Well you're comparing apples to oranges really. If a small mouse is $1.50 and a small rat is around $3.00 that makes sense since that small rat is going to be a lot bigger and cost more for the pet store to feed and house (less per tank) than the small mouse. If you wanted the same prey volume of a small rat you'd have to buy more than one of those $1.50 mice.
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