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Dwarf rats
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Siamese is Awesome:gj: Agouti are kewl too :P :gj:
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Awwww! Very cute! I've wanted a Burmese for a while now, but there aren't any local ratteries near me that have them.
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:P Those are absolutely adorable. If they stayed that cute and tiny, I'd have one as a pet. :oops:
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Originally Posted by Michelle.C
Awwww! Very cute! I've wanted a Burmese for a while now, but there aren't any local ratteries near me that have them.
Thanks, I've started to make a few Burmese lately, this one is my 3rd and my first Burmese dwarf ratty.
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Kymberli
Those are absolutely adorable. If they stayed that cute and tiny, I'd have one as a pet.
Thank you.
They stay pretty small, about the size of a mouse, some a little larger and some a little smaller.
They are a little bit high strung compared to normal sized ratty's but that really depends on the individual, not all are high strung.
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D'aaaaaaaaaaww that first pic just kills me! I always loved possum faces, and dwarf rodents (I kept 3 dwarf hamsters back in the day lol). Now I might just have to get back into rodents... :rolleyes:
Congrats! :)
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Originally Posted by Tidus10
ill take 2 ;)
I'd be happy to help, now you just need a way to transport them from the west coast ;)
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dwarf rats are perfect size for bp food
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Really cool, congrats! I just finally got my first litter of dumbos about a month back. Do all the dwarf rats have that same dumbo look or do they also come looking like the standard rat?
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Originally Posted by PghBall
Really cool, congrats! I just finally got my first litter of dumbos about a month back. Do all the dwarf rats have that same dumbo look or do they also come looking like the standard rat?
Standard size and dwarf rats come in both top ears and dumbo ears.
I just have dumbo eared rats so all I make is dumbos.
I make dwarfs by breeding a dwarf male to normal sized females and holding back the female offspring and breeding dwarf to full sized females that carry the dwarf gene.
This way I get half litters of dwarf and half litter of standard size.
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Oh my goodness! Cuteness overload here! I love little baby ratties!
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Originally Posted by ballpythonluvr
Oh my goodness! Cuteness overload here! I love little baby ratties!
Me too and you can't get much smaller than a dwarf baby :)
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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl
Standard size and dwarf rats come in both top ears and dumbo ears.
I just have dumbo eared rats so all I make is dumbos.
I make dwarfs by breeding a dwarf male to normal sized females and holding back the female offspring and breeding dwarf to full sized females that carry the dwarf gene.
This way I get half litters of dwarf and half litter of standard size.
Gotcha. I noticed that my Standard size dumbo female was a bit shorter than my other normal (top eared) females so I was a little confused as to whether the dumbo may also be referred to as a dwarf. Thanks for clearing that up. I may have to look into a Dwarf male or two in the future to add them to the collection. Would come in handy for picky eaters and hatchling BPs.
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Can you ship rats ?
My daughter and I are about to go crazy over how cute they are! She has dumbos and Siamese now, and we'd love to add a few dwarfs.
No one near us has any. :tears: I know because I've been looking ever since I saw the first ones here about 2 years ago.
Baby anything is hard to resist, and dwarf baby anything is just cuteness overload!
Gale
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Originally Posted by angllady2
Can you ship rats ?
Yes, you have to go through the same thing you do when shipping dogs, vet check and all.
I've been told it's around $200 :rolleye2:
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My daughter and I are about to go crazy over how cute they are! She has dumbos and Siamese now, and we'd love to add a few dwarfs.
No one near us has any. :tears: I know because I've been looking ever since I saw the first ones here about 2 years ago.
Dwarfs are pretty difficult to find anywhere and the further East you go the harder they are to find, or so I've been told.
I'm the only one locally that has them with any regularity except for a rattery or two.
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Baby anything is hard to resist, and dwarf baby anything is just cuteness overload!
Gale
I agree, the dwarf babies when they first open their eyes are especially adorable
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Sisterly love :)
Blue and Black Berkshire Standard Coat Dwarf females
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/PICT7932.jpg
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Oh my gosh, they keep getting cuter. :oops:
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These two both have identical siblings that are full sized, very cute
Crappy pic :( dang camera operator....
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/PICT7900.jpg
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These guys are adorable! Do you have a pic of an adult?
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Originally Posted by kb1290
These guys are adorable! Do you have a pic of an adult?
This boy has retired to the ratty after life, he made me some sweet babies during his brief year and a half of life.
R.I.P. Dufus :bow: Black Berkshire Double Rex Male
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...eVelvete-2.jpg
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Whiskers N' Tails breeds dwarfs, and SOMEONE else over here on the east coast does, but I'm drawing a blank. :rolleyes:
Where are you located Snakes? :)
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Originally Posted by Rhasputin
Whiskers N' Tails breeds dwarfs, and SOMEONE else over here on the east coast does, but I'm drawing a blank. :rolleyes:
Where are you located Snakes? :)
Vancouver Washington
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Oh wow, you're the complete opposite side of the country, huh. Lol. ;)
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Originally Posted by Rhasputin
Oh wow, you're the complete opposite side of the country, huh. Lol. ;)
Yeah, way out west where the dumbo ratties roam :D
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My newest male breeder is a Black eyed Siamese standard coat.
I have him breeding 3 standard size agouti females that carry the dwarf gene, blue, and Siamese and red eye recessives also.
Should produce some awesome babies, hopefully the fawn dwarf I want so much, lol.
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/PICT7776.jpg
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:P Aww he's adorable!
See, this is what turns me off of getting one though, they have such short lifespans. :hmm: You get attached then they're gone.
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Dwarfs life span is a little less than standard size rats in my experience.
My standards are living well past 2 years old but my dwarfs have lived 1 1/2 years for both my males I've kept so far.
I don't keep or breed adult dwarf females so I'm not sure if their longevity is better than the males but I suspect not.
Also my males were breeding from a young age till they were over a year old, kept as pets they may live longer, but I'm really not sure?
Although they have a fairly short life span they are worth every minute of the time you have with them IMO :)
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You're probably right about it being worth it, but I hate losing pets. My Betta fish lasted three years, amazingly, and I was still sad when he died. :rolleyes: I've never had a pet rat (though I almost did last night when I bought my Pin a rat pup and fell in love :() but I garuntee I will in the next year, lol. If you happen to hear of any dwarf breeders in Nevada, let me know. Otherwise I'm eventually going to have to plan a trip to Washington. :oops:
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