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Thread: Colors

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    Colors

    I have a female rat and I am not sure what color to call her. Her mother was beige, but I culled her because she was aggressive and only had a few pups. I fed off all but one because it got too big, and she had an interesting color and dumbo eats. So far she is skittish, but not aggressive. I am thinking she may be cinnamon, but she has a yellow cast to her. In the photos below she looks darker then she really is. She had her first litter of 15 pups. The father is a black hooded dumbo. I ended up with mostly blue agouti and brown. Again, they look a lot more blue then in the photos.
    And for those who may remember my other post about the tail-less rat, I had another one. It is an older pair, I was planning on replacing the female soon, but now I want to see what I can get from her. Unfortunately the pup is a female.

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    I can't edit my post more then once? I don't see the edit button. Anyway, what colors do you think the female and pups are? Especially the lighter hooded pup.

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    Re: Colors

    The doe is Cinnamon. The hooded kit looks light American Blue Agouti. The other kits are dark enough to be Russian Blue Agouti, but they could just be dark American Blue Agoutis, I also see Agoutis. Do you have Russian Blue in your line?


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    I have only had one blue pop up. His mother is a black dumbo. I am not sure if he is Russian blue or American blue or something else. This is the only pic I have of him right now.


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    Re: Colors

    Russian Blue. Is he related to the babies? Because I think the light one is American Blue Agouti and the others are Russian Blue Agouti.


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    Yeah, he is related. Blue rats are my favorite, and you really don't see them often around here.

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