Handsome Rob

I finally got a dumbo-eared ratty. :D I picked him up earlier today and can't be more happier with him than I already am. Not only is he a good looking boy, he's also the biggest sweetheart I've yet to come across. I have major breeding plans for this little cutie. Oh....and I called him Handsome Rob, because I have a thing for all of Jason Statham's characters. :rofl: Anyway, thought I'd share the pics of him that I took for my rattery website. Enjoy!

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Looks to be a Dumbo Siamese

Actually, he's a dumbo Triamese. While this coloration is not recognized by many of the rat clubs out there, they are growing in population and I think it is only a matter of time before they are an accepted marking. :)

Cute little guy...Trimese, like the name...

Wait until you see dwarf dumbo broken marked siamese. The pair I have are adorable.

This is also why when i move I am bringing my Dumbos with me, because they are abundant up here, but down south appear to be very rare, and especially the dwarfs, so I will bring them with.

Most of my own are Triamese because my rats all pretty much have the Siamese gene. It's very funny though that the random feeder rats I picked up to breed have it.

What exactly are you calling triamese? What distinguishes this from a siamese or a himilayan?

Well, as I said it's not really a recognized coloring/patterning in most rat clubs. The name is basically a "just for fun" name at the moment. A Triamese rat is a Siamese or Himalayan rat that also has a colored hood marking. Usually this hood is of a darker or lighter color than their actual Siamese markings, but also different from their background coloring of off white or cream. This basically gives them three colors, hence the moniker "Triamese". Most rat clubs just basically say the hood/Siamese mixture is just a "bad" Siamese....but more and more are popping up here in the states, and I think it really is only a matter of time before they are a recognized marking. :)

For example, with Handsome Rob, if you look at this picture, you can see the very faint outline of his hood against his paler overall color.

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Sorry for the double post, but it wouldn't let me edit again to include these pictures of my female Triamese. She is not a dumbo and will be one of Handsome Rob's ladies when I get the setup for them complete and Rob gets out of initial quarantine. :D

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Okay I see what youa re saying. I have never heard Triamese. I have always heard them referred to as Hooded Siamese.

Both of my dwarfs are hooded siamese dumbos. The female has what looks to be a mohawk of darker coloring. :D

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Actually, he's a dumbo Triamese. While this coloration is not recognized by many of the rat clubs out there, they are growing in population and I think it is only a matter of time before they are an accepted marking. :)

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I was going to ask about his markings, they are really odd! He's got HUGE ears!!! So cute!

A Triamese is not just hooded. It pertains to all white marked Siamese.

Sorry for double posting! I tried to edit my post but...took too long it seems!

A Triamese is not just hooded. It pertains to all white marked Siamese btw.

The problem with a Triamese or white marked Siamese is that they change during shed, are random and it would be difficult to judge the patterns.
The original intention for breeding a Siamese is to create an elegant gradient complimenting the darkened (colder) ends of the animal.
It's meant to be smooth and streamlined. The Triamese, while still fracken adorable, disturbs this greatly and defeats this ideal and follows none of it's own. I don't think it's that the clubs won't change because they don't feel like it, I believe it's because the Triamese is still very random and no one really knows how to judge it other than build. It's very difficult. Im all for it though, that's just my thoughts on the clubs. :B

:D Yeah, right now they are pretty random. I didn't even realize that my female was a "triamese" until about a week ago. When she was born, she didn't have very dark points on her nose or ears. She just had a cream colored hood that seemed to get darker just past her shoulders. It was the oddest thing. But then as she's aged, she has grown much darker around her nose and ears, but the hood seems to stay that soft cream color. I'm definitely going to breed her to Handsome Rob to see what I get. Would be interesting to see more of these. ;)

btw, thanks Isis! :) His ears are just the cutest, in my opinion. I love Dumbos and am glad I finally got around to getting one.

I WANTTTTT a dumbo so badly.
I'm not willing to buy it from any stores near me. Most treat their rats terribly, it's not uncommon to see them dead in the feeder bins too. A rex siamese dumbo. Ooohhh!

Heres some irony for you:
I bred my female siamese to a rex male and planned to breed her back to her son for both the rex and siamese genes. While her Het boy was growing I bred a different and my main male to a female for feeders purely. I thought both the male and female only carried albino and I was really at a cross roads. This male was my favorite, his kids are always great and he is just so sweet. However I had no room and really wanted to continue for siamese. I ended up with his albino son for making himis and held onto him because I was stalling. As the albino son grew older he shed into a SIAMESE. Im so glad too, now I can keep his Daddy and get rid of that Het siamese whose turning into a jerk!

What a gorgeous boy! I so want a Siamese (now a Triamese...lol).