AFRMA Accepted Colors
Blue Agouti
Champagne
Coffee
Gold
Black
Lilac
Orange
Pearl
Silver
Sable
Silver Blue
Silver Black
Colored upper body with White or near white under body.
Fox
Very prone to obesity. Working on very clear colors and lines.
Brindle
Broken Merle
Merle colored mice on a white background with clean lines.
Broken
Single colored patches on a white background. Clean lines
Coat & Body Type - AFRMA Approved
Show / English Mice
Their body and ears are larger and longer than US counterparts.
Satin Mice -
Known for their shine like a satin bow or satin rabbit, with wavy whiskers.
Also called Frizzie mice, their coat is curly but soft with waves more than tight, tight curles.
Texel Mice -
Also called Angora Mice/ I am working on longer, fuller coat with no health issues
Longhaired Mice -
Texel Satin Mice -
A combination of texel and satin mice.
A combination of longhaired and satin.
Longhaired Satin Mice -
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Markings & Other
Merle
Patches of Roan and black. No white and no clean lines.
Hereford
Herefords have white face with a v marking, white belly and feet clean lines.
Roan
A consistant mixture of white and one other color. is not silvered.
Siamese Sable
light brown almost coffee color with points very dark brown.
Color splashed on a white background.
Variegated
Tan
Colored upper body with tan under body
Spotted Tan
Two colored on white with a tan underbelly.
Splashed
Colored body with 'splashes' of black with minimal white. Not the same as any other color
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Lighted Prism's Mice -- Females
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Frequently Asked Questions
Q: When can I pick up my rat?
A: My rats do not go home until 8 weeks of age. This gives them ample time to learn how to be rats. It is good socializing as well as making sure they are off to a good start.
Q: Do I have to buy more than one rat?
A: I am one of the few who does not make you buy in pairs. But if you chose to only have one rat I cannot stress enough the importance of spending time with them. Even just having them on your shoulder, rats are social animals and in the absence of companionship, either human or other rats, they can become depressed.
Q: What if something happens and I cant take care of the rats anymore?
A: I will not buy them back, but I will take them back no matter the age, or condition. I always have cages set aside for things like surrenders.
Q: Will you deliver? If so how far?
A: I will deliver as far as 2 hours out of zipcode 94533. But I will charge an additional 10$ to 40$ depending on factors such as distance, gas, and traffic.
Q: What are you feeding them?
A: At the moment I feed everyone Mazuri rodent pellets. You can get them at pretty much any feed store. I also have a special mixture I give them weekly that includes noodles, beans, dried veggies, and other mix ins.
Q: What kind of bedding do you recommend?
A: I use two types of bedding. The first is actually corn cob bedding. I have found they are amazing at holding in odor as well as absorbing water and lighter than most other things.. Then in bed areas I have kaytee bedding.
Q: What kind of cage do you recommend?
A: rats need a well ventilated cage. Usually this means wire, but you can have a aquarium topper if you don’t like the look of a pure wire cage, or have a rat that likes to dig or throw bedding around . Make sure the wires do not have any loose covering, the rats will chew it off and possibly ingest it, not good for their system.
Q: Why do some of your rats look like they are loosing hair?
A: A few of the genes I work with (Bristle and Harley) have a part of the rex gene. Which means they go through a molting period.
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Q: You mention Illnesses in Dwarf rats. Can you specify more?
A: The dwarf rats have a few things health wise. Penile prolapse is one that adopters should look out for, even if you dont get a rat from me. I am currently working on these so at the moment no male rats will be adopted out until i have 3 generations worth of no problem there.
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They also have a failure to thrive as they grow. for this reason dwarf rats will not be adopted out until 12 weeks compared to the 8 weeks of normal rats.
