Frozen Feeder Mice - Criteria For Finding A Supplier

We've already covered quite a few topics in this area about snake food, but I thought it would be helpful to provide and overall guide to criteria when deciding on a frozen pinkie mice supplier. Now there are a lot of different things that you can use to compare the different companies. The things I've chose to concentrate on are feeder mice breeding, packaging and shipping, bulk ordering and pricing, product variety, and customer service.

Breeding and Harvesting Feeder Mice
You want only the highest quality frozen mice for your pet snake. The colonies should be raised and bread with the finest of care. When they are raised with an attention to detail they will yield a crop of feeder mice that will be healthy and nutritious both before and after the harvesting. This will carry on to you having a healthy and happy reptile.

What does that really mean. For starters, they should be fed with top quality feed. They need a healthy diet in order to return the nutrients to your snake. Next they should be disease and parasite free. A good company will provide you with a guarantee to this fact.

Packaging and Shipping
Your snake food needs to be flash frozen and vacuum sealed for freshness, ensuring a quality product that is delivered to your door. This also helps to make them easier to thaw come feeding time. You should also look for a supplier that provides Free or Discount shipping when you purchase your frozen mice. This will get them to your door at a discount rate which will cut down on your overall costs. A lot of companies will offer this, if they don't be sure to ask, all they can do is say no.

Bulk Ordering Your Frozen Rodents
Why order in bulk? It keeps you from having to make frequent trips to your local pet store. But more importantly you can get some great prices as well. Look at the great prices on the quantities that are available to you. The larger your order the better your price. Buying snake food in bulk will provide you with a great benefit.

We'll help you find the best deal and supplier for your needs. No need to go looking all over the web when we do the searching for you. In a future article we'll provide a listing of the top companies online.

Variety of Frozen Mice
There are many different types of frozen rodents available, make sure your supplier has a wide variety for you to choose from. Pinkies, Fuzzy Mice, and Rats are some of the most common types to buy when you are looking to feed a snake. Variety isn't much of an issue as most suppliers will carry a full range of items. If you only have one snake, not that big of a deal, but if you have a collection of small to large breeds, you will want a one stop shop. A red tail boa is not going to eat the same as a corn snake.

Customer Service
Having a helpful, friendly, and well trained staff to help you with any questions on your orders is very important. A live voice on the phone should greet you whenever you need some assistance. Since this is mainly about online feeder mice suppliers, you will want a company that is responsive to your email. If you send them out a couple of questions before you order and it takes a week for them to respond, you probably want to stay away. You can bet you will get this kind of service or worse once they have your money.

A well established and long running firm for frozen rodents is an indicator of a great business. You can trust a name that has been in the business for a long time and has a good reputation. Keeping the reputation in the industry is a very motivating factor. You may want to take a look at Rodentpro or Bigappleherp as two places to start.

Hope this list gives you some good criteria to go on to help you buy frozen mice that you need.