A Colorado Blue Rat Breeder, A Colorado Rattery | A Colorado Rat Breeder. Camarattery, Breeding Dumbo, Dwarf & Standard Rats In Dark American Blue, Russian Blue, Wheaten, Burmese, Siamese & Pearl Merle. Breeding Self, Hooded Down Under, Blazed & Marked Patterns. Satin, Rex, Hairless & Harley Coats.

Here are the colors, patterns & coat types our rattie friends come in. This is also a culmination of rats that I have bred at my rattery & a couple I have had shipped in. I hope this helps you to identify your little ones. Or maybe help you decide what you are looking for.

Black Based Colors

American Blue Dumbo	Russian Blue
Mink Berkshire Dumbo	Russian Dove (2 copies of Russian Blue & 2 of Mink)
Silver Self Dumbo (note the grayish color. 2 copies of American blue and 2 copies of PEW)	Beige Self (2 copies of black and 2 of red eye dilute)
Pearl Merle Self (2 copies of mink, 1 copy of pearl & 1copy of the Merle gene)	Black Self
Pink Eyed White Self Dumbo (AKA PEW)

Agouti Based Colors

Agouti Berkshire Dumbo	Cinnamon (2 copies of mink and 1 of Agouti)
Agouti Burmese (2 copies of Burmese and 1 of Agouti AFRMA calls the color Agouti Burmese it's also known as Wheaten Burmese)	Russian Blue Agouti Burmese (2 copies of both Russian blue and Burmese and 1 copy of Agouti, AKA Ruaaisn Blue Wheaten Burmese)
Blue Agouti Self Dumbo. (2 copies of American blue and 1 copy of agouti.)

Black Eyed UK Varieties

Burmese Self (Siamese type)	Burmese Self Dumbo (Himalayan type)
Black Eyed Russian Blue Point Himalayan Self Dumbo	Black Eyed Seal Point Siamese Self
Russian Blue Wheaton Burmese (Siamese Type AFRMA calls the color Russian Blue Agouti Burmese)	Sable Burmese Self (Siamese)
Russian Blue Burmese Self (Siamese Type. 2 copies of Russian blue and one copy of Burmese)	Wheaten Burmese Self (Siamese Type) (AFRMA calls the Color Agouti Burmese)
Black Eyed Seal Point Siamese Berkshire (Note The White Tail Tip And Lack Of Points On The Feet, Berk Traits)	Burmese Berkshire (Siamese Type Note White Tail Tip And Lack Of Color On Feet, Berk Traits)
Sable Burmese Berkshire Dwarf (Notice white feet and tummy, Berk traits)	Black Eyed White Self Dumbo (AKA BEW. 2 copies of PEW plus the black eyed gene)

Ruby Eyed Siamese (Black Based)

Seal Point Siamese Self Dwarf.	Russian Dove Point Siamese Irish Dumbo
Russian Blue Point Siamese Self Dumbo	Mink Point Siamese Berkshire
Baby Pre-molt Picture Of A Seal Point Siamese Self Rex Dumbo	Baby Pre-molt Picture Of A Seal Point Siamese Hooded
Seal Point Siamese Self Dumbo

Pink Eyed Himalayans (Black Based)

Seal Point Himi Self Dumbo Dwarf

Seal Point Himi Self Dumbo Dwarf

~Coat Types~

Hairless

PEW Nude Hairless Dumbo (No hair)	Black Self Hairless Dumbo
Black Hooded Hairless Dumbo	Agouti Berkshire Dumbo Hairless

Rex

PEW Dumbo Rex	Black Berk Dumbo Rex
Black Berk Dumbo Rex	Hooded Siamese Rex

Harley Coat

Black Hooded Dumbo Harley Coat
(Curly Coat Variety)

Black Hooded Dumbo Harley Coat
(Curly Coat Variety)

Velveteen

Note The Soft Cotton Like Slight Wave To The Fur. Not As Curly As Rex And Much Thicker. You Can't See The Skin On A Velveteen Because It's Dense Like A Cotton Ball.

Satin Coat

PEW Self Dumbo Satin. (White Satins have a yellowish tinge to their color.)

