Hi - I'm wondering if anyone has experience breeding dwarf or siamese rats. I just got 2 male black eyed siamese dwarf rats and am very excited to start breeding them. They are absolutely tiny and adorable at the moment.

I know I need to breed the males to standard females that are on the small side (for dwarf) and are as solid black as possible down to the toes if possible (for the siamese)

This should produce all black (hopefully down to the toes) double hets - which will be bred back to the dad once they're breeding sized.


How will I know if I hit on the siamese? Will the babies be all black except the siamese, which will be fawn-ish tan?

How will I know if I hit on the dwarf? At what point will they be noticeably smaller than the others? Any other features that will differentiate them? Do I need to remove the normal sized babies so they don't get malnourished/smushed/bullied? How do you go about raising dwarf babies with a standard sized mom?




Any info or dialogue you have on the topic is appreciated. We can take it to PMs if needed.

Thanks