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The following are the notes for my mentorship program.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CONTENT IS COPYRIGHTED!  You will need written permission and reference my notes if you want to use any of the content. 

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I DO NOT encourage indiscriminate breeding through this program, but rather want to educate existing breeders on how to ethically keep and breed rats and to empower them with the knowledge on how to calculate litter outcomes prior to breeding, so they need not breed multiple litters in order to get what they are aiming for.

The history of fancy rats

Things to consider prior to breeding

Rattery finances and setting up a rattery

Rattery income and expenses (Basic excel sheet)

Creating an identity for the rattery

Genotype vs Phenotype

The H-locus (Markings)

Rat Colours

The C-locus (Siamese, Burmese and PEW)

Coat and Ear types

Incompatible varieties

Basic Punnet Squares I

Punnet Squares I Memorandum

Cage setups and enrichment

Acquiring rats and quarantine

Rat health

A healthy diet

The official rattery home mix (extra)

Parasites and treatment (extra)

Written by Annalie Prinsloo

Varieties found in South Africa and the breeding standards of SARBU (2006-2023)

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Markings (h-locus)

Agouti (A/-) and Black (a/a)

Blue (g/g) (Slate) 

Russian blue (d/d)

Chocolate (b/b)

Mink (m/m) and Pearl (Pe/pe)

R and P loci

C-locus (Siamese, burmese, PEW)

Colour combinations

Colour Variations

Dumbo

Hairless

Harley

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Breeding tools (Line-, In- and Cross breeding)

Punnet Squares II

Punnet Squares II Memorandum

Breeding standards (Type) and when to breed

Mating

Recordkeeping

Breeder register example

Breeder register, growth and longevity chart example

Pedigree example

Birth, development and sexing of rats

Behavior and temperament testing

Adoption / Sales and shipping pups

Beginners care guide example

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