Nekonia, have you looked on
Petfinder? I've seen many of your posts so I guess you've been looking for a while. You might also want to keep a look-out on Craigslist.org for someone giving away their pets - it's not the best place to get animals, but I get the feeling pet rats aren't so common in your area??
Shipping an animal can cost 100+ if you do it right, and it takes a lot arranging so it will likely be difficult to find a breeder who's willing to ship. You'd probably get a better response if instead of asking people with adoptable animals if they'd SHIP them, you looked for people in the surrounding states who have rats up for adoption, and then post asking for help with a rat train. I think people get turned off at the idea of shipping animals, but arranging transport might be easier.
Just an idea
