Hey I found this topic in the http://constrictors.com forums and I though it was a great idea.

What are your monthly food bills for your herps and what are you feeding?

My bill is currently around $15 a month because I breed my own mice and rats.

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Josh Shrader

1.0 Ball Python (Monty)
0.1 Red-Eared Slider (Woody)
0.1 Yellow-Bellied Slider (Buz)

Gotta love 99 cent per pound greens and 50 cent per pound squash. Oh yeah, not having to feed rodents or bugs.

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I breed my own bugs and only need about a single jar of baby food a week. It only costs me about 5$ a week.
But my other bills associated with my herps is pretty expensive.

We estimated at approx. £150 per month - for all the herps, which is around $300 almost? Wow!! That's a lot of money Ah, they're worth it!

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"If you know everything you may as well blow your brains out because the reason for existence is to learn more everyday." - Mark O'Shea, 2004

I raise my own rats, so all I have to do is buy food for them...not the snakes.

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Some think they can. Some wish they could. Some do.

I also breed my own mice and rats.

WOW! That is a ton of money, have you ever thought about breeding your own rodents?

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Josh Shrader

1.0 Ball Python (Monty)
0.1 Red-Eared Slider (Woody)
0.1 Yellow-Bellied Slider (Buz)

I'm right there with Bitis, it has gotten less expensive now that all of the snakes are eating frozen.

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It costs me about $30-40 to feed Gil (a 2.5 y/o ig) each month.... Seems kinda pricey, but I give him a huge variety of fresh veggies.

im in the 21 to 50 zone, i only need 1000 crickets about once a month if I take good care of them, greens and veggis once a week arnt expensive and rather then buy everything at once, which has lend to rotting wasted greens for me I rotate the greens and try to make it different each week. i also have pellets to mix with the Bearded Dragons food and that was like 9.00 for a 5 pound bag that i've had since last christmas so they lasted a very long time
ounce I save up a little more im going to buy a few mulberry trees and invest in a future of breeding my own silkworms instead of crickets

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0.1.0 Dune Gecko Steno Petrii
0.0.1 Leopard Gecko
1.1.1 Red Spotted Newts
0.1.0 Red Eared Slider
0.1.0 Box Turtle

It's hard to say, since I've gone from 1-3 snakes in the last four months. It looks like I'll spend an average of $50-$80 a month on food for everyone. Although it might be more in the short run as I'm planning on feeding Q weekly till he gets his weight up a bit.
And I'm trying to convert Monty from mice to rat fuzzies... it'll cost more but it's better nutrition!
I know it would be cheaper to breed my own food, but I can't have the smell of rats in the house and I don't want to deal with their clean up and care. I buy frozen and only have to deal with the smell at feeding time!

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Andrea