This article is from the WSSF 2016 AFRMA Rat & Mouse Tales news-magazine.

By Karen Robbins

Wendy Parrott, Facebook
Q I am working on Odd-Eyes and I was wondering what information do I need to document; what all do I need to record for breeding for odd eyes? I realize there’s not much info on them and I have produced quite a few all linked in some way to a mink mismarked patched odd eye. One of my Odd-Eyes is Topaz [Fawn, Ed.] mismarked capped striped and the rest are mocha in color with similar markings except one that’s just a mocha patched. I appreciate your time.

A During the many years I bred these, the info I kept for my records included which side had the red eye, what the markings were and fur color (I was working with Fawn and Beige), and of course how many in the litters were Odd-Eye. For pedigrees/birth certificates you would probably want to list at least the color and markings just like any other type of rat. If you have them in colors other than Beige or Fawn, then possibly keeping track of how well the lighter eye shows up since in some fur colors you can barely see the difference. For your own record keeping, it can be as detailed as you like.

Mismarked Capped with stripes up the side of the face or half of the face white is common for Odd-Eyes. I also had them in Berkshire, Blaze Berkshire, and a couple all white ones. On rare occasion, I had them with no white on the face.

A Fawn Blaze Variegated Odd-Eye Standard with stripe/blaze rat, owned and bred by Jeannine Porter, Misty Blue Rattery. Photo ©2016 Karen Robbins.

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