WIP. Exposition of what varieties are bred here at Stellar Rattery, including imagery of examples.

Marten. Also known as “Red Eyed Devils,” Martens are a newer variety that is known primarily for it’s striking mottling of the fur and brilliant pink eyes.
Marten works on C Locus, and thus can be pointed. They can any colour but the effect of the gene works best visually on dark colours. Stellar Rattery primarily focuses on Russian blue & black marten, with the potential addition of agouti down the line. Some breeders find excess mottling on the face to be a fault, but personally I adore the look and am breeding to emphasis it.

Silvermane (aka d’Argent). Not a variety, per se, but a coat type. The hair shaft is hollow, leading to a stark lightening of the fur as the rat molts, and producing an ultra soft coat! They can come in any colour or pattern/marking, but look best on darker rats.

Variegated. The rat features a hood with colour crossing past the shoulders, and usually features a head spot. The key feature of this variety is speckling of colour down the rats’ back in a bespotted pattern. The variegation may be over- or under-marked, but as long as there’s an amount of spotting/speckling down the back, the rat is considered variegated.

Berkshire. The majority of the rats body is coloured, save for a clearly marked white belly and often sporting a head spot. The amount of white on their belly may be just over their stomach or it may stretch from chin to rear and cover their feet and legs, as well.
Variegated Berkshire, aka Variberk. A berkshire rat featuring variegation (aka speckling) up their sides instead of the crisp line associated with berkshire.

Self. A solid coloured rat, with no white markings at all.