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| lotabob |
Posted - 11/03/2012 : 15:10:06
I just went to one of the two local reptile shops (the one I'm increasingly getting frustrated with) and as a test I bought a pinkie of the smallest proportions. For demonstration in this picture is Duke's rat, Sanke's rat, Spot's mouse and then Hal's pinkie.
My monthly food bill usually comes in at about £20 which although I could get it cheaper if I bought bulk its not too bad. So anyway:
GUESS THE PRICE OF THE PINKIE MOUSE
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55p
Last straw unfortunately for this particular shop, I was splitting my business between the 2 in the area but the other shop is hands down better in pretty much every way.
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| mkmattyk |
Posted - 12/03/2012 : 21:32:47
Im with nickff i get most of mine from p@h, but im looking at a+n there at 9p atm so me thinks ill be going there
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| eeji |
Posted - 12/03/2012 : 20:09:23
i used to pay 15p for pinkys, but I'm sure they've shot through the roof to 17p :D |
| scottishbluebird |
Posted - 12/03/2012 : 01:05:45
My pet shop is expensive for mice, but even if i ran out i wouldnt buy their mice, look like they put mice in plastic bag and wacked with a mallet, bag/mice all messy and covered in blood, asked if they had fuzzys ages ago, brought out pinkys and said i was wrong, worse thing was she was so haughty the way she spoke to me, just gave the dozy cow a disgusted look and walked out |
| Spreebok |
Posted - 11/03/2012 : 22:25:22
My local is lovely and cheap, 29p for a pink and a £1 for a jumbo, and everything else inbetween is well priced! I don't buy anything bigger, so I can't comment on that :> |
| Oh How Original |
Posted - 11/03/2012 : 20:38:08
I only pay 45p a pinkie, and even that is quite high compared to what you can get them for.
55p is ridiculous. |
| lupi lou |
Posted - 11/03/2012 : 20:09:31
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Originally posted by nickyff
I used to get my pinks locally in tubs of 15 that cost 5-25, so 35p each- only marginally better than P@H where they cost (I think) 40p each? (correct me if I'm wrong
thats right or you can get 4 for £1.40, i get mine from p@h but thats cause i heard horror stories about the cheaper pet shop refreezing their pinkies! plus i don't like their standards so refuse to fund them! |
| smiffy89 |
Posted - 11/03/2012 : 20:05:18
breed my own now and get bedding and food for nothing from a friend who has a pet shop so mine is deffo the cheapest lol |
| Sta~ple |
Posted - 11/03/2012 : 19:15:12
Actually having read a horrific thread somewhere else where the eyes were missing and the skull was exposed, I'd rather pay extra for mice if I know they were bred in the UK than cheap ones from Europe. |
| nickyff |
Posted - 11/03/2012 : 19:13:04
I used to get my pinks locally in tubs of 15 that cost 5-25, so 35p each- only marginally better than P@H where they cost (I think) 40p each? (correct me if I'm wrong
now I get then for 16p each- from the lovely chap that bred the shoelace that eats them.
55p for a pink is creeping up into the realms of waste-water removal
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| ScalySituation |
Posted - 11/03/2012 : 18:55:21
i get a pinky for 45p and a fuzzy for 59p |
| Sta~ple |
Posted - 11/03/2012 : 15:41:24
That is expensive, bout the same price as fuzzies at my local :p kinda the reason why I buy like 70-100 mice bulk off the internet now lol. |
| serena_08 |
Posted - 11/03/2012 : 15:32:27
Gosh, 55p is expensive! Our way that is the same as paying for a medium from a shop! |
