Rat colours

**Miss Z** · 11-25-2005, 01:21 PM

Hello again! My faves are black hooded cuz tia maria is one! Here they are

Agouti

Albino

himalayan

black hooded

Agouti hooded

berkshire

capped

topaz

mink

I love ratties!!!

**.sarah** · 11-26-2005, 02:53 PM

Topaz. Look how pretty that little rattie is! Makes me want one

**Suki Wingy** · 11-26-2005, 04:04 PM

This is hard! I like topaz, himi, siamese, agouti, and REW the best! I also like hairless.

**Miss Z** · 11-26-2005, 04:08 PM

Here are some baby photos of my rat Tia Maria. Sorry they are a bit blurred our digital camera was running low on battery. Would she make you love black hoodies???

**finn's mom** · 11-28-2005, 02:25 AM

Hairless!

But, out of the photos you posted, I like the Berkshire.

**carole** · 11-28-2005, 03:17 AM

They are all so cute, but I kinda like the Berkshire myself, are there any siamese rats ? I know you can get siamese mice and they are ever so cute, have not seen them down under though only in books.

**Miss Z** · 11-28-2005, 11:05 AM

I think that himalayan rats are sometimes called siamese rats

**wolfsoul** · 11-28-2005, 05:06 PM

Yes, you can get siamese rats.

One of my rats, Tobias, is a seal-point siamese.

Originally Posted by Miss Z

I think that himalayan rats are sometimes called siamese rats

Himalayans and siamese are different -- himis are born completely white and develop their points later, and their bodies remain a clean white -- siamese rats are born with their points and their bodies may turn beige.

**Allecto** · 12-02-2005, 02:57 AM

Himalayans... also a favorite of mine for rabbits and guinea pigs

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**Flatcoatluver** · 12-16-2005, 01:36 PM

I had no idea there was that many rat colors!!!

I said topaz cuz I really like that color on animals!

**Miss Z** · 12-16-2005, 01:40 PM

Oh there are more colours than those!!! There's about 30-ish diffent rat colours

not as many as mice though, they have about 300!

**crazy_caique** · 12-17-2005, 03:34 PM

albino

and black capped

**Vette** · 12-21-2005, 05:23 AM

Had issues picking between Topaz and Agouti hooded.

**CathyBogart** · 12-21-2005, 04:02 PM

I like Black eyed whites the best!

**Suki Wingy** · 12-21-2005, 09:16 PM

more about himis- they have albinism (REW) but also color. color is restricted to the points (Nose, ears, tail, feet) and everywhere else has no pigment at all, like the area where a horse has been freezebranded. They have red eyes because the blood vessels show right through, I thought that was the COOLEST thing ever, that is why I wanted a himi rabbit (and I got him!!) The fur is bright white. My avatar is wrong, I think they just made it cream so you could see it on a white background. It sometimes really bothers me that it is that wrong color (I LOVE the crystal clean sparkly white of Oslo) but the animation is so cute that I end up just keeping it on there