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Last updated January 1, 2014

Mail Order Prey Sources

Compiled by Melissa Kaplan

 

Canada
United Kingdom
United States
Additional Resources

 

Canada

Creatures Great & Small
Ken Parton
562 David Street
Victoria BC
Rodents & Insects
Pied Piper Rat Farm
Mike Hannam
RR#4 Coldwater
Ontario, L0K 1E0
1-705-835-7287(RATS), 1-800-903-7287
Will ship to U.S.

For additional resources, contact your local Canadian herpetological society or check out Tricia's Water Dragon site.

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Kingdom

Animal Aquatics
Wyevale Garden Centre
Heathlands Road
Wokingham, Berks
0118 9793000
On-line Direct Livefood
Chiltern Reptiles
Somerset
(44) 01934 750743
Peregrine Livefoods
0800 919631

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States

Chicks
Crickets/Worms
Fruit Flies
Rabbits
Rodents

 

Crickets And A Variety Of Worms

ARBICO
800-SOS-BUGS
Hurst Cricket Farm
800-669-7304
Red Worms 4 Sale
Raleigh, NC
919-614-0039
Armstrong Cricket Ranch
800-345-8778
Jurassic Snacks
800-299-4998
Rock Bottom Bait
Inquries 904-463-7760
Orders 800-MEALWORM
Bassetts Cricket Ranch
800-634-2445
Manchester Worm Farm
800-566-MEAL
Rose Farms
916-892-9734

CricketFood.com

Millbrook Cricket Farm
800-654-3506, 601-932-9333
Timberline Fisheries
800-423-2248
Drowned Land Brook Worm Farm
Savoy, MA 01256
413-743-2526
Nature's Way
800-318-2611
Top Hat Cricket Farm
800-638-2555
Ghann's Cricket Farm
800-476-2248
Perfect Pets, Inc.
Belleville, MI 48111 USA
800-366-8794 or 734-461-1362
Triple R Cricket Ranch
800-526-4410
Grubco
800-222-3563
Rainbow Mealworms
800-777-9676
Worm Man Worm Farm
Monroe NJ 08831
732-521-8241

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fruit Flies

Carolina Biological FlyCafe.net
Use Coupon Code “herpcare” for 10% off!
Drosophila
800-545-2303
LFS Cultures
POB 607, University MS 38677
ED's Fly Meat, Inc.
Sacramento, CA 95823
916-429-2995; 877-FLYMEAT
 

 

Feeder Roaches

Frank Holder
399 Freedom Rd
Pleasant Valley NY
914-635-8471 evenings

 

Rabbits

Lonesome Dove Rabbitry
910 Yew St.
Centralia, WA 98521
(360)736-2560

 

Rodents

Amy Church
225 Warren Street
Hudson, NY 12534
518-828-2623
LAM Distributing
POB 407
Rusk TX 75785
352-495-9024
Loxahatchee Rodents
Bill & Jim Galloway
Florida
1-888-561-RATS(7287)
C.A.P.-Co. Surplus, Inc.
Pamela Rogers
767 Watson Road
Mooresville, IN 46158
(317) 479-1738 ; (317) 725-7808 pager
Mighty Mice
3172 N. Rainbow Blvd #319
Las Vegas NV 89108
708-658-0921
Rat Ranch
2010 S. Forbes Rd
Plant City FL 33567
813-754-6258
Alan Essex
Rt 1 Box 171
Blum TX 76627
817-582-2392
Frozen
Mouse Factory
Ray Queen
POB 85
Alpine TX 79831
915-837-7100
Rodents A-Plenty
Keota OK
918-966-3416
John Fraser
119 N. 15th
Fredonia KS 66736
316-378-3138
Mouse House
Rob Traisi
Valley Center, Ca. 92082-6570
619-751-9929
Rodent Empire
5050 Laguna Blvde #112-425
Elk Grove CA 9575
916-394-1756
Frozen Rodents; when available, hamsters,
guinea pigs, reptiles, rabbits Send SASE for price list
Greg
219-724-9371
Live/Frozen mice
Mouse Trap
POB 253
Colton OR 97017
503-824-MICE
SAS Corp
237 Hover Ave
Germantown NY 12526
518-537-2000
Kelly Haller
4236 SE 25th St
Topeka KS 66605
785-234-3358
Live/Frozen
MZ Enterprises
10610 Emory Rd
Luttrell TN 37779
615-687-0757
Live/Frozen: Quail, chicks, chickens, rabbits
S&D Farms
501-582-0602
Mike @ Biologics
8280 Horton Hwy
College Grove TN 37046
800-806-7762
Pied Piper
Rt 2, Box 223-AA
Speedwell TN 37870
615-869-5524
SOS Rodent Express
54 Club Rd
Oley PA 19547
610-689-4770
Sue Galga
1752 SW Finch Ln
Pt St Lucie FL 34953
407-871-9144
Powers Science Materials
1539 Falahee
Jackson MI 49203
517-764-5929
South Florida Rodents
Broward County Florida
954-410-5635
Eastcoast Reptiles
800-600-4113
Charlotte NC 28206
V/MC/AE
PerfectPet.net
Belleville, Michigan 48111
800-366-8794 or 734-461-1362 Frozen mice, rats, guinea pigs
Varmints
Louise O'Rourke
Graham WA 98338
360-879-5580
Gourmet Rodent
Bill Brant
Archer FL
352-495-9024
Beechdale Rodents
Leola, PA 17540
Phone: 1-877-859-9082

Zoological Pet Foods
800-593-9267
Frozen Mice; MC/Visa

 

 

Avian Prey

MZ Enterprises
10610 Emory Rd
Luttrell TN 37779
615-687-0757
Quail, chicks, chickens, rabbits
Perfect Pets, Inc.
Belleville, Michigan 48111
1-800-366-8794
chicks
Northwest Gamebirds
Gene & Taffy Mercer
Kennewick, WA 99337
(509) 586-0150
Fresh and frozen Coturnix quail
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Someone wrote me and asked how to pick a prey supplier, what I looked for when choosing one. I'd never really thought about it before, so jotted down some thoughts...

Find out how long they've been doing it, size of typical orders, what they feed the rodents, how they kill them...

I'd want someone who has been doing it for several years, is used to filling order of the size I am likely to place (for me that's about 400-600 rodents every 3-4 months), and feed foods that I consider healthy (little or no dog food; lab block, grains, veggies, with free access to fresh water). Also, find out what they are housed on - if cedar, forget it. I prefer someone who kills humanely - such as with CO2 gas - than someone who goes into mass thumping or suffocating in bags or freezing.


Additional Resources
This prey sources listing is not an all-inclusive list of suppliers, nor is it meant to be. For additional resources, check out:

prey breeders belonging to your local herp society as well as ads society newsletters;

ads at Kingnake.com;

ads in reptile magazines;

Boa Constrictor Cam (see the prey size chart!)

Blackwater Reptiles (US and Canadian listings)

Fantastic Feeder Charts

 

Still feeding live rodent prey? Might want to rethink that... Feeding Prekilled Prey

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