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Rat color Change

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  • 03-07-2011, 03:32 PM
    RichsBallPythons
    Rat color Change
    4 weeks old
    http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/100_3827.jpg

    now 7 weeks old

    http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/100_3880.jpg
    http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/100_3878.jpg


    And an update on the double rex who went hairless, has lost all his fur and grew shot fuzzy black fur now.
  • 03-08-2011, 01:24 PM
    SlitherinSisters
    Huh, that's a really neat color/pattern!
  • 03-08-2011, 03:47 PM
    RichsBallPythons
    Shes odd coloring. In the light she looks like a curly Siamese so no clue how shes going to finish her color.
  • 03-10-2011, 05:25 PM
    RichsBallPythons
    Any ideas, i cant find pictures of another one close to her
  • 03-10-2011, 05:50 PM
    Dexter
    Re: Rat color Change
    She looks like a hooded Siamese. When shes finished molting she will most likely lose a lot of the color on her face and back.
  • 03-10-2011, 11:23 PM
    RichsBallPythons
    Shes a red eye rex but could be Siamese mixed in too. Im trying to get pictures of the male brother i sold to see if hes doing the same thing.
  • 03-15-2011, 02:02 PM
    RichsBallPythons
    Her head color finally finished with the dark nose and then a dark patch on her rear just above the tail. Has all the signs of a siamene, but shes so much more
  • 03-15-2011, 03:36 PM
    Dexter
    Re: Rat color Change
    She just a marked Siamese. Very cute! I love them, but in the fancy rat "world" looked down on.
  • 03-15-2011, 05:01 PM
    Michelle.C
    Re: Rat color Change
    Looks like a hooded Siamese to me. They were being called "Triamese" for a while. But the rat community decided they were undesirable because they lose the points on their feet.

    I bred for these guys a while back, I thought they were beautiful. Despite others not agreeing. I tend to find they get darker points, so losing the light points and creamy body color was acceptable to me. Then again, plain old Siamese have their appeal too. :)
  • 03-15-2011, 05:18 PM
    snakesRkewl
    Re: Rat color Change
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by RichsBallPythons View Post
    Shes a red eye rex but could be Siamese mixed in too. Im trying to get pictures of the male brother i sold to see if hes doing the same thing.

    She looks like a pink eyed hooded Siamese rat.
    There is pink eye, red eye, ruby eye and black eyed Siamese, I make all 4 eye colors.
    My hooded Siamese rats almost always lose the stripe down the back, it's still there but very hard to see.
    In the end it "should" look like a regular Siamese with dark points and a creamy colored body.
  • 03-16-2011, 12:34 AM
    Michelle.C
    Re: Rat color Change
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by snakesRkewl View Post
    She looks like a pink eyed hooded Siamese rat.
    There is pink eye, red eye, ruby eye and black eyed Siamese, I make all 4 eye colors.
    My hooded Siamese rats almost always lose the stripe down the back, it's still there but very hard to see.
    In the end it "should" look like a regular Siamese with dark points and a creamy colored body.

    Every Triamese I bred lost their creamy body color to be replaced by the unmarked, white body of a hooded. The only place they were marked (had their points) was where the hooded would have been marked. Maybe it's just the genetics of the rats I was working with?

    Same with the rest of my marked Siamese/Himalayans. It even went so far as the marked ones had splotches, half patterns, etc. on their points. I had one blaze Himalayan dumbo that was especially cute. :)
  • 03-16-2011, 04:33 PM
    RichsBallPythons
    Shes got the red eye gene, rex gene and siamese gene. Her brother in picture is a double rex.

    Her brother lost all his hair, grew back a black fuz and is again losing his hair.
    http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/100_3893.jpg
    http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/100_3892.jpg
    http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/100_3891.jpg
  • 03-16-2011, 05:04 PM
    snakesRkewl
    She's a pink eye which is much more attractive IMO than a red eye and does some kewl diluting too.

    This is my pink eyed Siamese rex coat male I just raised up, he's going to make me some sweet babies.
    http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/PICT3963.jpg
  • 03-16-2011, 05:10 PM
    snakesRkewl
    Re: Rat color Change
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Michelle.C View Post
    Every Triamese I bred lost their creamy body color to be replaced by the unmarked, white body of a hooded. The only place they were marked (had their points) was where the hooded would have been marked. Maybe it's just the genetics of the rats I was working with?

    Truthfully I have found them to be undesirable and have not raised one to adulthood.
    I've fed them off as fuzzies mostly but the ones I've kept to young adult size have tended to lose the pattern and still look creamy colored.
    My breeding partner has one he is breeding, I'll have to see what color it is.
    I only raise up Siamese selfs to hold over for breeding purposes and only the darkest points need apply :P
  • 03-16-2011, 05:15 PM
    RichsBallPythons
    I got her brother with her to see what they can produce when shes mature and ready.

    They both cary the same genes so shall see in a month or 2 what arises.
  • 03-16-2011, 05:18 PM
    snakesRkewl
    I have a girlfriend doing the same, except the rats I gave her are both pink eyed double rex.
    She says they are all Siamese(not unexpected) lol but also that they are different shades of gold.
    Probably the eye color changing the coat color but we will see.

    Projects like yours is what keeps me interested in breeding rats :)
  • 03-16-2011, 05:45 PM
    RichsBallPythons
    This group i tend to sell as pets rather feed them off. The either Rex litter was held back in new groups and what was left over sold to rat lovers.
  • 03-16-2011, 06:42 PM
    snakesRkewl
    Re: Rat color Change
    This is my project with the pink eyed Siamese rex male.
    I'm trying to make some fawns and other dilutes with agouti and blue agouti.
    This boy carries a boat load of recessives including dwarf, pink eye, ruby eye, red eye and self and I'm still figuring his genetics out since he's only produced 1 litter with 3 other rats before these girls.

    He has blue, Agouti, and 2 Blue Agouti girls for this project...
    http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/PICT3960.jpg

    Fun stuff :)
  • 03-17-2011, 02:15 AM
    Michelle.C
    Re: Rat color Change
    http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...cain/lilac.jpg

    How can that be considered undesirable? I love marked Siamese/Himalayan. :)
  • 03-17-2011, 03:33 AM
    snakesRkewl
    Re: Rat color Change
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Michelle.C View Post
    http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/j...cain/lilac.jpg

    How can that be considered undesirable? I love marked Siamese/Himalayan. :)

    They are all cute in their own way :)
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