Name: Riffle Sex: Doe Variety: Black Berkshire rex Date of birth: 30 July 2004 Died: 15 January 2007 (mammary tumours)

Riffle is a really friendly, beautiful rex doe. We actually rat-sat her and her littermates for her breeder, and really liked her - so she stayed! We got her with the idea of breeding her (we wanted to try out the idea of husky rex rats!) but unfortunately she didn't produce a litter, even though we tried several times with different bucks. Riffle has a very wavy and soft coat, so is lovely to stroke. Unlike many rexes, she never seems to get temporary bald patches when she's moulting. She's very gentle with her cagemates (Boo, Boo Too and Hoppy).