Go/* Re/* sa/sa
(Other curly coat genotypes besides Re/*: dominant Caracul, Ca/* and recessives fuzzy, fz/fz and frizzy, fr/fr. This text refers to Re/*.)

"Coat to be as curly as possible. Whiskers curly. The mouse's coat straightens somewhat as the mouse ages." (Standards for Astrex.)

"High sheen coat with a satin-like or metallic gloss. White to be known as Ivory and to be as white as possible." (Standards for Satin.)

Breeding information below the pictures.

	SHSA Blue buck Siimis Mustafa b. & o: Katri Pohjanvaara & Ranja Heikari pic: Arttu Väisälä
	SHSA Colorpoint Beige doe Fenkoli b: Essi Tulonen, o: Anniina Tuura Pic: Arttu Väisälä

Quick Look

Compared to Short Hair Astrex, the Short Hair Satin Astrex is slightly easier to breed to standards. This is due to the hollow satin hair curling easier than non-satin hair. The Short Hair Satin Astrex does share problems with the short hair astrex: the straightening of coat and the tendency to lack in type and size (often the side-effect of breeding for coat more than other qualities).

Genetic Background

Short Hair Satin Astrex mice have:

- sa/sa, making them satin instead of non-satin; and
- Re/*, making them curly instead of straight.

In More Practical Terms...

For the best coats it's advicable to breed SHSA to SHSA, or SHSA with SHA. This helps building the correct modifiers in order to get the coat as good as possible. Remember to keep Astrex-bred Short Hair Satins around so as not to end up with thin coated mice.

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As Short Hair Satin Astrex shares the same problems as Short Hair Astrex, please go and read the Short Hair Astrex -article.