Awesome Rattie Pictures!

There have been a lot of posts recently and it is fun and refreshing to see so many 'feeder breeders' taking an interest in genetics, best practices, and best care for their ratties. I would like to start this thread as a place to share pictures of babies we produce or own that we think are awesome. Here we go!

One of my merle moms:
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ps8c6d2a83.jpg

Her babies are always wildly varied - still trying to sort out the genetics on this but I think I've got a lot of genes at play here:
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...psd8f4bc06.jpg

When my husband gets home, I'll have to get my camera out of his car and have a ratty photo shoot! ;)

Some of the kids...
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/27/y8epy3u5.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/27/mavyguzu.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/27/yve2a9a3.jpg

My sweetest daddy-
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/27/y7uju4yp.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/27/qyde5a5u.jpg

Baby button-
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/27/9yteve2y.jpg

Button & Marty (the house rats) they learned how to swim this summer :p

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/27/5e4ysytu.jpg

Baby button=adorable!


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Some of the kids...
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/27/y8epy3u5.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/27/mavyguzu.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/27/yve2a9a3.jpg

My sweetest daddy-
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/27/y7uju4yp.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/27/qyde5a5u.jpg

Baby button-
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/27/9yteve2y.jpg

Button & Marty (the house rats) they learned how to swim this summer :p

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/27/5e4ysytu.jpg

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Harry <3

And his daughters learnt to swim cause of meee!


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Oh man, adorable... love it! Keep em coming! I have a few babies that are going to be incredible on camera in about a week when their eyes crack open.

Alright, finally got my ratty photo shoot done!

Black "high" Berkshire ("varie-berk" as it is sometimes called) and Beige hooded, both females.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...ps40554a9b.jpg

Fawn blazed berkshire male:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...psb4578290.jpg

Solid fawn male:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...ps15abad52.jpg

Black "high" berkshire male ("varie-berk"):
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...ps357aba90.jpg

Burmese female and her new litter (sire is my agouti "high" berkshire):
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...psb6bc0311.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...ps2ae44e51.jpg


Agouti variegated female:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...ps4c7ab543.jpg

Black female paired with fawn variegated male:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...ps83c04179.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...ps4c2cb2cc.jpg

Burmese dumbo female and her litter (sire is my agouti "high" berkshire):
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...ps2e551210.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...ps23d9c3e0.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...psa82eac1f.jpg

Black variegated female and her beige blazed berkshire odd-eye daughter:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...ps6b35409d.jpg

Fawn berkshire female:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...ps56924ee1.jpg

Agouti berkshire female:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...ps9ca22ec0.jpg

Another beige hooded female:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...psc0b205b2.jpg

Beige dumbo hooded female:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...ps2ac3b314.jpg

Another fawn berkshire female:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...ps2589cec3.jpg

Mink hooded female paired with my fawn variegated male:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...ps458e695c.jpg

Fawn blazed berkshire female:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...ps87b9a229.jpghttp://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...pscba3a925.jpg

Black hooded female:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...ps278292e8.jpg

Beige hooded and agouti "high" berkshire, both males:
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...psab587195.jpg

I want a merle rattie!! I've never seen one before.

I have a few pictures of some of my ratties, but I really need to take some more. I'm lazy and they are difficult. :P

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psdc794130.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps81bf735e.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps62d2db32.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps9518d0c9.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps14045190.jpg


Gale

Good looking rats - I love the merle gene and it seems to be surprisingly rare. Merle dwarves are possible from litters I have now - too early to tell who is a dwarf yet. I'm going to take some pictures later of a merle rex baby that is definitely a holdback that was born a few weeks ago.

Wow! So cute! I love looking at pictures of rats! >w<

My phone exploded and DSLRs suck at taking every day pics. I'm getting an iPhone this month and will most definitely be bombarding this thread with pictures!

Ah, people have some really cute ratties and I must admit, I wasn't a fan of these guys when I got my first breeding group but they have really grown on me. :P

Mom Snowcap and her son, Domino.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7456/1...5bda5a62_b.jpg

And Domino about four or five months later!
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3743/1...ba814c55_b.jpg

Snowcap nursing a litter. It's hard work.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3780/1...e6e3b154_b.jpg

Baby learning about finger foods.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2864/1...43ba4fdf_b.jpg

Snowcap is really into moving her babies around.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7311/1...63a69726_b.jpg

Another one of my females, Taffy. She's a sweetheart.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7315/1...ce87063b_b.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7362/1...a7714486_b.jpg

Pearl, Diamond, and their mom, Lily.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7371/1...9f7e2d00_b.jpg

The headhoncho of the colony, Silver.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2869/1...93362732_b.jpg

And some new girls I decided to buy recently, partially on a whim. Sisters, Buttercup and Blossom.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3697/1...4f176b1a_b.jpg

And their half sister, Bubbles.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3726/1...8c8e115d_b.jpg

The only genes I'm really working with right now are blue and mink but I really want to get an apricot or chocolate too.

