future breeder females

[markface]

i thought i would post a couple pics of some of my future breeder girls . these are all dumbos and will be put with a beautiful male champagne rex i have .

this is a black self dumbo she is just about a month away from being big enough .



a champagne self dumbo . this girl is about 6 weeks old so it will be a while till she's ready .




these little girls are black berkshire dumbos . they are 4 weeks old and i have to figure out which one or two are going to be breeders .



i dont name my breeders because i'm horrible with coming up with names . heck its hard enough to think of names for all the snakes .

i also have some rex females that i'm raising up but they wouldnt hold still long enough to get pics of them . i'll try to get pics of them later .

[Larry Suttles]

Nice group you have there. Are you considering any combos?

[markface]

thanks i'm actually hoping to be producing some dumbo rex's once these girls are big enough to breed . my rex male is the product of a rex male and a dumbo female so hopefully ..... i also have a dumbo male that i'm raising up to put with a few rex females . i was looking into breeding some hairless , but decided against it . i'd realy like to get some blues to add to my colonies , i just havent had time to go out looking for any yet .

breeding rats for me is as interesting and fun as keeping and breeding my snakes . i look forward to seeing the pinks born and watching them grow and show their colors .

[frankykeno]

I think it's so cool that many of us that are breeding for feeders are so into all the rat combinations and genetics stuff. I really thought I was the only one who was kind of goofy over my feeder/breeder rat colony LOL. Well I figure, if I'm going to breed rodents...I may as well breeding nice looking ones! Those are certainly so lovely looking future rat mommas you have there!

[markface]

thanks . i figure breeding for the different genetics is so much more interesting than just plain ole pink eyed white rats . its cool to see what is produced by mixing the differemt colors , patterns and physical characteristics of rats . its just something i've come to enjoy .

[frankykeno]

Completely agree with you. I just never could get into the typical albino lab rat sort of rat. Something about them sort of creeps me out LOL. As well the only albinos I've used have tended to be very overprotective of their litters and quite nippy with me. Good breeders, big litters and good mothers but a bit more hassle than I find worth it, for me anyways.

[markface]

i do have one pew male that is on breeder loan to the petshop i work at . he's one of the biggest rats i've ever had . he's right at 2 lbs right now and is a real stud . he will be coming home here soon to live out his days as a pet because he is just a sweet heart . his name is fred .


this is him .

[Amy05]

wow. good luck with that. sounds like you will be producing some cool rats

[markface]

thank you . i hope to get some cool critters out of my rats