does the hooded rat's spine stripe HAVE to reach all the way to the tail for it to be considered a true hooded?
i have a feeder rat that has a white body, black head/neck & the black spine stripe only goes 1/2 way to the tail.
sorry my camera is M.I.A at the moment so i cant post a pic...
this rat is actually too big for me to feed off now and i will be taking it to the pet store on wednesday to see if they'll take it back so i can get a couple smaller rats for the 1st 2 weeks of february.
i WAS buying all the rats i needed for the month but this is the 2nd time a rat has grown too big to be fed off so i'm just gonna start buying 2 at a time.
hopefully the pet store takes it back, cuz it's a pretty nasty tempered male and i really dont wanna get stuck with it.