How to Buy Pinkies for a Pet Snake?

Question

My Boa Constrictor, Reggie, is refusing to eat frozen pinkies, so I need to get him some live ones. Where can I get live rat pinkies? I looked online, but they only sell frozen ones. Do pet stores sell live pinkies, or will I have to go to a breeder? I need to know where I can get these so Reggie can eat. He is a very picky eater.

Answer 1

petco or petsmart dont sell live feeders but you can go to a local petstore or just a small one and they will probably have them

Answer 2

....well i heard that pet stores < some of them do cary live ones but u could call or ask someon there to see if they have them :P or go to a breeder i dont feed my snake live food i couldn't :( but...u could go online and search it like google or something and if they dont have wat ur looking for at the bottom it gives u a list of other sites :P :P

hope i sorta kinda helped good luck

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Answer 3

everypet store i've ever gone to has feeder mice. you might have to just ask them though some kept them in the back to not upset the kiddies when asking about them

Answer 4

you will find pinkies in pet store.

Answer 5

do you have a petco near you, or a petmart. they usually sell those there. we have a love a pet here also, not sure if you are near one or not.

there is a link, you can see if they sell live ones

Answer 6

try this site ca for canada com for the states, most rat breeders sell live pinkies you just have to look.

http://www.kijiji.ca/

http://www.kijiji.com/

Answer 7

Your best bet if you want a 'regular supply' of live pinkies is to buy several female rats and one male rat ... put the male in with only one female and take him out after a week.  Soon you will have a 'never ending' supply of pinkies as long as you keep the females in separate cages, and the male rat is a 'transient' with no 'home of his own'.  It take approximately three weeks for each female to have a litter, and a 'pinkie' is a newborn baby rat before it grows fur ... which lasts, at most, for one week.

Seriously, try putting the pinkies in the microwave on defrost, so they are thawed when you feed them to Reggie.  Most boas don't care if what they eat is dead or alive, but they do want it to be WARM!

Answer 8

boas can eat pinkies but u'll have to feed him alot of them 3 or 4 . u should get him a moues

Answer 9

why are you feeding a boa pinkies? As babies, columbian Boas can eat an adult mouse.

Answer 10

Most pet stores will have live pinkies.  Just go in and ask a sales associate.

Answer 11

pet stores and feed stores(places where they sell hay and things for horses)

Answer 12

pet stores carry them