Quote Originally Posted by SatanicIntention

Then there are patchworks(I don't believe the double-rex thing). Here's a picture of a patchwork girlie. The Patchworks are so neat. The get patches of hair, and pretty much every week, lose it, and hair comes in in totally different places.
http://www.rattiusmaximus.com/twiste...er-of-rmax.htm
Another patchwork, Hairy:
http://www.freewebs.com/crittercity/...rldisafugs.htm

Time to believe..... Patchworks are another name for a rat that is a double rex. Breeders tend to give them a cutesy name to make selling them easier or better identifiable to the public another way (generally for those who know nothing about genetics or really dont care)- if there is an ad for a patchwork rat and a double rex rat.... most ppl are gonna buy a rat thats labeled patchwork because it sounds neat and exotic. When I ran my rattery, I did not give double rex a cute name like patchwork... I called them what they are. Unfortunately, alot of breeders do not relay the info that a patchwork is a double rex unless the buyer questions the genetics or does research themselves to find out what they really have in turn- causing questioning of the breeder and genetics involved... the AFRMA does not recognize "patchwork" as its own entity aside from double rex.

http://www.afrma.org/fancyrm.htm Here you can click on the bold names for the descriptions, and also get pics.

http://ratguide.com/health/figures/c...a_figure_2.php

http://www.curiosityrats.com/mine.html