Thanks! I'll take any information you can give me.. I know of maybe 3-4 people in my state that breed, but I'm not sure if any actively show.. There are basically zero shows in this area. For whatever reason, the south east US is a black hole for rodent breeding. All the people I know DO breed to the AFRMA standards. I'm actually not sure if I want to show at this point (again, it would mean trips, probably overnight long distance driving). But I do plan on joing a rat club (probably AFRMA) and registering with the NARR so that my future pups can have a pedigree.. I just have to settle on a rattery name first lol, which is proving harder than expected.
I just bought a second Double Critter Nation... They are on sale on Amazon btw for under $200 including shipping
This means that I'll have a DCN for my males and females.. Meaning that I can house a total of 12 adults of either gender. If I keep the pups I'm planning from Stella's litter, and the male from Nova's that will put me at 5.6 (m/f). I could actually keep a couple more male pups from this litter with that much space but that will probably end up depending on how easily I find homes for the males I do not want to keep as breeders from Stella's litter (2 hairless a velveteen blue-beige and a standard coat berk Russian blue). That said, I need to keep as much room available as possible in both DCN's for my next generation breedings.
Here are some pics of the females from Stella's litter at 4 weeks old.
Blue-beige standard coat
Russian blue variegated blazed female standard coat
Russian dove (?) headspot mismarked berkshire velveteen female 1
Russian dove (?) headspot mismarked berk velveteen female 2
Sorry about the fuzziness.. They wouldn't hold still, especially the last velveteen female I had to hold lol