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[CloudtheBoa]

Cute babies!

I don't think thsoe 3 are technically hooded rats. The way it was explained to me by my mentor, hooded rats have to have the hood and a solid stripe from the hood to the base of the tail without break in the color down its back. Anything that has breaks or lacks the stripe is technically variegated (or possibly DWS I think).

AFRMA describes them that way too:
http://www.afrma.org/ratmkd.htm

To be honest though, I prefer the variegated look over hooded, so what you've got is my preference in pattern between the 2.
And the terminology is probably not super important unless you show rats, but I think it's interesting to learn it and wanted to share.

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I only knew of the hooded term so that’s what I used. I am very new and have no feedback from the breeder, so I really have no idea what is what. I’m less claiming them as being any certain breed/coat/pattern and more just trying to describe what I see at this point.

There are a total of 5 of the variegated/DWS, 2 in one litter and 3 in another. Perhaps if I have space in the future I may work on some selective breeding. Not necessarily for hoodeds specifically, either.


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