Even with 12, it's super hard to justify $80 shipping on a $150 order. For OP, with one snake, they're going to have to order small amounts in order to keep from wasting so they're going to paying just as much for shipping as they are for the rodents. The price of shipping also goes up significantly over the distance shipped. I know we paid, of a total $340 order, $120 of that was just for shipping. And that was roughly 200 rodents.