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aidan
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how do people afford to feed like 400 lizards and 100 snakes and stuff like that
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Scott W
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Don't know, I can't remember that far back, but I know what 400 lizards and 200 snakes costs me 
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Giving up smoking helps the insects become more affordable and pubs smell so much nicer.
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SteveL
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| Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Rickeezee wrote: | | Giving up smoking helps the insects become more affordable and pubs smell so much nicer. |
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aidan
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out of interest how much does it cost Scott don't mind if you don't wanna say
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kroakykaren
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| Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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we work every hour that god sends and then some, and do without ourselves!!! hell i live in a shed  and my kids are starving constantly
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aidan
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| Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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how many chams do you have Karen
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Mememe
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I think anyone with a collection like that WILL breed their animals, and though it most likely will not cover the costs totally, it will help it from being crippling on their bank balance!
Also, breeding food items is FAR cheaper - I doubt anyone has a collection like that without breeding.
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aidan
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I'm starting a collection at 14 lol I'm proud considering i now have 4 beardies and 2 tortoises and soon 2 charms and 40 bearded dragon eggs
and alot of roaches
considering i wasn't aloud anything else after my 2 Leo's and tortoises i think I'm doing well lol
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Scott W
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| aidan wrote: | | out of interest how much does it cost Scott don't mind if you don't wanna say |
To be honest I don't really know, what I can tell you is that there are great savings to be had in the 'scales of economy' once your collection gets to a certain size.
The ONLY food items I buy are CGD in 1.2kg tubs, these I buy at wholesale prices (when they have the dam stuff in stock!) Everything else I use is bred by myself and a local greengrocer donates a dozen bananas a week too. If I was to actually buy my foods weekly from a herp shop then I would guess that bill would be £200+ on rodents and £200+ on insects
My biggest cost is my electricity, over £350 a month.
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