Registered Name: BWR Tell Tale Heart
Call Name: Heart
NARR #: 08BWR0086/01F
Birth Date: August 19, 2008
Color/Variety: Burmese
Health Records
Litters: none
Heart, like her predecessors, is extremely outgoing, affectionate, and people-oriented. She tucks her hind legs, gives kisses, and just loves attention from people. She goes exploring, but always stays close.
Heart has good overall type and size. She has good bone, and a nice head, though a little long in the nose. Her ears are good and well placed, and she has excellent eyes. Her tail is good, and her color is excellent. She does show some silvering, but has color all the way down her toes, and even has colored toenails.
Heart was meant to be part of my breeding program. At the time I planned to pair her, her grandmother was preparing to undergo surgery to remove a tumor. Since I did not know what kind of tumor it was or how likely it was to be hereditary, I opted not to breed Heart. After the biopsy came back, the tumor was shown unlikely to be hereditary, but by that time it was too late to breed Heart. I feasibly could have bred her, but already had plans for two other important litters underway. Instead of having three litters very close together, I decided to retire Heart, and concentrate on a good mate for her brother. This is a loss to my breeding program, but I felt it better to lose one breeding than to potentially produce rats with a genetic tendency to develop tumors.
