First Online Order! - Perfect Prey

**Minkness** · 02-19-16, 01:25 PM

Soooo, I just put an order in to perfect prey! I'm excited and a tad worried. I hope I have the space in my freezer. I finally got fed up with paying higher prices for fewer rodents knowing they were coming from rodent pro. Most of theolder rodents (mice and rats) had a pretty bad smell too. Not to mention that for some reason my local reptile store that I was buying them from kept running out of the sizes I needed. Granted, they would give me pruce breaks to substitute 2 large mice for 1 medium rat, which was awesome, but I'd really rather have cleaner, more appropriate sized feeders for my living slinkies lol. And, I have heard great things about Perfect Prey. They were just a little cheaper than Big Cheese and the shipping was actually cheaper as well! I will be getting 50 fuzzie mice, 10 medium rats and 15 small rats. The last time I got feeders from the local store my cost was almost $100! And it barely lasted me a month. This order was just over $70 and I don't have to make a special trip or leave work early to get them! (I was leaving work 2.5 hours early some days just to get to the store before it closed because I work a late shift).

Orders are shipped on Mondays so I should have my package by Wednesday! Sooooo excited!

**EL Ziggy** · 02-19-16, 01:32 PM

Good choice going with Perfect Prey Mink. I was using Big Cheese but they were out of medium and large rats when I went to place my last order. I gave Perfect Prey a shot and was very impressed with their packaging, prices, and feeder quality. I have a separate freezer for snake food but your order shouldn't take up too much space.

**Minkness** · 02-19-16, 01:38 PM

Your experience is kind of what made me give them a try lol.

I will have my own freezer after the move to the new house (closing next friday! Will be moving around april), but for now, I have a tupperware box and need tomake it all fit in there lol. So far it's worked out. I just hope it works with this order because I got so many small/medium rats.

If not...oh well...they still have to be in the freezer lol.

**EL Ziggy** · 02-19-16, 01:43 PM

You can see the size of the small and medium rat packages in my picture on the top and bottom left. The mice fuzzies are come in a really small bag. I can fit 50 of those into (2) sandwich bags.

riddick07 · 02-19-16, 01:48 PM

I almost ordered from them the other week since Big Cheese was out of almost everything I wanted. But Perfect Prey was out of one or two things too haha. Luckily when I checked back in to Big Cheese after a few days they had everything available again....would have sucked to pay shipping twice to get everything! Nice to know that these guys will make a good back up though!

I used to order from rodentpro but they just weren't clean and the packaging wasn't the best.

Ziggy who gets the chicks? I just ordered some for my albino beauty but I was thinking of offering them to the bull too when she is big enough. I didn't get too many since I wasn't sure if he would take them. I was thinking of trying the king too on them.

**Minkness** · 02-19-16, 01:57 PM

Those look soooo much better than what I have been getting! I eventually want to stock up for 3-4 months at a time. As it is though I thinknthis lot will last about 2 months. =)

I'll take pics and update when I get them in.

Oh! And I also called their phone line because I had some questions that weren't answered on the website and the call was answered quickly, the lady on the line was very friendly and answered my few questions in a quick, professional mannor.

So far, my experience with these guys has been great! =)

**EL Ziggy** · 02-19-16, 02:25 PM

@ Riddick- All of my snakes eat chicks and LOVE them. The kings, bulls and my coastal carpet eat them all the time. Only my young jungle carpet hasn't had a chick yet and he'll get his first one this weekend. He's about 225g and the chicks are between 30-40g each.

Humble308 · 02-19-16, 04:36 PM

Zigs I'll say it again. She-Ra is just one of the prettiest snakes I've ever laid eyes on!

**EL Ziggy** · 02-19-16, 04:38 PM

Thanks Humble. I love her but your girl Bella is the cat's meow

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Humble308 · 02-19-16, 04:59 PM

Thanks! I was able to get her mites dealt with which is what I think caused one of the regurges. She's had 3 meals so far since then and keeps everything down, thank goodness.

Speaking more on topic I received my first order from Rodent Pro yesterday after cashing in on a sale for large pinks and peach fuzzies. Everything was packaged fine but I did notice that their critters smell more funky than the mice I produce myself. I'll be good for several months but when Bellatrix steps up from fuzzies I think I'll be ordering from Big cheese or perfect prey...a few extra bucks for quality will go a long way after seeing this order.

All the best yall

**Andy_G** · 02-19-16, 05:28 PM

Chicks are awesome as a treat, but they tend to make the poops extra smelly and messy so be prepared!

**Minkness** · 02-19-16, 05:56 PM

Yeah, the last few times when I got the feeders from my local store, who are very forward about using Rodent Pro, and the rats I got reeked. When I offered them tonmybsnakes, even my great feeders wouldn't bite. I had to wash them in hit water and re-offer, and finally they got eaten. Also, when I pull them out of the bags and poop is still on them was kind of....I dunno...unsanitary. even when I bred my own mice (who smelled) I never had an issue with the mouse it's self smelling and I knew they were clean because of how often I changed bedding and such. So, I look forward to clean feeders, and I feel my snakes will appreciate less smelly food as well lol.

**EL Ziggy** · 02-19-16, 07:26 PM

I tried RP twice and got soiled feeders both times. It's strictly Big Cheese or Perfect Prey for me. I think you'll be pleased Mink. I'm looking forward to hearing your opinion. Is your younger IJ taking smalls now? And the mediums go to your adult IJ?

**Minkness** · 02-19-16, 07:38 PM

The little IJ gets a mix of whatever I have between rat pinks, pups, mouse hoppers or a small mouse. The adult is my garbage disposal. He has taken a mouse hopper on up to a medium rat. So he is fed last and gets what ever isnleft over. If nothing is left, I give him a small rat usually. He could take a medium, but since I feed weekly, I don't think he needs mediums every time. =)

I have 3 hognoses and the king snake on mouse fuzzies, 2 hognoses that swap between mouse hoppers and small adults, then moko is on medoum rats, and Amara is on smalls. I have plenty of hoppers and small adult mice from the local store, but I ran out of the larger and smaller stuff. I expectthat my next order will be bigger and with a more broad size range

mysticmoon · 02-19-16, 08:45 PM

Wow. I'm currently looking into Perfect Prey, I've never fed my snakes frozen/thawed, but live mice where I live are currently $2 each and I have 4 snakes and each it's 2 mice. That's $8 total and it really adds up after a while.

Any recommendations for snakes who haven't eaten frozen/thawed before? I have my milk snake in mind, he is old and the mice have been beating him up lately. I also have a young rosy boa (1 year) feeding on pinkies, and it's hard to get live ones on a regular basis.