Carolina Rattery

Tailess just popped up.

Recessive Rex

c(t)c(h) Bubu

Should have been a litter of all Amber (Silver Fawn). Will repeat to remove any uncertainty.

6 Amber
1 Champaign
3 Agouti?

Having trouble distinguishing Agouti from Wheaten Burmese. The ratio suggests these are Burmese though. Getting closer to definitively identifying Amber Burmese.

Working in my base colors. Trying to get BuBu c(t)c(t). This one is darker than both parents Bubu c(t)c(h)

The Golden Gene is a rare gene that only expresses when present with the black eyed gene and agouti.

I believe that the black eyed gene is a shading gene on the burmese locus. I believe that albino, RED, and PED work on hair pigments in similar ways. While Burmese/BE only expresses on rats homogeneous for recessive c loci, it may be that PED and RED are extremely covered too by the Burmese/BE gene when also present on a rat homogeneous with a recessive c locus. My breedings suggest golden may just be RED or PED and only a bit of red shows through. More testing to come to prove it. But it would make sense why agouti needs to be present.

Picture of presumed A- Bubu c(h)c(h) pp where amber peaks out.

From breedings I firmly believe Burmese and the Black Eyed Gene are on the same locus.

Bu: Burmese
Bu(be): Black Eyes
bu: Red Eyes (unexpressed)