Too Freaking Cute

to feed off - so I didn't! I picked up some feeders yesterday, and as I was loading them in the car, I spotted her - checked to make sure she was a female and made the guy go get me one more rat, because I knew I was keeping her! I haven't had any himalayans, and decided I wanted to raise her up to be a future breeder.

Does anyone know if the himalayan gene is recessive or dominant?

Here's the cutie pie - who's as sweet as she is cute! And her butt really has that tan coloration, it's not urine stains:

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Cute butt:
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http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e9...s/IMG_5879.jpg

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I guess I'm the only one who thinks she's freaking cute? :confused:

I know how that goes Robin, I always get feeders that I cant feed off, it is a never ending battle! Cute rat :)

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Originally Posted by Lewdogg3

I know how that goes Robin, I always get feeders that I cant feed off, it is a never ending battle! Cute rat :)

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Thank you Lewie!!!

Imagine once the dumbo gene hits her future babys:P Was she from AA?

i get those from time to time. they are really cool looking

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Originally Posted by Beardedragon

Imagine once the dumbo gene hits her future babys:P Was she from AA?

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Affirmative! Wait - maybe not the AA you're thinking, but it also goes by AA.

She is just adorable Robin!

Hi, Robin!

That is a cute rat - IIRC, the Himalayan gene is recessive, and its expression is thermally controlled. (The points are darker because they're cooler.) I've got himalayans (without tanned butts) in my colony - including some dumbo rexes that I recently held back. As fuzzies, they're often whitish over the front half of their bodies, and dark on the back half - the front half is kept warm while nursing under momma's belly, while the exposed back half is cooler! I've read that a good outcross for the Himalayan gene is to a self black, which help with the intensity of the points.

Enjoy working with her!

~Bruce

Oh my goodness I'm so jealous!!! I've been wanting one of those, but I've never seen one around here! Very cute! I can't believe they were in with the feeders!!!!

She is super cute! I had a Himalayan female a while back, and my rat guy works with them pretty extensively.

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Originally Posted by BrucenBruce

Hi, Robin!

That is a cute rat - IIRC, the Himalayan gene is recessive, and its expression is thermally controlled. (The points are darker because they're cooler.) I've got himalayans (without tanned butts) in my colony - including some dumbo rexes that I recently held back. As fuzzies, they're often whitish over the front half of their bodies, and dark on the back half - the front half is kept warm while nursing under momma's belly, while the exposed back half is cooler! I've read that a good outcross for the Himalayan gene is to a self black, which help with the intensity of the points.

Enjoy working with her!

~Bruce

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I agree with the thermal point on this, but I believe that the siamese is a darker version of this. I almost want to say its co-dominant because when two himalayans are bred together the point and fur becomes darker. But like Bruce said it may simply be from outcrossing with darker genes.

I know blue points are made by outcrossing to blue selfs. So it may simply be that a siamese is from outcrossing to a darker self.

I have a himalyan dumbo female right now (almost breeder size a few more weeks), she came form my himalayan TE breeder to a black hooded dumbo.