Hairless feeders

i just bought a pair of hairless rats to breed and make babies (Names: Male-Nutty (obvious reasons) and the female is named star (good porn star name)

but my question is.. does anyone else feed hairless? the reason i got hairless is because if we have surpluss they are easily sold :-D

Well I hate to break it to you but female true hairless rats rarely lactate and usually need a foster mom for the babies.
I've tried selling true hairless around here, NO takers lol.
I have fed hairless and seen no difference and the hassle hairless gives isn't worth raising them IMO
Now if you like them and want to make them because it's fun and a hobby, do it, just makes sure to have another female to foster the babies.

I breed a lot of double rex/double velveteen patchworks, they are healthy, breed well and lactate like a normal rat so they can feed their own babies.
This is a double velveteen dwarf I made, he regrew a lot of his hair but still was a funny looking little guy.
http://i915.photobucket.com/albums/a...fRexDwarf1.jpg

we've bred hairless and most of our mothers have been horrible. They either ate their babies or abandonded them. Granted they are very easily sold as feeders. Weigh the options for yourself. We had a new hairless give birth for her first time today, so we'll see how she does. Good luck with yours

The best way to go with hairless is to breed the hairless father with a furred mother. This basically creates babies that are furred, but het for hairless. Then you breed the furred females you get to either the original hairless male, or get a new hairless male to expand the gene pool a bit. You should get 50% hairless in the litters then. The females with hair are less likely to have the issues the hairless females do, but can still kick out a good number of hairless babies.

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Originally Posted by Stacykins

The best way to go with hairless is to breed the hairless father with a furred mother. This basically creates babies that are furred, but het for hairless. Then you breed the furred females you get to either the original hairless male, or get a new hairless male to expand the gene pool a bit. You should get 50% hairless in the litters then. The females with hair are less likely to have the issues the hairless females do, but can still kick out a good number of hairless babies.

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Its how I do dwarfs too, dwarf male to full size gene carriers, dwarf moms don't generally lactate and in my breedings only delivered still borns.