Quote Originally Posted by distaff View Post
While keeping snakes is fun, raising the *livestock* to support them, is work. Not everyone likes that work, and to do so on any scale efficiently, one also needs to spend money on feed, and on equipment, and one much dedicate indoor climate controlled space to the rodent operation. Until you do it, I would just accept that you are paying the going price for what that individual is willing to produce the product for.

We just paid $1 a piece for two of the local pet store's smallest live pinky mice, raised by the store owners.
I have NO problem with that. It's not like they are getting rich off it.
Well it's definitely a specialized pet store, so I understand why the prices are steep. I'm willing to pay the cost (because I am not going to be breeding mice/rats), I just wanted to know what most people paid, considering online you get them for .60c and 2.25$ is so much higher than that.

Thanks for your response!