Colours; Self |
Black, Blue, Buff, Caramel, Champagne, Chocolate, Cream, Ivory, Lilac, Mink, Pearl, Pink Eyed White, Russian Blue, Russian Buff, Russian Dove, Russian Silver, Sable, Stone |
Colours; Ticked |
Silver, Agouti, Agouti Marten, Amber, Blue Agouti, Cinnamon, Cinnamon Pearl, Golden, Lilac Agouti, Russian Agouti, Russian Dove Agouti, Russian Silver Agouti, Russian Topaz, Saffron, Sienna, Topaz, Wheaten stone |
Colours; Pointed |
Black and red eyed siamese are all judged in the same category. Black eyed siamese: Black Eyed Siamese Agouti Point, Black Eyed Siamese Blue Point, Black Eyed Siamese Chocolate Point, Black Eyed Siamese Russian Blue Point, Black Eyed Siamese Seal Point, Golden Siamese Red eyed siamese: Siamese Agouti Point, Siamese Blue Point, Siamese Chocolate Point, Siamese Russian Blue Point, Siamese Seal Point Himalayan: Himalayan, Golden Himalayan Burmese: Burmese, Russian Burmese, Sable Burmese, Wheaten Burmese |
Marked |
Badger, Bareback, Berkshire, Black Eyed White, Capped, Essex, Hooded, Hooded Downunder, Husky, Husky Striped, Irish, Masked, Variegated |
Other |
Marble, Marten, Black Eyed Marten, Silvermane |
Dwarf |
All color, pattern and fur variations in one category. |
Guide Standard |
Pink Eyed Golden, Coffee |
GENERAL
The rat shall be of good size and firm by muscle, not fat, and arched over the loin. The head is clean and long, but not too pointed at the nose. The eyes shall be large, round, bold and not too near each other. The ears shall be proportionally sized, round, and smooth. The tail shall be cylindrical, and as long as the body, thick at the base, tapering to a fine point, straight and smooth. Does shall be of long and racy type, bucks being of a bigger, more robust build. Bucks have longer and coarser coat than does.
The rat must be easily handled, in good shape and clean. There must be no bald areas, cuts or parasites, neither damaged nor missing body parts.
Serious faults
1) Poor condition (physical or mental)
2) Bare areas in fur (except for old rexes)
3) Damaged body parts
4) Inborn curved or too short tail
5) Slight structural deformity
6) Barbered areas on the head (in places the animal cannot reach by itself)
Faults to disqualify
1) Partial or total lack of whiskers or any body parts
2) Barbered except for areas on the head (in places the animal cannot reach by itself)
3) Large cuts
4) External or internal parasites or their eggs
5) Obvious ill health (reason to be specified)
6) Notable thinness or obesity
7) Aggressiveness
8) Pregnant or nursing mother
9) Age under 2 months
10) Obvious occlusion defect
11) Hermaphrodite
12) Testicular defect
13) Kinked or stiffened tail, unless the animal has gained quality prizes from two different judges (standard class) or two accepted grades (A, AB, B or C) from two different judges (pet class + agility)
14) A clear external tumour or abscess, except a blocked up follicle
15) Severe structural deformity
If the animal is disqualified or cannot be judged based on the same reason three times in at least two different days/venues, the animal is permanently banned from participating in shows
Coat varieties
All colours and markings are allowed in both coat varieties.
1 ) SMOOTH aka NORMAL (sk)
Coat to be smooth, thick, soft and naturally shiny. It should have longer top fur and softer base fur.
Coat to be even, thick and not too coarse. As few guard hairs as possible. Coat to be evenly curly all over. A less curly belly side allowed. Whiskers to be curly as well. When a silver-ticked or ticked (agouti-group varieties) rat is rex, less ticking is allowed because there are less guard hairs in their fur than in smooth rats. Rexing may have a balding effect in elderly rats, which is normal and should not be punished in judgement. Hand stripping (trimming) the coarse guard hairs before showing a rex rat is optional. Stripping should not cause the rat any pain.
DWARF (dw)
In pet-class dwarfs are judged in same class with standards. Only with size and weight some things should be taken on notice – Size of the dwarfs is ⅓ of the standard’s size and weight between 50-150g. Dwarfs are also more energetic, especially at youth. Otherwise the showrules are same.
In standard-class dwarfs have their own show, where all dwarfs are judged in same class – self, ticked, pointed, marked and others
DUMBO (D)
The ears shall be as big as possible, smooth and round, and set symmetrically behind the cheeks.
SELF VARIETIES
Colour to be even and with little silvering permitted on varieties black, blue, chocolate, lilac, mink, russian blue, stone and sable and colour to cover all body and go down to the skin. Belly colour, feet, ears and tail are to match the top.
TICKED VARIETIES
Agouti group’s color contains body color, base color and ticking as in guard hair on backside and lighter belly color. Belly color to be distinct from top with an even demarcation. Age, gender and fur type plays a part in how the color develops.
WHEATEN STONE (wh sto)
Body color is like sand, with light brown base. Belly silver grey. Eyes black.
WHEATEN SABLE (wh sa)
Body color cold black-brown with grey brown base. Dark brown ticking. Grey-brown belly. Eyes black.
POINTED / SHADED VARIETIES
Black and red eyed siamese are all judged in the same category.
SIAMESE RUSSIAN BLUE POINT (srbp)
rb chch
Body colour to be dark ivory – the darker the better – with a steel blue-grey tinge, shading gradually and evenly over saddle and hindquarters towards the belly, being darkest at the base of the tail. There should be no white areas anywhere on the body, feet or tail. Points (face, ears, feet, tail and tail root) to be a steel blue-grey colour, shading evenly to body colour. Eyes bordeaux red with blue rings.
SIAMESE CHOCOLATE POINT (scp)
aa bb chch/ chocolate pointed rat, has two siam-genes (ch) in C-locus
Body colour to be warm, medium beige gradually and evenly shaded over saddle and hindquarters towards the belly, being darkest at the base of the tail. There should be no white or very pale areas anywhere on the body, feet or tail. Tail colour to extend down the length of the tail. Belly to be light beige. Points (face, ears, feet, tail and tail root) to be a warm, rich dark chocolate and shade evenly into the body colour. Eyes bordeaux-red with blue rings.
MARKED
The coloured areas shall conform to the recognised colour variety except in the pointed varieties. The edges of the markings shall be clear cut and even.
for agouti group light gold. Muzzle area and around eyes to be darker than rest of the body – base coloured. Coat to be silky, soft and shiny. Uneven colour or too less of silveriness / goldenness are faults.
