Well first off you buy rat seeds from Teva and they come in all colors and temperments. She gets about 5 dollars for a feeder rat after putting about 50 cents worth of feed into them.
Ok, the NPIP thing. One copy to the flock owner, one copy to the Ag. Dept and one copy stays in the book. The bleeder loops are actually a special size so that the right amount of blood is mixed with the antigen. And just a little side note here. Teva and I got the last 12 dollar bottle of antigen, the new ones are 13.
There is an expiration date on the bottle and somewhere on the form you will write that and also the lot # but they will explain all of that in school. it is very informative and doesn't really take all that long to complete. Beats hunting for a tester before a show. And on that I have also got our fees for showing waived but being the official tester at a show or two in the past.