of a colony
04/19/08  01:40pm

 #1709069


Reedie
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   Message To: Betarev3   In reference to Message Id: 1709046


 Feeding price a week

Thank you, I call mine lizard food :).

-Reed
04/19/08  02:11pm

 #1709308


Argusfreak
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   Message To: Reedie   In reference to Message Id: 1709069


 Feeding price a week

Oh yeah. Using approximate percentages, what are your food items(exp. 60% chicks and 40% rats). Thanks for the replies.
04/19/08  06:26pm

 #1709338


Reedie
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   Message To: Argusfreak   In reference to Message Id: 1709308


 Feeding price a week

70% bugs, 30% rodents. When I add birds to his diet it will be 70% bugs, 20% chicks, 10% rodents.

-Reed
04/19/08  06:57pm

 #1709355


Carpondro17
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   Message To: Reedie   In reference to Message Id: 1708880


 Feeding price a week

Wow you get your stuff real cheap!!!
Grasshoppers? Do you have the ones from outside or you breed them?
I have a BUNCH of them in my back yard but dont wanna use any lol
Would it be safe to catch some and breed them?
04/19/08  07:13pm

 #1709366


Reedie
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   Message To: Carpondro17   In reference to Message Id: 1709355


 Feeding price a week

Carpondro,
I caught a few hundred last year (real fun) and bred the parasites out of them. When using WC insects like this, I always checked my Bosc’s stools and looked at some of it under a microscope as well (I don’t need no stinking vet ;p). I’m pretty sure that there has been enough generations of them that the parasites are gone. I got the roaches from LLLreptile, they are way overpriced, next time I’m going to Mike! I get live mice from a local place for $1/2 mice (the price is $1 each, but I get a special discount).

-Reed
04/19/08  07:29pm

 #1710050


Carpondro17
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   Message To: Reedie   In reference to Message Id: 1709366


 Feeding price a week

Oh ok ill see how much i can catch today and guess breed them like hell!! XD
I get discounts on my food but I still pay 27$$ a week!!



04/20/08  12:57pm

 #1710865


Norf
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   Message To: Carpondro17   In reference to Message Id: 1710050


 Feeding price a week

I don’t have a sav, but I spend about $25 on mice for my argus weekly.
04/21/08  01:03am

 #1711397


BTbandit
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   Message To: Norf   In reference to Message Id: 1710865


 Feeding price a week

I breed all my feeders so I spend about $10 a month to feed 2 beardies and a juvenile BT monitor. i couldn’t imagine if I had to go to the pestore regularly again. I rarely will go to get some feeder fishes for my monitor thats it though. thanks
04/21/08  04:17pm

 #1711406


Reptictale92
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   Message To: BTbandit   In reference to Message Id: 1711397


 Feeding price a week

I do not do a weekly thing, but every two weeks I will spend adout $200 dollars on my reptiles.
04/21/08  04:28pm

 #1711407


BTbandit
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   Message To: Reptictale92   In reference to Message Id: 1711406


 Feeding price a week

repticale92, may I ask what reptiles you have to spend that much on them that often?
04/21/08  04:30pm

 #1711461


Reedie
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   Message To: BTbandit   In reference to Message Id: 1711407


 Feeding price a week

Quote:

I do not do a weekly thing, but every two weeks I will spend adout $200 dollars on my reptiles.


You should look into breeding feeders, what all are you buying every two weeks?

-Reed
04/21/08  05:20pm

 #1711486


Reptictale92
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   Message To: Reedie   In reference to Message Id: 1711461


 Feeding price a week

I have to feed an ornate monitor, a Black throat monitor, a mangrove, a baby golden tegu, 3 ball pythons. I buy 1 bag of XL mice, 1 bag of hoppers, 1 bag of small rats, 1 bag of large rats, and cricks. and mealwroms. I tried the breeding thing and did not work out to well.
04/21/08  05:32pm

 #1711493


Reedie
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   Message To: Reptictale92   In reference to Message Id: 1711486


 Feeding price a week

Hey reptic, I sent you a PM.

Have you tried breeding roaches? your monitors will love them and they will save you tons of money.

-Reed
04/21/08  05:34pm

 #1711496


Reptictale92
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   Message To: Reedie   In reference to Message Id: 1711493


 Feeding price a week

I tried everything just does not come out right.
04/21/08  05:36pm

 #1711510


BTbandit
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   Message To: Reptictale92   In reference to Message Id: 1711496


 Feeding price a week

Dude, I just threw my roaches into a large rubbermaid with an undertank heater and i throw food in there every few days and they breed like the world is ending tomorrow. I have never bread mice and it was a piece of cake. If you can care for all those reptiles you surely could breed some feeders. isn’t hard at all
04/21/08  05:46pm

 #1711517


Reptictale92
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   Message To: BTbandit   In reference to Message Id: 1711510


 Feeding price a week

OK I will try again I just go to make some room.



04/21/08  05:49pm

 #1711538


BTbandit
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   Message To: Reptictale92   In reference to Message Id: 1711517


 Feeding price a week

i don’t know if I already mentioned this but it costs me about $10 a month to feed my lizards and that is just food for my feeders to eat. i am going to go more economical and get a industrial size bag of feed for rats and mice as it is $20 and will last about 6 months. the roaches get leftovers and any veggies from the garden we don’t want as well as any old veggies in the fridge. I will also go and buy some collard greens and some other greens for a totaly of about $3.00 and that will last all month. thanks
04/21/08  06:00pm

 #1711551


Reptictale92
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   Message To: BTbandit   In reference to Message Id: 1711538


 Feeding price a week

When my mom said I got to pay for the feeders my self I got a gob that pays about $826.55 is a average. $200 go to my reptiles, 100 to my car, and the 100 goes to my mom.
04/21/08  06:07pm

 #1711561


BTbandit
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   Message To: Reptictale92   In reference to Message Id: 1711551


 Feeding price a week

oh we are dealing with a youngin here. i seriously think you are shooting yourself in the foot with paying that much. Are you paying like $5 each for your mice or something? Do what you like if you want to just throw money away. i could see how breeding feeders could be a little hard just because it takes some time and effort but it worth it bud.



04/21/08  06:11pm
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