Both Petco & Petsmart DO NOT sell any of their live rodents as "feeders", but as "pets". That is why their prices are so high. Also not to mention, they both are retail stores so of course ALL of their prices are going to be jacked way up. They probably buy their rodents for a dollar or two and then turn around and sell them for $6-12.

Look in the yellow pages for ma and pa kind of petstores, ones that aren't retail. You will find that those kind of stores have better prices and do sell rodents as reptile food.