Old rat and colour morphing

[jorats]

My old girl Loki is 45 months old now, the oldest rat I've ever had, my second oldest was Bijou, she left me when she was 41 months old but there was never any changes to her coat colour so this is pretty new to me.
Loki has started to change colour, I wonder if this is something with age? She's a beige berk but now seems to be changing into a vibrant fawn? :shock:
And it's not all over either, maybe it's just beginning on the tummy and chin.



I've been washing her everyday now, and more and more it seems to be truly part of her fur. I wonder if she will stay like this or change yet again.




Now, I've googled this...and nothing has come up, I've decided to give it a name since I may very well be the first one to notice this.
I'm calling it... the Sweet Potato Stain. :lol:

Ya... she likes to nap in her baby food... silly girl.

 

[Willow Bean]

HAHAHA!!! Sweet, sweet Loki!!

 

[Bronwyn]

:shock: Wow. LOL.

 

[Melissa's ZOO]

OMGosh silly old Loki. It looks like someone dragged her through yellow paint. Maybe she's looking for new look, you know how us girls get with our hair and sometimes we have to make drastic changes to it. :wink:

 

[jorats]

She's always wanted to be a fawn. lol

 

[Melissa's ZOO]

:rofl4: now she is.

 

[chicky82]

funny :lolsign: perhaps next she'll roll in berry juice to become a redhead :lol3:

 

[donshini]

This is really strange, i'll show it to the best rat-vet I know

 

[Bronwyn]

This is really strange, i'll show it to the best rat-vet I know

It's a food stain.

 

[RunzwithRatz]

:lolsign: That is the best! silly girl!

 

[bruxxy]

haha thats so funny!! :lol:

 

[Melissa]

My Siamese boys turned a yellowish ting as they aged.

 

[Godmother]

Hey, I bet Loki is a Cyndi Lauper wanna-be!

 

[dingosm8]

Blonds have more fun

 

[donshini]

This is really strange, i'll show it to the best rat-vet I know

It's a food stain.

I thought you hoped it was a food stain, but it was not coming off

 

[starfoot]

hahahaha so cute!! Sweet oldie girl! That's some crazy pigmentation in the fur! As soon as you clean it, the colour returns over night.. super fur!! But at least she's napping in yellow and not brown which would be a bit gross to say the least!.... Do you warm her food up Jo? If so, the old girl's probably just loving the chance of a warm bath! xx So sweet!