Monthly Archive for May, 2009

Rodent Food Update

Awhile back, I was complaining that my rat production stunk. I was feeding FRM 15%. The 15% formula is a special order product a local feed store here always has on hand. The price is great. Only $11.50 or so a bag. Great price or not, I was not producing rats or mice. Normally during the winter months, I am able to feed my animals and fill the freezer for the upcoming year. This winter, I barely had enough rodents to feed my ball pythons, let alone my boas and fill the freezer.

A few weeks ago, I was told about another local feed store that sells Mazuri 6F rodent feed for $16.50 a bag. That is a great price compared to other feed stores here.

So, a month or so ago, I switched to Mazuri. It took a few weeks of course, but my rodent production is off the charts. Unfortunately, winter is over and it is getting HOT here in Florida. The heat will cause my production to slow, but I am sure it will still be better than I was getting when using FRM 15%.

Father Like Son

I was proud today. My son, who is 16, shipped his first box out by himself.

He has really gotten into spiders and scorpions lately. His scorpion had babies a few weeks ago. He has already sold or traded all of them. Today he shipped out five baby scorpions. He did all the research on how to pack and ship them all by himself. I thought that was pretty cool.

What I was surprised about is how he moved them. He did it just by posting videos on his YouTube page.

You can see his YouTube page here: 12345Matt54321

I need to buy a new video camera. Ours broke. He has been using his phone and now the web cam on our laptop.