Ratty update

[bokuza]

Serenity had her litter three days ago. The father is probably Mutton Chops since they look like him. Pongo held onto her litter for three extra days and gave birth last night. The father is mystery since I bought her pregnant. Pongo is one of those super rat moms. She's the main caretaker of all 17 while Serenity only goes when shes bored. I had honestly forgotten how great it is to wake up to little rat pups mommy cries.

Pongo on all 17


Pile O pinkers!


Serenitys 8


Pongos 9


Muttin Chops & Serenity for good measure

[snakesRkewl]

I love Pongo the black possum face.

It looks like she might be a "satin coat".
Slight curl to the end of the whiskers, shiny coat with no white hairs protruding through the black, silky like coat hence the term Satin coat.
Satin coats make the white seem like it glows, much whiter than white on standard coats.

Serenitys 8 looks like a pile of "Barebacks", like a hooded rat but no stripe.

Thanks for sharing

[bokuza]

Could she be? I'm not sure she is but she's pretty none the less. Is satin recessive? A freind of mine has dibs on her young. Serenity litter appear to be miss marked barebacks. Some are gaining more spots though.

I used to own a Essex satin rat. Very interesting combination and had several offspring like it.

[snakesRkewl]

Could she be? I'm not sure she is but she's pretty none the less. Is satin recessive? A freind of mine has dibs on her young. I think Serenity is a miss marked capped? Not sure.

I used to own a Essex satin rat. Very interesting combination and had several offspring like it.

From what I've read satin coat is a recessive trait.
I've just started producing them recently and love how silky soft they are.

If Serenity has no black on the lower jaw and under the head then she is a capped, if the whole head is black she is a Bareback.
She's not mis-marked but has a "head spot".
She looks like a Black capped w/head spot standard coat.

Mutton chops is an Agouti Hooded standard coat, I like agouti alot, it's a Dominate trait, 50% of the babies by odds will carry agouti, even if it is also another color.
There is black agouti, blue agouti, red eye'd agouti is Fawn, etc, it makes some nice combos

[bokuza]

Yeah satins are very dashing. They do wonders for B/W coats. I this Serenitys chib is white and she has a lightning bolt head spot. I used to know. All of the names for rat markings. I simply forgot them when i stopped breeding.

Mutton Chops is a pretty cool agouti color. Still can't pin point it since my camera some days thinks he's blue and others he's mink.

[snakesRkewl]

Blue standard coat Lightning blaze with odd eye.
Left eye is Black right is Ruby, almost every blue w/lightning blaze I throw has odd eye, pretty kewl.



Rat genetics keeps me busy between caring for snakes

[bokuza]

Thats very interesting, i've had quite a few lightning blazes but none with odd eyes. I struck the jackpot finally with Prussia and Russia. (the buck & doe and I had you ID for me)

[snakesRkewl]

After looking at Pongo's pic again, the whiskers are too straight to be a Satin coat, but she is awesome none the less.

[bokuza]

After looking at Pongo's pic again, the whiskers are too straight to be a Satin coat, but she is awesome none the less.

I think you might be right. She looks sleek but maybe thats just the way her perfect black comes off as. As she ages im sure her black and whites wont be so perfect.

[snakesRkewl]

As she ages im sure her black and whites wont be so perfect.

That's what happens to most blacks, they tend to brown out.
I have some that held well and some that are very faded black.

I went and had to take a pic a weanling I have, he's got a kick butt lightning blaze thing going on



As much as I like lightning blazes I love the possum faces even more, just my personal preference I guess.