I've recently got back into breeding rats, mostly as feeders, but I also like to play around with colours to see what I can get. I sometimes sell the prettier ones as pets, and I like to be able to tell the new owners what colour their new buddy or buddies are.

For the most part, different variations of blues and tans are all I get aside from the black Berkshires and hoodeds. HOWEVER! I recently had a funky looking bub pop up that I've no idea what to call him! I've posted pictures of him next to his black and white bareback brother. It may be a little hard to tell, but he's a lot siamese-type looking, mostly white with a darker butt, and as he is aging, his nose seems to maybe be darkening? I really appreciate how his brother decided to pee on his back right before this photoshoot; I dried him off best I could. O_o

He is 4 weeks old, mother is a black berkshire, daddy is a dumbo blue agouti variegated? (The 4th/5th picture is of dad)





Here is the daddy, Bhutta. I don't know how old he is, but he seems some kind of blue agouti to me, with some browning out on his rump.




Also, last question, for now at least! I also have these 3, a brother and 2 sisters. Mom is a black and white hooded, dad is unknown as she came to me pregnant. I think they are all a variation of blue, but I'm not sure what exactly? The darkest one is about the same shade as Bhutta (but I know for certain he's not dad), the second is gray blue, and the hooded is a very very light shade of blue. I know it's hard to tell from a picture, but does each colour have a certain name?