I’d never do it myself, but you hear stories of people who decide to do it, and they end up really enjoying it. It becomes another hobby.
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If I did it I would end up being overrun by cute little mice and yes cute little rats that I could never feed to any snake……
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I can see that happening. 
I always enjoyed my pet mice as a kid, then with my kids. Kept classroom pet mice, too. And gerbils. And an occasional psycho hamster. But I don’t need another hobby! Lol
I can see that happening. The pet mice were always just that. I didn’t feed pets to pets, and one I get to know them, well, they’re pets.
So yes, I will keep purchasing my feeders in bulk.
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Yeah, this would be my problem. It still sometimes gives me a sad when I get a frozen rat that resembles one of the pet rats I used to have. If I tried to breed mice and/or rats, they would instantly just become pets and I wouldn’t be able to bring myself to feed any of them off.
I have a hard enough time pre-killing crickets for one of my tarantula slings. I’m definitely not cut out for raising my own feeder rodents.
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That’s funny because I tried pulling off the legs of some crickets once to feed spiderlings but after pulling off a few I couldn’t do it anymore.
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We’re doomed! 
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Yeah, I had a hard time with that too. I always feel super bad if I don’t get a “clean kill” on the first squish. Sometimes the little buggers move at exactly the wrong time and it takes two or three tries.
Logically I know it’s not really any less humane than throwing a live cricket to a hungry spider, but it still feels kinda icky. I guess I just prefer to let the spider do the dirty work.
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Bingo dear girl!
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