Everyone here has great points and i am pretty sure everything is covered. I honestly hate a thread where someone asks how much this and that. If all you are looking at is price tags then you are in the very wrong business. Example last year I purchases an 07 pastle male beautiful animal and would not trade him for the world right but now this year I have seen to many adds to count in various places with a 07 pastel male for about 3/4 of what I paid for mine. But the cost of rats has gone up as well lucky for me I breed my own but then again the cost of rat food has gone up. We could all break it down to the penny including every tiny little detail to attempt to scare you away and next week it could be half that or double that. If you are going to do this do it for the love of animals not love of money.