We had to drive 3 hours downstate to the reptile show to meet a guy, to find out he lives only an hour away from us.

We paid $5 bucks each, but talking with him and a few others, they paid around $50 for a trio. Some people paid more.

As more people have them, the price will eventually come down, but looking at it this way, we are all used to paying feeder prices on domestic rats. Pet stores still often charge $6-10 per rat, which is often where people get their first breeders from since pet stores are so plentiful.

People didnt bat an eye when they were charge $50 for a trio, or more, because of the lack of ASF breeders, and the prices that pet stores set in the first place.

Now that we've drug the price down, how many people that sell their ASF's actually know how much it really costs to raise each rat?

Are they "required" to sell the rat for as much as it cost to raise? Or are they allowed to sell the rat for whatever they want and make some money on top of the costs to produce it??

Why is it people can't wrap their heads around the simple concept that even though 5 guys down in florida buy their rats for 4 or 5 from Mike, should mean that Kenny up in Utah has to match that price when he is the only ASF breeder in Utah?

SUPPLY AND Demand. Don't forget that.