Finally more dwarfs

I have been worried I'd lost my dwarf line since my older dwarf male doesn't seem to be getting his big girls preggo, and then along comes this beauty.
There is 2 more possible dwarfs in this litter.
The mom and dad are obviously hets, I really should have been keeping better records :P

He is pictured with normal size siblings

Himalayan Velveteen coat dwarf male and normal size Velveteen female
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/PICT8488.jpg
It's amazing how dark their butts are, lol
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/PICT8483.jpg
With a black Velveteen coat sib
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/PICT8444.jpg

That's a new one to me! I didn't even know dwarf rats existed! Excellent!

I've made them for a little over a year now, just for fun mostly.

http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...3684Medium.jpg
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...fRexDwarf1.jpg
My oldest male when he was younger...
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...eVelvete-2.jpg

Aww. I want one! :)

I happily share my genetics, but peeps have to come my way :P

This boy turns out to be a double rex/velveteen coat as he's losing his coat and looks like a lil alien rat now, haha.
He'll make me a ton of curly coat dwarfs hopefully :P
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...esedwarf01.jpg
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...amesedwarf.jpg

AWWWWwwwWWWWwwww! :oops:

Where are you? I hope you're at least in the US, LOL!

Vancouver Washington, a hop skip and a huge jump from Virginia :P

Oh jeebus! :P
My friend in TN has some, but none for sale right now. :(

The breeding was a Siamese Velveteen coat male(Big white boy in this thread) to a Black Berkshire Rex coat female.
All of my rats make Siamese and Blue but what is going on with this dwarf male :confused:

The sibling looks like a normal double(patchwork) Siamese rat, but him?
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/PICT9005.jpg
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/PICT9004.jpg
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/PICT9000.jpg

Wow, I have to find someone around here selling more than feeder rats and plain white.

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Originally Posted by jarradw

Wow, I have to find someone around here selling more than feeder rats and plain white.

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It keeps things interesting :)

He looks like patchwork hairless. But really, he looks closer to full on hairless to me. Double rex can be virtually anywhere between full body fuzz, and completely hairless. :D

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Originally Posted by Rhasputin

He looks like patchwork hairless. But really, he looks closer to full on hairless to me. Double rex can be virtually anywhere between full body fuzz, and completely hairless. :D

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There is no doubt he's patchwork hairless, mom is a rex dad is a velveteen and only 3 in the litter were standard coat and the others were a mix of rex, velveteen and doubles.
My curiosity is over his color :confused:

there cuteies

i want one so bad there sooo cute

Oh! Colour! :rolleyes:

Probably Himi or Siam. With his hair loss it's already really hard to tell. :P

Well he's WAY darker than any of the babies that I've now been told are Siamese :P so i'm clueless.
I've made easily 75-100 or more Siamese babies and none have been this dark, just trippy is all.
Guess I'll find out when he gets large enough to breed a full sized female het :rofl:

rhas, who's your friend in tn? not anyone in the clarksville area is it? lol

Her name is Jenny Irwin. I think she lives in Bristol?

That little guy is the cutest! Makes me wish I would kept a hold of my dwarf line. I gave them up quite a few years ago.

Good luck finding out the color - I am also at a loss XD

How big do dwarf rats get compared to normal sized rats? I'm thinking about getting another rat but still on the fence...

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Originally Posted by BrianaK

How big do dwarf rats get compared to normal sized rats? I'm thinking about getting another rat but still on the fence...

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The dwarfism reacts differently with all the dwarfs.
Some dwarfs stay super tiny, about the size of a large mouse but some get about the size of a small rat.

Both rats are about 1 1/2 yrs old, the dwarf boy weighed 120 grams last I checked.
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/PICT9061.jpg
And weighing in at 650 grams and growing still lol....
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/PICT9064.jpg

Dang! That is one big rat!

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Originally Posted by Jay_Bunny

Dang! That is one big rat!

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Yes he is and sadly he's getting old fast probably from breeding non stop for over a year now.
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...hare/Bruce.jpg

His son is pretty big too :P
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...14911Small.jpg