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 Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:15 pm
Will you find me a blue rose? I have three baby rats they're all brothers. They we're white of off white when I got them. They've been getting a little bit darker as they get older. No drastic changes or anything. But I went out of town last Thursday (don't worry my roommate took care of them for me) and when I came back on Monday all three of them have a big dark grey spot somewhere on their noses.
They didn't have anything sort of coloration like that before I left. It seems like a really fast color change. I'm not extremely worried about it since animals fur change color all the time, but I just want to make sure that there isn't any health or diet problems that cause rapid color change in rats.
Please and Thank you.
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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:29 pm
I Had bought a female rat that was pretty young and after a while she got a dark spot on her nose area... I believe it's normal. I'd hope so O-o, She seems to be healthy
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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 5:56 pm
Babies shed their baby fur and grow their adult fur. Sounds like you have Siamese rats. :) Himilayans are white with a different color on their noses and rumps. Siamese are cream/off-white with different color points.
I have a Himilayan:
And a Siamese:
Though my siamese has no fur. lol
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Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 5:38 pm
Will you find me a blue rose? Siamese Rats. Now I must go do research! I also need to get pictures to post!
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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 6:27 pm
wow. taht is interesting. idk what that is i will look that up in a min. i hope to become a small animal vet. so... um..... ill look that up confused
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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 6:36 pm
if it is albino then as it gets older it might turn grey, but it could also be a vitamin c deffiency.
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Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 2:13 pm
LOL. Something similar hapened to me. When I bought my rats, they were both black hooded rats. Then one escaped and was gone for a couple of days. When I caught her again I realized she had turned sort of a speckled brown color hood, instead of black. Her sister, who never escaped like her, stayed black and white.
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Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 1:19 am
Some of my rats changed color when they aged. >.< They had really light tan hoods and now they are just plain white. But they do have a little brown by the base of their tail and tips of their noses.
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Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2010 10:26 am
hiysinphlay Some of my rats changed color when they aged. >.< They had really light tan hoods and now they are just plain white. But they do have a little brown by the base of their tail and tips of their noses. That's called a Hooded siamese rat. once they reach about 6 months old, the hood fades away and their points darken. smile
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Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2010 11:22 am
It's normal a couple months after I had gotten Gir and Zim they started getting spots on their backs, tummies, and bums. 4laugh
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 11:46 pm
Most rats tend to change throughout their lives, even if only slightly.
Especially ones with certain colors/markings, such as: Siamese, Mink, etc. =}
Many will also develop "rusting" and/or "silvering", as well.
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