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johonny Captivebred Colonel
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Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:19 pm Post subject: the price of mice has gone up |
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i was going around looking for a couple of mice just to even out the colony and i discovered shops are charging £10 each for male and female mice i think thats robbery i remember a time youd get a mouse for £1 each |
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:35 am Post subject: |
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They are probably 'pet shop' mice, aren't there any specialality reptile shops that sell live mice? _________________
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:24 am Post subject: |
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Mice are normally only about £3 at pet shops unless you go somewhere like pets at home. The place you have been seems very expensive _________________
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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I think this all depends on where you go, the local place to me was selling theirs at £18 a trio....yup it's alot in one sense for the buyer but great for the breeder
Then again, and yes it's 'only' a mouse but does a slightly higher price put off impulse buys ![Question](images/smiles/icon_question.gif) _________________ www.ratsnakefoundation.org |
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johonny Captivebred Colonel
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:52 pm Post subject: mice |
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Then again, and yes it's 'only' a mouse but does a slightly higher price put off impulse buys [/quote] course it does i dont care if there magical mice i wouldn,t pay that ![Rolling Eyes](images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif) |
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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mice are £1.50 in my local shops _________________
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johonny Captivebred Colonel
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:34 pm Post subject: mice |
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SteveL wrote: | mice are £1.50 in my local shops | thats how much they should be |
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:38 pm Post subject: Re: mice |
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johonny wrote: | SteveL wrote: | mice are £1.50 in my local shops | thats how much they should be |
I think that is cheap. I know mice aren't expensive to produce but for a shop to sell them for one and a half quid then the breeder must sell them for less than a pound each. I think a price of £3 is more than acceptable. _________________ A lil bit of Madagascar
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johonny Captivebred Colonel
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Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:42 pm Post subject: mice |
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yeah i agree with that but anything over that is a brutal price |
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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 11:31 am Post subject: Re: mice |
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johonny wrote: | yeah i agree with that but anything over that is a brutal price |
3.01 brutal?
I wouldn't buy mice from a shop to breed from since I have seen the difference in litter sizes,quality and survival rate of private stock unless I just needed something warm to feed off quickly. _________________ MORE THAN 2! |
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