I have a question that isn't meant to provoke any ill feelings, but I'm wondering why the price tag is so high for these females, and the price is lower for a male? Is there a reason for that? Is there a reason why the price overall is so expensive, or again, is that just because they are so tiny and are expected to be small when full grown? I've been making so much progress with the "rat-thinking" boyfriend that he says that when the time is right, because having this dog is obviously very important to me, he'd like to buy her for me as a present (birthday, x-mas, etc.) after we both research breeders and go visit...but I could never ask him to pay this much for any dog!!