New Siamese rats, and some questions

Oh I know they will change but its cool that they are so far just beige little cuties. :)

lol this was the worst idea ever...these things are too cute already! :D
http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...cture030-1.jpg

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Originally Posted by extremeballs

You won't know for sure though till later on.

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Siamese is a simple recessive so anytime you breed a recessive to a recessive you have one outcome, all recessive.

All blue litters and all Siamese litters are some of my favorites :)

Super cute litter!

So will the hoodeds just kind of lose that marking eventually?
I mean ive never seen a hooded siamese :P
It will be weird to see them change that drastically.
Blues and siamese are two of my favorite kinds of rats, it will be hard to cull this litter :(

This is Archemedes, my Siamese Rex. :) We just love him to death! He's gonna give us some pretty babies with his Siamese sister, Sade. And they both have the best personalities.

BEFORE:
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/...s/100_1984.jpg

AFTER:
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/...s/100_2044.jpg

His markings only show up on film now. You don't see them otherwise.

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Originally Posted by extremeballs

This is Archemedes, my Siamese Rex. :) We just love him to death! He's gonna give us some pretty babies with his Siamese sister, Sade. And they both have the best personalities.

BEFORE:
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/...s/100_1984.jpg

AFTER:
http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/...s/100_2044.jpg

His markings only show up on film now. You don't see them otherwise.

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That is VERY cool!
that answers my question :)

Right now I only have the 2 siamese rats. If I wanted to hold back one of the babies for breeding would I have to get another male in the future for the holdback? Or can it be cross bred with either mom or dad?

You can cross breed son to mom and so on.

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Originally Posted by RichsBallPythons

You can cross breed son to mom and so on.

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hmm well that sucks, that wouldnt give me more production. So I would have to get another male if I wanted to keep a holdback female. bleh. :P

Just hold a 1.2 from this litter and youll have a new siamese breeding group

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Originally Posted by mues155

hmm well that sucks, that wouldnt give me more production. So I would have to get another male if I wanted to keep a holdback female. bleh. :P

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No. You can breed daughter to dad as well.

But I would hold back a group, like Rich suggested.