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Mice Direct

I just got an order from Mice Direct, and I'd say I'm pretty happy with them. The large rats look LARGE, and the smalls are a good size. Everything is still frozen solid, which is good. The rats seem pretty clean as well; no pee or shavings on them. I haven't thawed anything out yet, so I guess I can't say for sure if the rats will be stinky... So far so good though.
 
Only cause I have to

I get a lot of my mice from MiceDirect. But I admit that the only reason I do it is because of price. I prefer TheMouseFactory by a long shot but their prices are just not feasible for me anymore.

After using MD for a while now I have to say that I think the quality is pretty low. I've been wondering if it's because I'm a small timer and only pick up a few hundred at a time. The bags come ripped and the animals are usually filthy. They seem to have trouble getting me the size fuzzies and pinks I order but I've still been able to use them anyway. I didnt' even think of the worm stuff until someone brought it up here... At least the stuff arrives on time.

What I really want is TMF quality at MD prices.

-John Albrecht
 
What you describe is totally unacceptable!

"After using MD for a while now I have to say that I think the quality is pretty low. I've been wondering if it's because I'm a small timer and only pick up a few hundred at a time. The bags come ripped and the animals are usually filthy. They seem to have trouble getting me the size fuzzies and pinks I order but I've still been able to use them anyway. I didnt' even think of the worm stuff until someone brought it up here... At least the stuff arrives on time."

Bags come ripped...and the animals are usually filthy??? How could anyone be accepting of such an order? I don't buy any rodents as I raise my own here. But I do often put down excess quantities of all sizes of rats and mice with CO2 gas and bag them up with a vacuum sealer to sell to friends. I prepare them in precisely the same way I would want to receive them. I pick out the feces and even sometimes wipe the butts off because that is what I would want.....clean! Granted, I am not providing a huge quantity to folks across the country, but I absolutely WOULD NOT accept what was described above. I would be on the phone talking with someone the moment I discovered that. Perhaps few complain and MD gets away with selling in this manner. I would not let them treat me that way and if they refuse to rectify the situation, it would be the last time they heard from me.

You are feeding your animals with these "filthy, feces encrusted" rodents.....do you really want to do that? And, OMG....worms???? I cannot believe that anyone would accept a product with all of these shortcomings.
You all have a right to receive the quality product they SAY they will provide you with.....demand it!

Susan Sentman
SSNAKES Reptiles
www.ssnakes.com
 
Susan S said:
You are feeding your animals with these "filthy, feces encrusted" rodents.....do you really want to do that? And, OMG....worms???? I cannot believe that anyone would accept a product with all of these shortcomings.
You all have a right to receive the quality product they SAY they will provide you with.....demand it!

Susan Sentman
SSNAKES Reptiles
www.ssnakes.com
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I didn't. I threw out the order. It was disgusting. I was able to get some money back from them for some of it, but in the end, I lost the money for shipping and part of the order.

I will NEVER do business with them again.

The disgusting feeders they sent me were totally unacceptable.
 
Not really.
The feeders from Mice Direct aren't even worth the prices they charge.

They are disgusting and unuseable.
 
They must not like you guys. lol. I've never received any feces encrusted mice or poor quality mice at all. I also use Rodent Pro from time to time and they are equally the same except for price. :shrug01:
 
I just got my second order from Mice Direct. I generally order from Big Cheese but I wanted to give Mice Direct a try. The first order was unsatisfactory. The small rats were barely wean size. I chalked it up to a mistake on their end and they promised to discount me on the next order. I gave them another chance and the rodents I got were ok. I ordered 2 bags of adult mice and a bag of rat pinks. Not the best quality mice I have ever seen but again, ok. I think I am making the mistake of comparing them to Big Cheese which in my opinion are the best quality frozen rodents out there. Perfection every single time. Take it as you will!
 
Being that I am somewhat local to Mice Direct, another herper local to me was making a run to Mice Direct to pick up live mice and rats and asked if I'd like some mice. At $1 less per head than what I pay at the pet store, I had him pick up 25 and did ask for all female (as this was going to be 2 week's supply and I really wasn't interested in unexpected litters and wanted to cut down on the smell by not having males marking territories).

I am very pleased with the quality of the mice - in great condition and health and no fights amongst the ladies. I won't hesitate to take this herper up on another offer to pick up more live mice from Mice Direct for me.
 
I have had 1 dealing with Mice direct. I made and paid for the order. They later called me and I was told the shipping charge was incorrect it was a lot higher than the quote I got and paid for. They gave me the option of paying the extra shipping or canceling the order for a full refund. The shipping was double the quote so I opted to cancel the order. They apologized greatly and promptly refunded my money in full within two days. I feel this is an honest business that cares for it's customers. They took the time to let me know what was going on and made a prompt refund when asked. That is super service and great business quality IMO. :thumbsup:
 
I just received a shipment of rats in various sizes for my snakes in various sizes. The feeders are clean and nicely sized: I have no complaints and will probably use them again.
 
I have only used them twice and I was pleased both times. I don't live to far from them so I make the 1 hour drive and pick out my own bags of frozen rats. The guys are very nice and their rats are very cheap. Mike
 
Mice Direct Just Rocks!!!!!!!!!

I ordered from mice direct again, a bigger order and larger sized mice!!!!!!!!! They came frozen solid and all seem to be about the same size!!!! Just like last time no shaving, feces or frozen urine, no bad smell either just good clean mice. These mice also appeared very white without the greasy look so many of these frozen mice seem to have. I think I am going to stick with Mice Direct from now on, there shipping is 2-3 days and the mice are great!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks again Mice Direct!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
I live only 20 miles from Mice Direct. I have no affiliation with them nor are they my friends.

I visited their facility about a month ago and it is top notch, super clean and healthy animals.

They went through some issues at their previous facility with the local city and now they have moved I think that most the issues that affected their customers should now be removed.

Justin

J. Kobylka Reptiles
www.jkobylkareptiles.com
 
I ordered 100 weanling rats on Dec 30 2007 at 68 cents apiece before shipping. With shipping they were $1.10 apiece. Two days later the price had increased to 80 cents apiece. So far so good. The order arrived thoroughly frozen. One of the two bags had split open. A significant amount of feces was in one bag. My previous rats had come from Big Cheese and were uniform sized rat pups that were vacuum packed and very clean.The weanling rats from mice direct were for the most part the same size as rat pups from big cheese with many smaller than that and only a few that were bigger. I had ordered at the lowest price that I could find but will not order from them again.
 
https://micedirect.com/

It is still up. I have done business with them in the past and had no problems. Thier shipping was cheaper than most others. The last time I ordered feeders,I went with someone else because they were sold out and regreted it.
 
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