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Rare rats, Who has them?

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  • 02-14-2009, 12:06 AM
    Jyson
    Rare rats, Who has them?
    I have recently retired three of my female rats, and have been wanting to get some variety in my colony. Soooo, I was wondering who actually owns Black eyed Leucistic rats, and the blue rats? And, how can one attain a rat like those when local rat breeders don't have them either?
  • 02-14-2009, 12:08 AM
    stangs13
    Re: Rare rats, Who has them?
    I have me some blues with some crazy genetics...still havent figured it out, the father was bought as a beige rex hooded male...
  • 02-14-2009, 12:14 AM
    Morphie
    Re: Rare rats, Who has them?
    I have a blue dumbo girl who, when mating with my cream colored male, gives me nothing but blue dumbo babies.

    If you're nearby, I can toss you some blue. I also have rex rats from time to time. I've got siamese in the mix but I haven't bred her yet.
  • 02-14-2009, 12:24 AM
    DZBReptiles
    Re: Rare rats, Who has them?
    I had some Blues but fazed them out. They were not the best parents, plus they would die a lot while giving birth. Black-eyed whites on the other hand are cool as long as they are not co-dominate. The co-doms are prone to mega colon. I have been selectively breeding hoods and capped and have gotten it down to just a very small amount of gray around one eye or ear. Getting rid of that last little bit of color has been tough. Just start with the highest whites and line breed the black or beige out. Takes a few generations but no Mega colon. Good luck. jeff
  • 02-14-2009, 12:40 AM
    Shadera
    Re: Rare rats, Who has them?
    I've got some blues. If you say where you're located, at least the state, I'm sure someone near enough to you would be happy to help you get a few of those rarer ones.
  • 02-14-2009, 02:09 AM
    wilomn
    Re: Rare rats, Who has them?
    Plenty of blues out here SoCal way.
  • 02-14-2009, 09:08 AM
    Jyson
    Re: Rare rats, Who has them?
    Dumbos are another one I am looking into as well. I am located in Brooksville, Florida.
  • 02-14-2009, 09:22 AM
    nova2door
    Re: Rare rats, Who has them?
    you can make blues by breeding black and gray together then breed the babies to each other
  • 02-14-2009, 09:44 AM
    Morphie
    Re: Rare rats, Who has them?
    I am no longer keeping any female fawn colored rats. Every last one of them has died during birth, and, besides being a huge waste of resources, it's pretty depressing.

    So far no problems with the blues.
  • 02-14-2009, 10:48 AM
    m00kfu
    Re: Rare rats, Who has them?
    Stick to blues from an established line. English blues from petstore lines still have problems hemmoraging during birth. We had that happen recently here.

    Really, your best bet is to get from a feeder breeder that knows the health of each color they are carrying. Like Morphie knows that her fawns don't birth well, but her blues are fine.

    Things like that will go far into improving your colony, not filling it with crap rats.

    Regardless, make sure you QT new rats. You don't want to bring some home only to have it infected with many of the diseases rats have, and wipe out most or all of your colony very quickly.

    BTW, there are no lucy rats, it's called a black eyed white, and it is a very high white rat. High whites are a very high risk for megacolon. Google it. :gj:
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