I have a rat named Skunk as well. xP Except she's a true-black full hooded with a single spot by her hood on the right side. </3
Here is Pistachio now,
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He has turned into such the handsome young man.. my gosh I'm SO proud of him ♥
Also, this is My
Skunkers.
Truly does NOT do her justice.
All in all I have eight 'breeders' out of my 18 rats.
Oliver OR a random (as in, I'll be buying another good male to help extend my lines more) berk is being bred to Skunk as soon as Syria & Sally's litter's are weaned.
Pistachio is being bred to Somba (when old enough, of course - she's a youngin' still and so is Pist).
Ames is being bred to Spencer.
Savvy is being bred to a male from my friends rattery that carries Siamese in hopes of continuing that beautiful-ness.. =p
Bentley will be bred to Syria within two months of this upcoming litter, and will be her VERY final litter EVER.
None are in order, as I am still figuring out proper dates/months to do all of this. Thinkin' Feb 14th for Ames & Spencer, though. What I'm going to do, is breed those two together then take the least silvered female pup and breed it back to Ames. PROPER inbreeding is GOOD for rat lines, you cannot have a line without some inbreeding or linebreeding, so I've learned. I'm hoping to breed all the silver out of my lines.. as much as I personally find it adorable/beautiful, others do not. ;-; Ames is a fox, though, I swear. Almost perfect silvering throughout his entire coat. He's just stunning.
Ames is also my LOVIEST male, ever. I go to give him kisses, he licks me AND my hands/arms, he's so licky <3 I just adore it.
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