Albino Mouse Oddity?

I have a female Albino mouse from Petco, but I just noticed that she lacks the red-eyes, is this a true albino or what would you call this?

A white mouse? :P

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Nah but seriously if it doesn't have red eyes it isn't an albino I think.


dr del

There are both fully white mice and rats with black eyes. It's a form of leucism. They're probably just commonly called black eyed whites or something though. I'm not much of a rodent guy, but I've seen each before.

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Originally Posted by Russ Lawson

There are both fully white mice and rats with black eyes. It's a form of leucism. They're probably just commonly called black eyed whites or something though. I'm not much of a rodent guy, but I've seen each before.

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Thank you, Russ!

BTW, you have the same name of someone I used to work with! How funny!

Not an albino http://www.afrma.org/fancyrm.htm#fmice