I think that is the added total of pet abilities so far. Every talent slot has a number rating for rarity and thats what your ped is for. Those numbers beside the ped is how much they have at the present time of what they can reach.
my hatches cost 48-55k takes a higher level about 10-15 minutes to get that much gold whats the issue? I never hatched when i was a low level starting out. cheers