Colorado Rat Breeder - Camarattery
Camarattery Colorado Rat Breeder, Blue Dumbo, Dwarf & Standard Rats Dark American Blue, Russian Blue, Siamese, Burmese. Self, Hooded Down Under, Recessive Blazed. Satin, Rex, Hairless & Harley Coat.
Camarattery mainly specializes in Self and Hooded patterns. Our Self's are very dominant to produce excellent patterns without any white on their bodies or feet.
Our Hoodeds are very much the same, they only produce the (L) long hooding gene that is a wide straight stripe with no breaks in the pattern. Each pattern is also bred for health, temperament and type in mind so that each rat you adopt from us is the best you can find.
Our other specialty is blazed and marked patterns. The lines that we are dealing with are very old lines. These were shipped in from California and Arizona.
So what ever pattern you decide to adopt from Camarattery, you can be sure that they have been bred for the best qualities of health, temperament & type in most cases for 30 generations or more.
American Blue
Bred by Camarattery
I breed for non diluted dark American blue rats. I breed my blues for self and hooded. I have bred my dark American blue rats since 2004. My blues are the oldest established line of blues in Colorado. They have not shown any health problems. My blues are a very strong and robust line of animals. They are very large boned and genetically very sweet personalities. None of my lines show aggression or bad temperaments in any way. My blues are my favorite line. I am the most proud of this line. The blues that I work with are from RAMR, HGLR & PNS lines. There is Satin in that line and that is from SRR lines which came with my shipment from HGLR. They are very well loved here in Colorado. I would not change them for anything.
Russian Blue
Cama Mothers Little Helper
Bred by Camarattery
I breed for at this time only self Russian blues. My Russians do not carry mink which can muddy up their appearance. They are nothing but dark and beautiful blue! They are bred into my Burmese, Siamese & Marked lines.
Cama Mothers Little Helper
Bred by Camarattery
I breed for at this time only self Russian blues. My Russians do not carry mink which can muddy up their appearance. They are nothing but dark and beautiful blue! They are bred into my Burmese, Siamese & Marked lines.
Black Eyed Siamese
Cama Big River, Cama Carlene, Cama John
Bred by Camarattery
Names are from left to right
I breed my black eyed Siamese to be self patterns. I breed them for dwarf and for standard sizes. I had the pleasure of breeding and bringing in Colorado's 1st ever black eyed Siamese! My Siamese come in Russian blue point or Seal point at this time. All of my Siamese are bred for VERY dark points. My Siamese & Burmese rats are from Connie Perez. She shipped me 2 very beautiful 100% UK blooded Burmese rats to start this line.
Cama Big River, Cama Carlene, Cama John
Bred by Camarattery
Names are from left to right
I breed my black eyed Siamese to be self patterns. I breed them for dwarf and for standard sizes. I had the pleasure of breeding and bringing in Colorado's 1st ever black eyed Siamese! My Siamese come in Russian blue point or Seal point at this time. All of my Siamese are bred for VERY dark points. My Siamese & Burmese rats are from Connie Perez. She shipped me 2 very beautiful 100% UK blooded Burmese rats to start this line.
Burmese
RG St. Jimmy Cama
Bred by RG Connie Perez
My Burmese are bred to be dark and I prefer the Siamese and Sable varieties because of that. At this time I breed all of my Burmese to be self's. I also breed Wheaten Burmese and Russian blue Burmese. I also had the pleasure of shipping in and breeding the 1st Burmese in Colorado. My Burmese are bred into my dwarf line as well.
My Siamese & Burmese rats are from Connie Perez. She shipped me 2 very beautiful 100% UK blooded Burmese rats to start this line.
RG St. Jimmy Cama
Bred by RG Connie Perez
My Burmese are bred to be dark and I prefer the Siamese and Sable varieties because of that. At this time I breed all of my Burmese to be self's. I also breed Wheaten Burmese and Russian blue Burmese. I also had the pleasure of shipping in and breeding the 1st Burmese in Colorado. My Burmese are bred into my dwarf line as well.
My Siamese & Burmese rats are from Connie Perez. She shipped me 2 very beautiful 100% UK blooded Burmese rats to start this line.
