Isamu Rats
Isamu Rats
  • Isamu Home
    • Who, What, Why?
  • Meet the rats
    • Loved and lost - past rats
  • Joining the Isamu Family
    • Current and Planned Litters
    • Past Litters
    • Varieties expected at Isamu
  • Rat Care at Isamu
  • Contact us
  • Links and useful places
  • Rat Information and Care
  • Thinking about Pet Rats
    • Getting your First Rats
  • Starting out with Rats
  • Rat Habitat
    • Choosing Bedding
    • Choosing Substrate
    • Choosing Cages
    • Choosing Accessories
    • Cage Enrichment
    • Setting up a Cage
  • Behaviour
    • Individual Rat Behaviours
    • Rats Interacting with Other Rats >
      • Rats Fighting, Aggression and Dominant Behaviour
    • Introducing Rats >
      • The Carrier Method
      • The Neutral Space Method
      • The Heavy Supervision Method
      • The Cage Swap Method
    • Rat Noises
    • Rats and their humans >
      • Rats Biting Humans
      • Training your rats
    • Rats interacting with their enviroment
    • Rats interacting with other animals
  • Feeding and Nutrition
    • Options for Dry Mixes
    • Vegetables and Fruits
    • Foods to avoid or limit
    • Fresh and Wet meals
    • Suppliments and Treats
    • Feeding for different Times of Life
    • Enrichment Feeding
    • Feeding FAQS
  • Condition
    • Judging Condition
    • Fixing condition issues
  • Health
    • Health Checking
    • Common Illnesses >
      • Kidney Issues
      • Hind Leg Degeneration
      • Heart Failure
      • None Cancerous Tumours
      • Abscesses
      • Respiratory Issues
      • Cancerous / Malignant Tumours
      • Parasites
    • Quarentining

Agouti

Picture
Agouti, sometimes known as the 'wild' colour, is a lovely warm brown.  Each hair is made up of three colour bands, Black tip, orange mid section and grey base.  The belly varies from a pale silver to a light grey and has a nice obvious line between it and the top coat.  You can even see this demarcation line on the tail, the top being darker than the base.
Picture

Black and Silvered Black

Picture
Picture
Black is a "self" colour which means the rat i black on its belly and top and all the way along the hair shaft.  It is a lovely impressive colour, though prone to silvering and rusting.  

Silvering shows up well in this picture, its the white speckling coming from some hairs being white.  Most Isamu black rats are fairly well silvered, especially the bucks.

Rusting is where the black turns brown in patches as the rat ages and is a fault.

Dumbo

Picture
Picture
Dumbo is where the rats ears sit lower on the head, giving them a slightly comical look.  Its equivalent to the rabbit lop.  It doesn't change the rats behaviour or make them a different breed of rat (unlike some internet myths claim) and they can be born alongside top eared rats.

Good dumbo ears are wide and open without creases or points.

Proudly powered by Weebly