Mandylor is a silver fawn.

Mandylor came to me with Barney and Hoffman

All three rats came from the house of a back yard breeder who claimed a female had escaped into the boy's cage and left her with a huge number of rats. Hoffman had been living in a Freddy cage along with 32 other rats. A freddy is suitable for a pair of rats, so that gives you some idea of the extreme overcrowding he was living in.
All the rats had wounds of some kind from fighting due to the conditions, and food was simply thrown in with them each day. In total, 64 rats were removed from those premises, and I only had space to take 3. The others were distrubuted amongst rat rescues up and down the country.

Mandylor was around 8 weeks old when he came to me, so he was better adjusted and more handleable than Hoffman as he was young to enough to have bounced back from his former neglect.
He was initially a curious but timid kitten, and tended to let his brother(?) Barney explore things first.
As he grew, it became clear he was an alpha in the making, and he began to exhibit the same behavioural problems as Hoffman, such as extreme aggression towards other rats and being unable to relax in the company of other males.
He then ripped a deep hole in a baby rat during an intro and it was then that I decided to have him castrated, for the good of the existing boys, any new boys that might need to come in, and Mandylor himself.

Despite his dislike of other rats, he was always an amazing softy with me. He bonded to me well and would often sleep on my bed with me. He loves to lick and he's a very docile, gentle rat with people, just not others of his own kind!
The castrate hit a small hitch when Mandylor pulled his skin glue out the same night. He saw the vet first thing in the morning but the vet decided to leave the wound open rather than knock him out again and try to reglue.
The wound healed well, though it did take a little while to do so. Now, over 6 months on, he is an absolutely fantastic rat. I couldn't wish for a better rat. He has the temperament, health and good looks of any top-notch breeder rat, and I use him often as my ratty ambassador. If Im ever visited by anyone who is unsure of or scared of rats, I use Mandylor to reassure them, and he always does the job! People who claim to hate rats have been won over by Mandylor, and even been confident enough to give him a cuddle themselves, always claiming 'I had no idea rats were like this.'.

Mandylor is a lovely little rat, and, I have to confess, one of my favourites. He often sleeps on my bed with me, and I sometimes take him on little trips with me. He has the most sound temperament of any rat, and I trust him 100% in any given situation. He is truely ratty perfection.

Why Mandylor? Im a huge fan of the SAW franchise, Hoffman being my favourite character, so named him after the actor that plays him: Costas Mandylor.