My RAT HAD BABIES!!!

The dads not albino just the mom. So as someone else said the babies should be 1/4 albino most likely. And I left the mom to have her babies without the dad, is that a good thing? I didn't want the dad to hurt the babies or eat them. Thanks wolf, and I hope I can get some pics soon if you guys are interested.

and I have a question.. how come pet stores sell mainly only albinos? and I have counted all the babies and actually have a total of 14! And thats for a first litter! Maybe she'll have even more next time!

If the mom was albino, then she was a double carrier of a recessive albino gene. If the father carried the gene(he would not show it with only one) then some babies would be coming out albino. Luck of the draw, unless of course rat genetics is somehow different.
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Do the pundit, you'll end up with lots of albinos. In my experiance, albinos 1. tend to have larger litters since lab rats were bred to have larger litters. 2. tend to not have people get too attached to them, since they have no distinctive marking to differenciate them from all the others.
Just my theory.
Wolfy(Pictures? Of course we all want pictures!)

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Originally Posted by wolfy-hound

If the mom was albino, then she was a double carrier of a recessive albino gene. If the father carried the gene(he would not show it with only one) then some babies would be coming out albino. Luck of the draw, unless of course rat genetics is somehow different.
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Do the pundit, you'll end up with lots of albinos.

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It could be that the male rat is a pure or dominant black berkishire or black hooded rat.

So this is possible:

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25% black, 50% het, 25% albino....or..............

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50% black, 50% het

am I right?

I am not sure if a het rat can appear albino or if all hets appear black. If they can appear albino, then the second punnit square is plausible.

okay thats good. the mother bit me when i went near her babies. it hurt! lol. she never bit me before that makes me sad. at least shes being a good mother. she really is, suprising for a first timer.. shes been moving them around and nursing and being protective.. and I'll get pics tomorrow

Also, want to see your rat goes berserk? Give them some crickets!
Like chocolate for rats!
Wolfy

Congrats!:D

Our gerbil just had her second litter with six fat, healthy, babies. (Her first litter was a disaster.):(

14 babies, WOW!

yeah 14 babies for the first litter, i was suprised too.. im trying to breed gerbils too but they haven't had any babies yet, its been like over a month, i think i saw them mating too.. and all the babies are healthy and not any have died during the birth! ive got two more pregnant rats that should be giving birth in a few weeks! im gonna go take some pictures now so stay posted!!

These are the babies alone.. 14 healthy pups all together.. so cute

http://www.freewebs.com/jwk811/Rats%20002.jpg

Heres the mother with her babies though I knida scared her away from nursing

http://ballpython.zoomshare.com/files/Rats_001.jpg

And heres the dad if you wanted to know what the babies will soon look like... it looks here that hes all black but he does have white under him and behind..

http://ballpython.zoomshare.com/files/Rats_003.jpg

Sorry the pics are so big I didn't know how to make them any smaller.. I will post more pics once they get a little older to let you know how they are doing.. :D

nice rats . congrats on the first batch .