Where I get my snakes food mice cost $1.50 for adults, pinkies, fuzzies and hoppers. Rats cost $6. Rat pups are $1.75 but they dont always have pups but I try to always feed rats when I can. I load up on rat pups when they do have em. Ive got 2 breeder rats but they cant pop out babies as fast as my snakes eat em. My hognose isnt big enough to eat rats too, he gets fuzzy mice and frogs every once in a while when I feel like dishing out a few more bucks. The boa gets rats, but he eats f/t so I guess thats a little different (cant bite back) he has scars on his face from the previous owner and it looks like a rat got the best of him,(hopefully he eventually got the best of the rat ) 3 pretty good size scars.