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can you dye your rats?

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  • 02-21-2008, 05:40 PM
    Beardedragon
    can you dye your rats?
    Can you die your rats hair? Ive seen it done before with no negative affects and thought it was cute. Personaly ive been thinking my albinos would look good in pink( the girl) and green( the male).
  • 02-21-2008, 05:45 PM
    wolfy-hound
    Re: can you die your rats?
    Dye.
    You can dye pets hair(not in florida BTW, it's against the law!!), with appropiate dyes that are safe for pets.
    In other words, not people hair dye, not the sprays, not paints. Food coloring is acceptable, and with vinegar as a fixative, works okay. There are some pet coloring products out (mainly used for dogs, applieing to rats would be difficult, but no impossible) but I would stick with the food coloring. Pour it over the rat over and over, until you get the desired color. Warm water, mixed with food color and vinegar, and pour, pour pour. Remember the color will lighten when it's dry fur.
  • 02-21-2008, 05:46 PM
    mlededee
    Re: can you die your rats?
    I can't imagine the fumes are healthy for them and I'm not sure about the other side effects. Although I can definitely say I would NOT feed my snakes any rodent that had any sort of dye on it.
  • 02-21-2008, 05:51 PM
    Beardedragon
    Re: can you die your rats?
    These are all pets, other wise id be posting in the feeder section;) I mainly want to do it to my albino male so i can tell him apart from my other albinos.
  • 02-21-2008, 06:05 PM
    Beardedragon
    Re: can you die your rats?
    Er... DYE your rats hair...
  • 02-21-2008, 06:09 PM
    monk90222
    Re: can you die your rats?
    Yup, my snakes DIE my rats every Saturday!
  • 02-21-2008, 06:11 PM
    Beardedragon
    Re: can you die your rats?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by monk90222 View Post
    Yup, my snakes DIE my rats every Saturday!

    :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
  • 02-21-2008, 06:25 PM
    PythonWallace
    Re: can you die your rats?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Beardedragon View Post
    These are all pets, other wise id be posting in the feeder section;) I mainly want to do it to my albino male so i can tell him apart from my other albinos.

    If you PM me I can tell you an easy way to tell your male albino apart from the females. :D
  • 02-21-2008, 06:30 PM
    Beardedragon
    Re: can you die your rats?
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by PythonWallace View Post
    If you PM me I can tell you an easy way to tell your male albino apart from the females. :D

    :P Hes not the bigest tool in the shed if you know what i mean;)
  • 02-21-2008, 07:10 PM
    Beardedragon
    Re: can you die your rats?
    ok, i opted to just dyeing his tail and feet lightly blue, and giveing him a bath. He sure is a fluff ball after i dryed him!
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