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headlow
Hatchling
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 Posted - 11/03/2010 : 21:45:48
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By the end of last week I was completely out of food and bedding for my 4 snakes.
I spent 19.80 on two months worth of food, plus a further 30 quid on a bulk bag of aspen, that will most likely last me at least 4 months.
Whilst having a drunken conversation with my cousin about this he revealed that he spends 25 quid a week on food for his 2 dogs, so snakes are relatively cheap to keep.
I was just wondering what people on here pay for the upkeep of their snakes? |
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eeji
The Morph Master
United Kingdom
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Kare
Egg
86 Posts |
Posted - 11/03/2010 : 22:50:34
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What on earth is he feeding his dogs?! My dogs are raw fed basically they eat human grade meat from Sainsburys.
7kg of raw meat a week, 450g each day for a german shepherd and 550g each day for a golden retriever costs maximum £11 per week total, not each. The actual cost is however lower as at least one or two meals will include leftovers, vegetables rather than a full weight of meat or meat we have not managed to eat within the use by date. |
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Kehhlyr
ǝʞɐɔ sǝʌoן
United Kingdom
8173 Posts |
Posted - 11/03/2010 : 22:52:44
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I've just gotten one of those energy usage monitors, and when it's only me in the house, to run 13 vivs, 2 incubators, 3 computers, the trickler in the garage and the radio costs me 28p a day in electric.
I bought a huge bag of aubiose a few weeks back, that was £8.50 and is likely to last about 4-6 months (at least).
My lizards cost me 5 quid a week in food(for now  , the snakes cost about 7 quid.
Lizard food costs are gonna at least triple in the next 24-48 hours, when the beardies start eating more.
In total it gives a rough average of £1.98 a day, which isn't all that bad considering that's all the equipment and food.
If I started a paper round, that'd pay for all my animals and upkeep then.  |
-=Kehhlyr - The Resident Loon
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Taz Devil
Hatchling
United Kingdom
188 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2010 : 09:13:37
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| For sid it costs me about £3 for a bag of apsen that will do her viv twice so thats £1 a month, and then theres the mice at about £1 each (this is a high average as I am trying various sized mice at the moment in the hope of getting her to eat again) so thats £4 there so for one snake (excluding the electricity used for mat) it costs me about £5.50 a month for Sid. |
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Sta~ple
qeeun speler
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/03/2010 : 09:31:55
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| Where do you buy your food and bedding from o.o; I spent £20 on 3 months worth of food and the their bedding costs like £6 a month. The 4 cats we have go through about £15/20 of food a week. |
   
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headlow
Hatchling
130 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2010 : 10:40:54
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| I buy my food from local reptile shops (where ever I am closest too at the time) and I get my aspen online. |
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Azzheasman
Hatchling
United Kingdom
193 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2010 : 12:23:39
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| i spend about £3 a week on mice and a big bag of aspen does me 2 months and thas about £8 from my local repshop cheaper online no doubt,and bout £5 a week for cat food, biscuits and litter snakes are a fairly cheap pet to keep my parents spend about £300+ a month on their animals tho they have 9 cats 4 bull mastifs 5 horses 2 sheep 1 goat and some chickens lol |
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mikerichards
don't say the 'M' word!
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/03/2010 : 15:22:47
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I am jealous! Sort of, before I started breeding mice it was costing me £200 a month just to feed everyone, the mice save me about 10 quid a week roughly.
Bedding wise I use horse bedding which is 6 quid for 25 kg, that does the rats too for about a month. |
Location : Worthing, West Sussex
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Sta~ple
qeeun speler
United Kingdom
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Posted - 13/03/2010 : 11:32:43
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| Which online stores do you guys get your aspen from? I have looked and I can never figure out which one is the cheapest as sometimes they say it's blah litres and other times they use kg. |
A very special super, duper thanks for K :3 |
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