kazmac Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 I've kept and bred rats for a while now, and this week I had my first litter of rainbow rats. The litter was bred with the help of Sirdar and consisted of only one baby. Here she is: It's a new variety and I believe I'm the first in the UK to breed these! I had the idea after a discussion with friends about breeding rainbow rats (long story). It's obviously not yet standardised for the show bench and I still have a bit of work to do on it; but apart from a couple of minor ear faults, I'm quite happy with the overall result! I plan my next litter to be rainbow roans! ETA - oops, maybe I should have put this in the crafty bit! Mods, feel free to move it if I should have! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Aww - cute! I'm no expert but it doesn't look like she'll be too much bother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirl Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 How gorgeous. If I could use knitiing needles I'd be tempted to start breeding too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 oooh, I could have a rainbow rat , is there anyway I could start breeding them too? thanks Cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 she's so cute can we see the parents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazmac Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 Haha, she's very quiet, Chickvic, and is very easy to handle! And anyone can knit, Shirl. These are particularly easy to do and take hardly any time at all. Cathy, you could breed them no bother - I got my pattern and yarn online. There are a couple of websites I use, one being slightly cheaper than the other. Of course, a couple of non-knitting friends have gone for the easy option and asked me to knit them one! And I know there are another couple of requests on the way. Think I'm going to be busy! I don't mind, though. It keeps me out of trouble! And to Plum - - I'll post photos of her mum later today or tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Can you please post the links to the website.............I can't seem to find the pattern. Thank you . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazmac Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 It's a Sirdar pattern and I'll PM you because I can't post a link on this forum. I followed the instructions and it didn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 could you send me a link to this pattern? I really fancy making one (kev wont let me have a rat/hamster/gerbil/mouse cos I cant pick them up - they run through my fingers too fast an i panic ) thank you cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazmac Posted November 9, 2011 Author Share Posted November 9, 2011 Done, Cathy. I've tried to post a link on here by following the instructions, but I can't make it work! I order knitting yarn from www.cpu-enterprises.com and www.deramores.com and both have this pattern. It's knitted in snowflake chunky and is really marketed as a 'mouse' but I think it's too big to be a mouse and thnk it's more like a rat (not that I'm biased as the owner of 20+ rats or anything ......) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazzy73 Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 where did you get the pattern,have looked on sirdar website but cant find the mouse pattern just pictures of them??The wool looks very very soft and squidgey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patricia W Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 Google "sirdar mouse pattern" - I think its there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazmac Posted November 10, 2011 Author Share Posted November 10, 2011 Posted above where I get yarn from and both have the pattern. I'm sure many other places do too. The Google search does bring up the same pattern x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazmac Posted November 23, 2011 Author Share Posted November 23, 2011 Another couple of rainbow babies: And a new variety, kinda sparkly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 They are lovely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Love shaggy rat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kazmac Posted November 25, 2011 Author Share Posted November 25, 2011 Aw thanks. I also like the shaggy glittery one. I'm on a roll now - have ordered a few different yarns to experiment and have a couple of friends now wanting me to knit them one! The good thing is that they're different every time as the rainbow wools are random - the colours are the same, but just in a different order every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
