Bowie is a Pink Eyed White.

I adopted Bowie when he was only around 10 weeks old, but by this time he had already been in three different homes.
He was originally purchased from a 'breeder', along with two others, by a first time rat owner. Reports of the 'breeder' in question were not good, and included stories of her holding the rats by the tail and worse. Indeed, Bowie had a degloving injury on the end of his tail, consistent with being picked up in this way.

The new owner didn't have much experience with rats, and Bowie was very aggressive toward his cage mates, inflicting injury on them. The owner decided she couldn't cope with his behaviour toward the others, and her, so she passed her on to a rescuer.
With this rescuer, he was given the vet care he needed to remove the dead tip of his tail, and he was also castrated to curb his aggression toward other rats. According to her, he was very difficult to handle and needed a lot of work.
From here, I heard of him and decided to take him on, as I enjoy rats that have behavioural issues.

When he arrived, Bowie seemed to go in with the other boys without much issue, though he did definately need work on his relationship with people.

As time has gone on, he is now much easier to handle. I wouldn't say he will ever be a cuddly or mellow rat, but hes definately far improved from how he was. He's now a fat, lazy boy in his later months and is well liked within the group.

Why Bowie? When I got him, he was very thin, and white, hence a reference to the thin, white duke! Now, however, he's a bit of a chunk so perhaps the name doesn't fit as well anymore!