Re: Look what I got out of a black and an agouti hooded rat!
If you breed one of the albinos back to a parent, you'll get about 50% albinos. There's nothing really "special" about the albinos, they're not hard to come by or anything.
Re: Look what I got out of a black and an agouti hooded rat!
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Originally Posted by
littleindiangirl
Self denotes the lack of agouti (the banded hair) and can ALSO be used as the name of a black animal.
I know, confusing, but thats the way I learned it and I tend to fall back into that terminology.
So, its like this... If both parents WERE het for PED, you would have gotten:
Champages [PED on non agouti]
Ambers [PED on agouti]
Blacks (if the agouti was het for black)
and Agoutis (agouti is dominant)
But since you didn't, that is a strong suggestion that your parent rats are het for albino.
You would have gotten
Agoutis
Blacks (again, if the agouti rat was het for black)
albinos
Ok I see! Goodness there's a lot to this! It's fun to learn about! Thanks for taking the time to share!
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Originally Posted by
Bettacreek
If you breed one of the albinos back to a parent, you'll get about 50% albinos. There's nothing really "special" about the albinos, they're not hard to come by or anything.
I know they're nothing special, but it was exciting getting something other than agouti or black! And quite unexpected after 30+ babies.