Hooded & Down Under
Down Under
Many adopters ask me "what is a down under?" The answer is simple, a down under is a rat who's back pattern is mirrored on its belly. If the rat is a hooded it will have a straight stripe on its belly. If it is a variegated it will appear as the same splashing on its tummy. If it is a self you will see a solid belly which masks the marking all together because the self already has a solid belly and in this case the only way to know if the rat is a DU is to breed it. A down under can come in any pattern of rat. But high white marked rats and hairless seem to be lethal to the DU marking and should not be bred together. The Aussie breeders asked us not to breed DU to HW rats in particular because of the health risk. Hopefull that will change some day, but as of now we are not allowed to breed them together. This was an agreement with the Aussie breeders and Connie Perez who brought them to the US.
Right now my hooded and down under line is bred for mink, American blue, black, and platinum. Currently my down under rats for the most part are from BFF in California. These are a smaller family of rats. The second family I have is from a breeder in Arizona. This is a larger bodied family of rats. At times because of the BFF line I do get variegated patterns a lot in this line, but I am in the process of breeding that out and only doing hooded. I do get a nice mixture of Manx rats that come from the BFF line. I do specialize in Manx, and the mutation for the Manx gene is heavily present in this family. To read more about that please read my brief Manx page. Both lines of hooded and down under are bred into my dwarf line.
I have not allowed any other Colorado breeder to breed my DU line. All DU rats from my line that appear at another Co rattery are illegally bred and should be avoided.
Down Under
Many adopters ask me "what is a down under?" The answer is simple, a down under is a rat who's back pattern is mirrored on its belly. If the rat is a hooded it will have a straight stripe on its belly. If it is a variegated it will appear as the same splashing on its tummy. If it is a self you will see a solid belly which masks the marking all together because the self already has a solid belly and in this case the only way to know if the rat is a DU is to breed it. A down under can come in any pattern of rat. But high white marked rats and hairless seem to be lethal to the DU marking and should not be bred together. The Aussie breeders asked us not to breed DU to HW rats in particular because of the health risk. Hopefull that will change some day, but as of now we are not allowed to breed them together. This was an agreement with the Aussie breeders and Connie Perez who brought them to the US.
Right now my hooded and down under line is bred for mink, American blue, black, and platinum. Currently my down under rats for the most part are from BFF in California. These are a smaller family of rats. The second family I have is from a breeder in Arizona. This is a larger bodied family of rats. At times because of the BFF line I do get variegated patterns a lot in this line, but I am in the process of breeding that out and only doing hooded. I do get a nice mixture of Manx rats that come from the BFF line. I do specialize in Manx, and the mutation for the Manx gene is heavily present in this family. To read more about that please read my brief Manx page. Both lines of hooded and down under are bred into my dwarf line.
I have not allowed any other Colorado breeder to breed my DU line. All DU rats from my line that appear at another Co rattery are illegally bred and should be avoided.
Merle
Bred by Camarattery
I also specialize in Merle's. Merle is a mink based rat with darker splashes of color on them, almost like a dalmatian on a colored body. I did breed UK mink Merle which I had throughout 2006 & 2007. I prefer to breed the US mink based color at this time. Above is an adult Pearl Merle US mink base. There is no difference from the 2 base colors in my years of experience with them, they are completely indistinguishable. My Merle's are on Pearl, mink and platinum rats, these are all mink based colors. I am breeding my Merle's to be Self dumbo rats with larger amounts of Merling or splashing on them. And of coarse they are bred to meet the AFRMA show standards just like the rest of the rats I breed. I have bred great health and life expectancy into my Merle lines. My Merle's are the most established and oldest line of Merle in Colorado and I am very proud of them.
Bred by Camarattery
I also specialize in Merle's. Merle is a mink based rat with darker splashes of color on them, almost like a dalmatian on a colored body. I did breed UK mink Merle which I had throughout 2006 & 2007. I prefer to breed the US mink based color at this time. Above is an adult Pearl Merle US mink base. There is no difference from the 2 base colors in my years of experience with them, they are completely indistinguishable. My Merle's are on Pearl, mink and platinum rats, these are all mink based colors. I am breeding my Merle's to be Self dumbo rats with larger amounts of Merling or splashing on them. And of coarse they are bred to meet the AFRMA show standards just like the rest of the rats I breed. I have bred great health and life expectancy into my Merle lines. My Merle's are the most established and oldest line of Merle in Colorado and I am very proud of them.
Dwarf
(Adult dwarf male)
Cama Dirty Deeds
Bred by Camarattery
Camarattery had the pleasure of introducing dwarf rats to Colorado for the 1st time in May of 2006. I have bred dwarf into all of my lines. Any color or pattern I breed for has dwarf bred into it including dumbo. Dwarf is one of my favorite things to breed for. Not only are they beautiful and cute, but they take up less room in my cages and I love them! Their personality is wonderful! The dwarf is a very new gene and I love working with it because helping the few of them that are out there become larger in numbers and better in quality makes this hobby enjoyable!
