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For past litter records, please see here.

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Gingerbread Varieties

I am working with several different varieties here at Gingerbread HQ for my lines and all are Self rats. A Self simply means the rats are the same colour all over. Getting a good Self, with a nice even coat and minimal silvering can be a challenge.

Champagne and Chocolate

My Champagne line requires Chocolate in it to ensure the coat has a richer tone to it. While I won't be primarily breeding for Chocolate, it's important that I have chocolate options for keeping and breeding so my Champagne options are they best they can be.

NFRS Standard for Champagne: "To resemble champagne silk, with no suggestion of dullness or greyness. Eyes Red."

NFRS Standard for Chocolate: "To be a deep, rich chocolate, as even as possible, devoid of any dinginess and white hairs or patches. Foot colour to match top. Eyes black."

Lilac

The Lilac variety was a bit of a challenge after I had set up my Champagne line. I've been extremely fortunate that a Lilac buck popped out of one of my litters earlier than I had anticipated and I'm now starting to build this line from him. Lilacs are the result of recessive genes and for a rat to be Lilac it has to have Chocolate, British Blue, Mink and RED expressed at the same time. My lilacs are not yet to NFRS standard, I am working on the shade but I adore their temperament.