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Post by pinkyandthebrain on May 13, 2009 1:29:22 GMT 10
Aww very cute rattys you have there. I would love a PEW, i haven't seen them around at all yet. Are the two boys neutered? Thanks Christie, The PEW isn't quiet a true white he has a very faint cream colour hood to him Very hard to photograph lol.. The boys arn't neutered but they boys and girls are in separate cages... |
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Post by christie on May 13, 2009 11:06:53 GMT 10
Ahh lol so he is just pretending to be a PEW then. Oh well he is still a cutie.
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Post by Kim on May 13, 2009 12:47:38 GMT 10
He is a Champagne Hooded  Champagne is an off white / pale cream colour and the eye colour is Pink .. Many people confuse them for PEW rats .. its very easy to do, especially on Berkshire and Self rats  Hoodeds make it a little easier to tell because the champagne hood is noticeable on top of the white body. |
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Post by Kim on May 13, 2009 13:21:38 GMT 10
Oh and Christie the main reason you probably havent seen any PEW's around is that they are very hard to sell - adopt out - as not many people want them because they look like Lab rats..
Also PEW's as with any Pink Eyed rat have the worst eye sight of any rat and the wobble their heads about to try and focus on things .. it looks a bit strange and some people are a bit scared when they see it ..
Also because of the bad eye sight PEW rats are more likely to be biters.
So PEW rats are something that most breeders hate to see in a litter because they might not be able to adopt them out.
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Post by christie on May 13, 2009 19:57:22 GMT 10
Yeah i knew about the pink eyed rats having bad eye sight. I just didn't realise people wouldn't be as inclined to want them. I think they are just beautiful. Then again i haven't seen a rat yet that i didn't think that about lol. I even love the hairless look, and am very sad that we don't have any healthy ones in Australia yet.
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Post by wulfyskingdom on May 14, 2009 22:21:53 GMT 10
Oh and Christie the main reason you probably havent seen any PEW's around is that they are very hard to sell - adopt out - as not many people want them because they look like Lab rats.. Also PEW's as with any Pink Eyed rat have the worst eye sight of any rat and the wobble their heads about to try and focus on things .. it looks a bit strange and some people are a bit scared when they see it .. Also because of the bad eye sight PEW rats are more likely to be biters. So PEW rats are something that most breeders hate to see in a litter because they might not be able to adopt them out. Lol, it was the reverse in Brisbane quite some years back... people only seemed to sell PEWs and beige coloured rats, the few black rats (well black hooded) that i met/saw were more agressive because no one wanted them. Not to mention, people find PEWs "scary" cause they don't like the pink eyes |
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Post by skitch on Aug 9, 2009 23:54:03 GMT 10
Awww.. I do love seeing photos of other peoples rats. I cant wait to be in the main forums! These are my boys. This photo is a tad old.. they're now several months older and much, much bigger! Still just as cute though <3. The black one is Fable and the hooded is Sheikh (Yes, yes.. they have geeky video gamer names. Blame my boyfriend! lol).  |
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Post by wulfyskingdom on Aug 12, 2009 10:28:32 GMT 10
The black one is Fable and the hooded is Sheikh (Yes, yes.. they have geeky video gamer names. Blame my boyfriend! lol). lol, i feel your pain... we have RVD (named after a wrestler, Rob Van Dam) however my boyfriend wanted to change it slightly to "Rat" Van Dam |
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Post by cassie on Aug 13, 2009 15:29:42 GMT 10
More photos more photos! I love seeing them! Does anyone own a Black-Eyed White? I love them! Also love the light browny colour, cinnamon is it? (still learning!) |
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Post by jazzy on Aug 18, 2009 16:42:11 GMT 10
Ok these are my boys. First as babies as you can see they werent very old. Hubby got them for me when he went to get dog food one day. These were taken mid June and am guessing they are maybe 3-4 weeks old here? Felix  Oscar   |
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Post by jazzy on Aug 18, 2009 16:43:01 GMT 10
OMG sorry the size thing didnt work
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Post by jazzy on Aug 18, 2009 16:45:59 GMT 10
These were taken about 4 weeks ago and include the agouti boy who belongs to hubby. I was working on The Odd Couple theme so he was called Murray but hubby changed it to Quagmire. Felix  Oscar  Quagmire  Their home  |
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Post by jazzy on Aug 18, 2009 16:46:45 GMT 10
Grrrrr let me try that again with the sizing thing
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Post by jazzy on Aug 18, 2009 17:05:50 GMT 10
Im not sure if you can see the difference in growth in these but here it goes Oscar   Felix  Quagmire  |
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Post by Kim on Aug 18, 2009 17:38:13 GMT 10
OMG sorry the size thing didnt work That size is ok.. |
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Hoodeds make it a little easier to tell because the champagne hood is noticeable on top of the white body.
