Wow.. being overrun would be a good thing at this point for me! Since my snake collection has grown, I cannot breed enough rats, and my friend (oddly, the woman who's selling the rats at her store) always pesters me in a friendly way to sell her some feeders. I usually end up buying from her though.. her breeder/seller is hard to get ahold of I guess.
So.. I was thinking of getting some established (one male, harem setup) so that once I have hungry BP hatchlings this year, I will have a lot of food for them. My rat colony was near-repleted this year from hatchlings' needs for baby rats. Now, I increased the amount of normal rat females that I am raising now.. but I still fear being tapped-out. Worst case scenario; I could euth and freeze them if they overpopulate. I am thinking that Friday I will swing down to the store and pick up 1.3. I have a 30g-long tank just waiting.