Do rats change colors often? (DUW)

My favorite female has dramatically changed since I got her a few months ago. She's the only one of my rats to change. Is this a permanent change or a seasonal change? I ask this because my ferrets change coat shades seasonally ...

Here's the girl in question:
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When I first got her:
http://img.tapatalk.com/aefdf589-6ebf-0bfc.jpg

A month or two later:
(Her makings are starting to fade)
http://img.tapatalk.com/aefdf589-6f90-122b.jpg

Dorsal stripe and 'sleeves' have completely disappeared
http://img.tapatalk.com/aefdf589-706e-c0f8.jpg

Currently she only has a tan cap and some facial points left:
http://img.tapatalk.com/aefdf589-71f3-85df.jpg

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I can't help you with your question, as I have no idea. I just started raising my own feeders and only have two litters at the moment that have yet to get ANY hair, let alone change color, lol! She's a nice looking rat as far as color/patterns go; like the "reduced" look she has.

It could be that her guard hairs are growing out and that she still has the previous pattern under the longer hairs. I don't know though and am just taking a S.W.A.G. (Scientific Wild-A** Guess) at it, lol! Regardless, she's a nice looking animal.

Sorry!
I don't know why my photos uploaded so little when all them are actually the same size...

Redo:

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She started off as a tan hooded...now she's a....IDEK! LOLOL

Awww she's cute!! I think they do, my male rat was a solid smokey gray color when he was a pup, now that he's a fat adult rat, he's more of a salt and pepper color, a lot more white in his fur than when he was a baby :)

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Originally Posted by LGray23

Awww she's cute!! I think they do, my male rat was a solid smokey gray color when he was a pup, now that he's a fat adult rat, he's more of a salt and pepper color, a lot more white in his fur than when he was a baby :)

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Thanks! :)
I was just wondering because the rest of my rats haven't really changed and they're all about the same age.

Yours is a Siamese. It's just going through a main molt.

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Originally Posted by CLSpider

Yours is a Siamese. It's just going through a main molt.

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I figured somewhat since some points have appeared recently.

But I have a siamese male that never changed much. He was entirely off-white cream as a baby and had points. Now he's typical siamese white.
But this girl was totally different. She didn't have any points and was hooded.
Strange...

Any of your siamese go through a change like mine?

It is totally notmal for siamese mice and rats to go through extreme molts like that. It has to do a lot with the temperatures they're kept in, and the humidity. More humidity, worse molt lines. :P