(Adult dwarf male)
Cama Dirty Deeds
Bred by Camarattery
Camarattery had the pleasure of introducing dwarf rats to Colorado for the 1st time in May of 2006. I have bred dwarf into all of my lines. Any color or pattern I breed for has dwarf bred into it including dumbo. Dwarf is one of my favorite things to breed for. Not only are they beautiful and cute, but they take up less room in my cages and I love them! Their personality is wonderful! The dwarf is a very new gene and I love working with it because helping the few of them that are out there become larger in numbers and better in quality makes this hobby enjoyable!
Facts about my specialties:
Rat colors and patterns I breed for:
I have outlined what my specific specialties are, but I must say there are many different colors I just adore. For patterns my main specialty has always been Self, it's been that way for years ever since I opened Camarattery. But my favorite colors to breed my Self patterned rats for are:My non diluted darker American Blue (my favorite and main specialty color)
Russian blue
Russian Silver
Russian Dove
Mink
Merle including pearl and mink
Sable Burmese
Siamese Burmese
Siamese I adore both eye colors
Ivory
Pink eyed white (when you see a nice one they are breathtaking!)
Black (although not my favorite it is a useful tool for everything else)
And surprisingly to me Agouti. When I 1st started breeding I didn't like the color. But I hadn't seen nice ones until I shipped them in from California in 2007 from HGLR and RRLM, whom all of my Agouti based rats come from. Now I am in love with the color! And Agouti makes so many nice color combos who can not like it! Here is what Agouti does for me in my rattery:
Agouti of coarse...
Wheaten Burmese
Cinnamon
Cinnamon pearl merle
Fawn
Russian Blue Agouti
Blue Agouti which is American blue and Agouti
These are all colors I love to breed and are specialties of mine in their own way because they pop up in most litters in my rattery. You will see these colors more than anything coming out of my lines. All of these colors are bred into my Self pattern lines. Self being the solid colored rat with no white on them. I am very particular about my Self rats patterns. I do not like to see any white on the toes at all. Since I have been working on the pattern for so long, genetically the good patterns are very dominant at this point. So almost all of my Self rats are born with very nice feet. And I have worked very hard on that for a long time to get them where they are now. Although a few white toes will pop up at times.
Now my hooded and down under rats come in all sorts of different colors too! But my favorites are:
American blue (non diluted)
Mink
Platinum
Burmese
Black
My hooded rats also have a very nice straight wider stripe down their backs. I don't see broken hooded patterns very often. There are 2 sets of genetics that make hooded rats one is the h/h(s) gene this is a "short" gene making the hooded stripe broken and dotted. I have bred this gene out of my lines and only deal with the 2nd hooded gene h/h(L). This gene causes a"Long" stripe on a hooded rat. And this gene is my second specialty pattern I work with in my rattery right after my Self patterns. In my hooded rats I breed for a long, wide stripe that goes from the bottom of the shoulders where the hood ends all the way to the half way point on the tail itself. You will see the actual stripe on the tail but only half way! That is the AFRMA show standard for the hooded rat.
My Hairless are all bred for the Self patterns and pink skin. This means they are a solid pattern with only the genetics that would cause a haired rat to be white. On a hairless this shows as pink skin as the hair is not present. And I like for their eyes to be either black or pink not red. Pink hairless in my personal opinion are much cuter. On a hairless that is genetically a darker color like black, agouti, blue and so on the skin is blacker. And I am fond of the pink so that is what I breed for. And all of my hairless are bred for the dwarf size. This is because when a hairless has forgotten to grow hair and size, there is nothing more adorable to me! That's just to cute to be real.
Dumbo's are also my main specialty. I am much more fond of dumbo. Most everyone loves the dumbos and I am no exception. I love their puppy dog like faces. Standards don't have that. I don't just breed for any dumbo ear shape as there are several. Some are more oval shaped, some have creases or folds or a cauliflower look to them. Those are the varieties I do not breed for. What I breed for is the round shape. I like the ears that are round as a dinner plate. With dumbo ears the AFRMA show standard is the rounder flatter shape. This also what I prefer.
With all of my specialties, if I get an ear shape I don't prefer born in my rattery I won't breed that rat, if I see white toes on my Self's or a dotty line on a hooded I won't breed that rat. I only select for the correct type. This leaves me with superior quality animals to work with, and thus my out comes from every litter are of good quality.
Rats come in so many varieties!
