CMMR Paparazzi, bred by Colorado Mountain Meadow's Rattery.
Siamese are my pride and joy and is my number one specialty!
The Siamese rat is a beautiful play of dark on light. Siamese should have nice dark points on the nose, ears, base of tail, and feet. Eyes should be Ruby. A quality Siamese will have a beige or ivory cast or shading over the saddle and hindquarters. This beautiful play on colors is the result of acromelanism, temperature sensitivity that cause the extremities to show darker. This is what gives the Siamese its unique appearance.
Today the only recognized colors Siamese are shown in are Seal, Blue, and Russian Blue point. Though Siamese can come in every point color imaginable, most colors not mentioned above do not appear as dramatically beautiful.
The breed standard calls for Siamese to be of Self pattern. The number one show fault in Siamese rats is white feet or white on the feet. A Siamese of any other pattern will display white feet. Siamese with white feet have picked up the nickname Trimese. The name originating from the 3 different colors they display being the dark points, the ivory or beige cast, and the white that separates the markings. Examples of Trimese are Hooded, Capped, and Variegated Siamese. Most of the Siamese rats you see from non breeder locations are Trimese. While Trimese are beautiful in their own way, they are not recognized in the fancy rat showing community and are considered poorly bred Siamese. It takes more time to correct this poor breeding than it takes to make the mistake to breed for them.
At this time I am breeding 2 Siamese lines, the first has a long pedigree that can be traced back 26 and possibly more generations. My second is my "Siamese from scratch". For more information about my "Siamese from Scratch" Line please click HERE
Silent Specialty...
Black self's are my silent specialty. While I dont talk much about them I work hard on perfecting them. Black selfs have an elegant simplicity that I personally find attractive. If you are looking for a nice black self you have come to the right place, I am crazy about them!
Black self’s are the #1 ingredient to making quality Siamese. Every effort I make to perfect my Black Self’s also helps perfect my true passion, the Siamese. I think of black self’s as a Siamese's shadow, you never find one without the other!