The economy and your animals

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dde1878

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well i think its about time to share our sob stories of how this crazy economy has affected us as caretakers of things out of the norm.
I'll start by saying that it has made me change my feeding schedule around quite a bit. i used to to regular feeding every 2 weeks with the little guys and lizards getting what ever they needed in between. now i feed as needed only and some times have to go an extra 3 or 4 days before getting the food. i average only 15 to 20 hours a week now and live in cali so unemployment is slower that a snail taking a leak. please share how the job market and economy has affected you.
 
I have started to really increase the production of my roach colony. This way I dont have to pay for crickets. The rodents I buy in bulk and that was never an issue. But yes I agree with you, every penny counts when we are in a state of recession.
 
I'm the same as Alex. I started a second dubia roach colony. I still buy crickets once a week but I get a deal if I buy them in bulk so all my fish, lizards and turtles are well fed. I plan on growing more fruits and veggies in my garden this year to help cut the cost when it comes to feeding my box turtles. Other than that, not a whole lot has changed.
 
Vicious_Fish;2711622; said:
I'm the same as Alex. I started a second dubia roach colony. I still buy crickets once a week but I get a deal if I buy them in bulk so all my fish, lizards and turtles are well fed. I plan on growing more fruits and veggies in my garden this year to help cut the cost when it comes to feeding my box turtles. Other than that, not a whole lot has changed.
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I may start another roach colony as well, given that my insect eating colony has grown quite a bit, and exclusive rodent eaters are now not part of my collections. Times like these suck.
 
roach colonies are cool but what i would need is a rabbit and rat colony.
 
I don't know the economy status right now isn't scaring me. I am in a comfortable job that is actually excelling right now. We are hiring employees left and right and are making actually a lot of money. It's too bad though that I have no animals right now so I could share what the economy is doing to them, well I guess I could say that my cats are thriving like they always have?
 
I've noticed crickets prices in the last year have gone up in the pet stores around me. They use to be a dozen for a $1 now you only get 10 for $1. Cursed cricket inflation. :irked: I'm glad the one place near me sells 250 crickets for $8 bucks.
 
bait stores are the best place to get crickets not a pet store I can get 500 for 7 dollars.at a bait store and get 70 for 7dollars at a pet store . Both places get their crickets from the same source.
 
I have bumped my roach colonies up as well. I've had to farm out a handful of my precious smaller snakes to friends that are in better financial standing for the time being. My larger snakes are fine because my rabbit supplier is close and has dropped the price on rabbits for me, but buying frozen in bulk has been cut down loads because of shipping costs. Most everybody is still on the same feeding schedule except for the adult snakes with good weight. I have also resorted to asking for the throw outs in the produce dept of my local grocery store to keep my Cyclura Iguanas, Uromastyx and tortoises happy. Not to mention some of the animals that I have had for "fun" are sold or on their way to be. I guess now is the time for people to ask the hard question of what they really love to keep and stick with those animals. Between high electricity bills and the cost of food, lots of breeders and keepers I know are have to make these hard decisions.
 
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