what kind of rat do I have?

He looks like greyish blue.http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/06/avu8ary3.jpg

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A grey and white one? JK I have no idea, but it looks like a few that I have. Ive never really cared what kind of rats I have, just wether they breed and feed my snakes.

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Hard to tell with the bad lighting. Could be mink? If you say greyish blue perhaps just a blue?

Better pictures would be good but it looks like a Russian in that lighting. Either way, I'm leaning more towards Blue than Mink.

It looks more minkish on my screen. Better picture with natural sunlight will help.

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I have to ask this and PLEASE dont anyone take it the wrong way. Why does anyone care what kind of rats they have? Unless you are breeding for pets does it matter? If you breed for feed does it matter? I have seen many post here about what kind of rats do I have and its really starting to make me wonder. Im not trying to be rude or even an ass about the question in hand, just curious as to the question. I raise rats for my snakes feed and have some that are solid grey, some half grey half white, some solid black, some half black half white, and some solid white. Ive even got one snake for some reason I can not get her to eat a black rat, but as soon as I throw a solid white one in there she attacks it. So is there a reason to breed or have only one type of rat?

If you are looking to sell extras sometimes stores only want white to sell as feeders. Other than that breed what you like to look at. Keep in mind though the more you like the looks of them the more it wears on you to kill them. Other than my white rat rack my entire collection is pretty much all dumbo. I had one guy complain just last week about that..took them home his daughter saw the "cute rats big ears" and proceed to throw a fit when they were fed off LOL

Op I am kinda leaning towards mink but a clearer better lit picture would really help.

Breeding rats and playing with their genetics is actually more fun than the ball pythons. And gives me something to do in between breeding seasons.

I've been selectively breeding my rats for certain looks for a few years now. They are exactly how I want them to look. But now I want to improve the shape of their dumbo ears.
And because I've been working on my line for a while and they have certain looks and genes, they're really high in demand in the pet trade. Selling 2 pups can pay to feed the colony for the month. Selling 1 pup can pay for bedding for 2 months. They're essentially paying for themselves. And I don't think I could do that if I had all black or all white rats.

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I would say that just because you feed them doesn't mean you cant like them. Rats can be great pets and a lot of fun if they are socialized. As mentioned above pretty rats can be good business too.


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OP picture isn't showing up for me at the moment, but I'll check back.

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Originally Posted by ROACH

I have to ask this and PLEASE dont anyone take it the wrong way. Why does anyone care what kind of rats they have? Unless you are breeding for pets does it matter? If you breed for feed does it matter? I have seen many post here about what kind of rats do I have and its really starting to make me wonder. Im not trying to be rude or even an ass about the question in hand, just curious as to the question. I raise rats for my snakes feed and have some that are solid grey, some half grey half white, some solid black, some half black half white, and some solid white. Ive even got one snake for some reason I can not get her to eat a black rat, but as soon as I throw a solid white one in there she attacks it. So is there a reason to breed or have only one type of rat?

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Some of us keep rats as pets too, and enjoy them as more than just feed. Some of us sell some as pets, and the buyers want to know. Some of us just like knowing for the sake of our own curiosity or just learning more.

Now the picture is showing. I that lighting I would call it mink.

Yep. I can't breed my snakes yet but I'm having a lot of fun breeding the rats. I just purchased a burmese female and I can't wait to play with that gene. I want to, like Nikki, breed for better dumbo ears (less pointy and more round and even) and have a wide variety of colors to breed for. I'm really fond of agouti and fawn. With fawns I want to breed for as orange of a rat as I can get and I'm excited to see how that works out after multiple generations.

My favorite female just had her first litter (yay looks like 15). I can't wait to see what colors I get. Plus she has an amazing friendly, doglike personality that I really hope her babies have. She's the only rat I have out to roam around. She licks my hand all over just like a dog when I get home too. :P

I'd love to have my rat line get up to the point where I can enter and place in rat shows if desired.

And I figure if I have to breed feeders for my snakes, it's best I have a lot of fun doing it. Cleaning tubs, adding food, and filling water bottles doesn't feel like a chore when you enjoy the animals.

I'm just starting breeding rats (4 litters under my belt) and I LOVE the colors that pop up from my litters. I have NO blues and half my first litter was blues and my second litter had a PEW that came out of nowhere. It's like a box of chocolates...you never know what you'll get as far as colors in a litter. I personally like to know what colors/hets I DO have so I can make more cool colors later. My rats are already being sold as pets as well so that's helpful. When someone asks what color they are, I can try to tell them. i just need to know what mine are first.