Thanks so much for all the advice.

I live in Kansas City, MO. I thought I had a connection for some rats but the guy never did get back to me, so the search is on again. lol

Now I understand I should get not long weaned rats. Now is that for both the males and females? You mentioned the females needing to be a certain weight but do the males need to be a certain weight too?

And if I did buy them from a pet store (not a big chain store) and got say two females and then one male, then bought the other male from a different store would the two males get along ok? Just figured that would be a good way to make sure the males are not related.

I'm just trying to start out small for now and see how it goes. So I don't need too many females. At least not just yet.

Thanks again for all the advice!