Black Irish Satin.(Satin are not as shiny as they are longer haired.)

~More Markings~

Hooded

Black Hooded (Color covers head and stops behind the shoulders. The stripe continues at least. half way down the tail.)	Black Hooded
American Blue Hooded Rex	Mink Hooded

Bareback

American Blue Bareback (Color covers head and stops behind the shoulders.)

Variegated

Black Variegated (Splashy back and should have a head spot. Color covers head and stops before the shoulders. Often there is a notch coming up the middle of the shoulders.)

Merle(Black based)

US Mink Based Pearl Merle (Darker splashes of color on a colored mink based body.)

US Mink Based Pearl Merle
(The more splashes the more desirable. Merle can be on any pattern of rat that is mink based.)

~Markings On The Under Side~

Self

Irish

Berkshire

Down Under

Triple Dilute Variegated Down Under (Triple Dilutes are white with dark ruby eyes. The genetics are usually, blue, mink and PEW. They never have pink eyes. They are ruby eyed white.)	UK Mink Merle Variegated Down Under (Down Under is an almost exact mirror image of the back pattern on the tummy.)
Platinum Hooded Down Under (UK Mink Base)	Black Hooded Down Under
Black Hooded Down Under	Hooded Down Under Tummy
American Blue Berkshire Down Under

Manx/ Tailless Rats

New Born Manx Baby	American Blue Hooded Down Under Manx
Black Variegated Down Under Manx	UK Mink Hooded Down Under Manx
Black Variegated Down Under Manx	American Blue Berk Down Under Manx

Ear Types (Correctly shaped ears...)

Standard (Sitting on top of head.)

Dumbo (Sitting on side of head.)

Ears that are shaped differently than these are common but not desirable.

Rat Genetics

To Come......

Colors

Color	Code	Description	Locus
Black	aa	Black
Blue	aagg	American blue, sky blue, Brittish blue. Brittish blue is the only blue that is dark to the skin, the others have a white under coat. Black or ruby eyes in the case that an eye dilution is present, this would be a sky blue.
Silver	aaggpp	Silver color. 2 copies of American blue and 2 copies of pink eyed white.
Russian Blue	aadd	Steel blue with dark "heathering" on hair tips. Black eyes.
Russian Silver	aaddgg	2 copies of American blue and 2 copies of Russian blue.
Mink	aamm	A Warm purple/brown color. Ruby eyes.
Lilac	aamm	Includes dilution modifiers. Eye dilutions modify the mink gene causing a liter mink coloring. Ruby eyes.
Pearl	aammpepe	Light greyish silver color. Black eyed.
Mocha	aammRr	Light "minky" color. Red eyes. In the UK it is called Havana.
Platinum	aaggmm	Warm silver/pink color. 2 copies of mink and 2 copies of American blue. Ruby eyes.
Chocolate	aabb	Rich dark brown.

Coats

Type	Code	Description
Rex	Re/Re	Curly coat. You can see the skin under the coat. Tight curls.
Double Rex	Cu/Cu	Patch work hairless. Almost a hairless but with "patches" of fur.
Velveteen	Re/Re	Also called a "bad" Rex. Cotton like wave and thick fur, you cannot see the skin underneath.
Hairless	hr/hr	Basically a nude rat. A rat having no hair. Whiskers are very short and curly.
Satin	Unknown	Produces rats with longer, shiny fur as well as whiskers that are slightly bent. The satin mutation also tends to add a yellowish cast to white or light-colored fur.
Silvering	si/si	Silver hairs mixed in the coat. It is both recessive and dominant.

Ear & Body Types

Type	Code	Description
Dumbo	du/du	Ears lower and rounder. Sitting on the side of the hear rather on the top in the case of a standard eared rat.
Tailless/Manx	tal	Absence of a tail from birth. Missing vertebra.
Dwarf		Genetically smaller. 2 copies of the gene produce dwarf. They have larger eyes and shorter thinner tails as well as tiny feet.
Zuckers	fa/fa	Very obese rat genetically. It is a genetic condition. Usually diabetic and die young. This is very rare.

Patterns

Type	Code	Description	Locus

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7/25/07

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