Aims & Objectives

Aiming to produce rats of show quality, focusing on enhancing the variety standard & conformation (type) whilst maintaining good health & temperament; in accordance with the NFRS variety guidelines as follows:

💚 Russian Blue (top ear, dumbo & rex)
NFRS Standard
-Colour to be similar to blue cats and dogs. A soft medium grey-blue with a metallic sheen. Faint, light speckling or a subtle ticked effect (heathering) is usual for this variety and is not a fault. Colour to be even, belly colour to match top. Undercolour dark blue down to skin. Coat to be short and thick- a long coat or a coat similar to that on other varieties (excluding rex) to be a serious fault. Eyes black.

💚 Russian Dove Agouti (top ear & dumbo)

NFRS Standard

-A blend of warm pinky grey ticking over a light fawn ground. Heathering of the ticking is normal for this variety and not a fault, Undercolour grey to the skin, foot colour to be grey, belly colour light silver. Coat to be short and thick - a long coat or a coat similar to that on other varieties (excluding rex) to be a serious fault. Eyes dark ruby to black.

💚 Russian Silver (top ear)

NFRS Standard

 -To be a pale blue-grey. Faint light speckling or a subtle ticked effect  (heathering) is usual for this variety and is not a fault. Colour to be level  throughout. Belly colour to match top. Undercolour to be as pale as  possible. Foot colour to match top. Coat to be short and thick - a long coat  or a coat similar to that on other varieties (excluding rex) to be a serious  fault. Brown, yellow or pinky tinges to be faulted. Eyes Black. 

💚 Copper (inc dumbo)
NFRS Provisional Standard
-To be a light copper colour with a soft metallic sheen delicately ticked with lilac, base coat light grey, feet and belly creamy silver. Russian coat. Eyes dark ruby to black.
Faults; brassy or grey tone, velvet coat.

💚 Roan (top ear & dumbo) 

NFRS Standard

- A strikingly marked bi-colour variety, with roan colouration, symmetry and  contrast being important impressions. Clearly distinct from existing  marked varieties. Roans are born solid coloured, but from the age of  about 4-6 weeks they start to exhibit roaning. This is a steady increase in  the number of white hairs intermingled with the solid colour, starting with  the face, sides and tail root on the juvenile, then working its way up to the  nape of the neck with the moult. With each moult the rat becomes  progressively lighter, the final effect not really complete until the rat is  well into adulthood. The roan effect is most pronounced on the face,  around the rump and the sides. 

•Pattern: The Roan shall have as  symmetrical markings as possible. The underside should be completely  white. 

•Head: A wide inverted V shaped blaze, including the whisker bed, coming  as close to the eyes as possible without touching the eyes, and coming to  a point between the ears. Jaw line and underside of the head must be  white. Eye colour to conform to base colour standard. 

•Body: From the head, the colour runs back covering the ears and  continues along the body extending down the sides. Belly to be white. 

•Tail: Unmarked tail preferred. 

•Faults: White spots in coloured fur/ coloured spots in white fur. Brindled demarcation line. Lack of white on face and head or a completely white  face or head. 

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