Just some snaps from my current litter.

https://scontent-b-pao.xx.fbcdn.net/...62566088_o.jpg

https://scontent-b-pao.xx.fbcdn.net/...37223770_o.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.n...52555280_o.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.n...15358618_o.jpg

https://scontent-a-pao.xx.fbcdn.net/...27025497_o.jpg

https://scontent-a-pao.xx.fbcdn.net/...11300751_o.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.n...64637483_o.jpg

Sheep!
https://scontent-a-pao.xx.fbcdn.net/...60930532_o.jpg

This entire thread makes me sad and jealous. :(


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Your rexes are beautiful, omg! Can I please come steal some?? :P

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Just some snaps from my current litter.

https://scontent-b-pao.xx.fbcdn.net/...62566088_o.jpg

https://scontent-b-pao.xx.fbcdn.net/...37223770_o.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.n...52555280_o.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.n...15358618_o.jpg

https://scontent-a-pao.xx.fbcdn.net/...27025497_o.jpg

https://scontent-a-pao.xx.fbcdn.net/...11300751_o.jpg

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.n...64637483_o.jpg

Sheep!
https://scontent-a-pao.xx.fbcdn.net/...60930532_o.jpg

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Awh how cute! How do I get a black eyed white? Those are so darn cute!

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Awh how cute! How do I get a black eyed white? Those are so darn cute!

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I've found that breeding animals with large amount of white together (for example, CappedxCapped) can result in nearly completely white rats with black eyes. I produced my girl Diamond by doing that and she is almost a perfect BEW minus a few colour hairs on her head. I'm not certain if that's the way people generally do it but it's certainly a viable approach.

I can't stand the dumbos, they are too cute!

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Your rexes are beautiful, omg! Can I please come steal some?? :P

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Thank you. If you are ever in NorCal or the Central Valley, hit me up. :)

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Awh how cute! How do I get a black eyed white? Those are so darn cute!

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Essentially what Kyte said.

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I've found that breeding animals with large amount of white together (for example, CappedxCapped) can result in nearly completely white rats with black eyes. I produced my girl Diamond by doing that and she is almost a perfect BEW minus a few colour hairs on her head. I'm not certain if that's the way people generally do it but it's certainly a viable approach.

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That is exactly how its done. Selectively breeding patched or capped can get you a BEW.
BEWs are essentially just low expression capped and patched rats.

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OMG! Cuteness overload here with all of these ratties! I love them so much and they make the best pets ever!

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Thank you. If you are ever in NorCal or the Central Valley, hit me up. :)

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I would love to!

Sadly I live so far south I'm 2 hours from Mexico.


My boyfriend wants to go up to the top of northern california to see the redwoods at some point, maybe I can convince him to take a detour on the way back ;)
Idk if/when that's happening though...

I love my ratty roos:

http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps09bbcb8c.jpg


http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/z...psbf0474f4.jpg


http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps7d3cee90.jpg



http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/z...psb13c40e1.jpg


http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps90221ae6.jpg


Garfield, the 2 pound walking heart attack:
http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps2f55bd97.jpg


http://i839.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps0201a928.jpg

Great pics! I can't ever get mine to hold still long enough to take good pics of them. I can't wait to start breeding them... Although I'm thinking that feeding off some of the offspring will be harder than I think it will.

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Great pics! I can't ever get mine to hold still long enough to take good pics of them. I can't wait to start breeding them... Although I'm thinking that feeding off some of the offspring will be harder than I think it will.

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As pinkies it's not so hard, but once they start looking super cute at 2+ weeks old it gets harder D:

Must... Not... Give... Into... The cuteness... Agghhhhh fail :D


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http://i.imgur.com/an361em.jpg

Super cute pic I took before cleaning the tank today!
The babies are just opening their eyes and going through the ultra cute stage!

Someone say REX?!

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...psbb74b0ff.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...ps8dd82b98.jpg

That first picture is ultra cute!
I love how crazy their whiskers are ^^


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http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c8...psebf21684.jpg

I thinks I want to keep her! <3

Are those orange and black rex? John 1982?

https://scontent-a-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/...33753511_n.jpg
My food crazy girl. This is the look I get every time I open the tub.

http://i.imgur.com/h3E1bBb.jpg
This is a boy I picked up as a feeder. Very pretty russian blue. I'm happy to know his markings are recessive too :)

http://i.imgur.com/VyooNoJ.jpg
This is a blue-beige I got out of my boy

http://i.imgur.com/Hd8RXmq.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/6n2roZg.jpg
I put a piece of wire in the tank my growouts are in so they can climb and this is what happens lol.