Rat genetics.

Quoted from a response from my thread on Goosemoose.com

"Double odd-eye. It's not common, but it happens. That's why you've got red eyes with black markings. It's got nothing to do with the Red Eyed Devil mutation, since we don't have that here. (referring to a different post in the same thread)

Being a double odd-eye is exactly what it sounds like. Both eyes end up light instead of one dark/one light like in normal odd eyes."



It looks like I will be getting a pair to try to produce this.

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Originally Posted by Dexter

Quoted from a response from my thread on Goosemoose.com

"Double odd-eye. It's not common, but it happens. That's why you've got red eyes with black markings. It's got nothing to do with the Red Eyed Devil mutation, since we don't have that here. (referring to a different post in the same thread)

Being a double odd-eye is exactly what it sounds like. Both eyes end up light instead of one dark/one light like in normal odd eyes."



It looks like I will be getting a pair to try to produce this.

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Ah. Yea iv seen a few rats have red eyes but none have black markings on them i was wondering why that was

Because of the high white factor in her, you do need to watch out for mega colon. She is probably fine, and I really don't think it will do anything to the snakes if fed to them.

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Originally Posted by Dexter

Because of the high white factor in her, you do need to watch out for mega colon. She is probably fine, and I really don't think it will do anything to the snakes if fed to them.

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whats that :O

http://ratguide.com/health/digestive/megacolon.php

I use to be really into the pet rat thing. I kept pet rats for nearly 14 years, so I hope I'm not coming off as pretentious. lol

http://ratguide.com/health/digestive/megacolon.php

The figures and case stories at the bottom of the page helped me understand it a lot.


I use to be really into the pet rat thing. I kept pet rats for nearly 14 years, so I hope I'm not coming off as pretentious. lol

Breeding the high white gene is fine as long as you don't breed them together.
Use a self, Berkshire or a hooded to breed to a rat that carries the high white gene and you'll never throw a mega colon baby.

Thats not true, although it diminishes the chances of MC, it does not eliminate it.

There is a chance that your girl does not carry the MC trait though.

JMO but I'd get rid of all those high white rats, there is no reason to take the chance and possibly breed babies who are going to suffer a horrible death. ESPECIALLY if you can't spot the signs of mega-colon and put them out of their misery ASAP. There have been lots of "breeders" who have tried to make the high white lines free from mega-colon, but they all give up cause they lose too many babies and don't bring their lines any further ahead.

If your just breeding them to immediately pop them in the freezer when their born, go for it, otherwise I'd feed those girls off/keep them as pets and get genetically better females for breeding :colbert:

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Originally Posted by SAMPSON-BP

JMO but I'd get rid of all those high white rats, there is no reason to take the chance and possibly breed babies who are going to suffer a horrible death. ESPECIALLY if you can't spot the signs of mega-colon and put them out of their misery ASAP. There have been lots of "breeders" who have tried to make the high white lines free from mega-colon, but they all give up cause they lose too many babies and don't bring their lines any further ahead.

If your just breeding them to immediately pop them in the freezer when their born, go for it, otherwise I'd feed those girls off/keep them as pets and get genetically better females for breeding :colbert:

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Hmm this is all weird. Because have you ever heard of zucker rats? From what i hear a lot of big breeders breed all white rats to avoid any of them being zucker rats.

Look @ all of rodentpros rats, their all white. Iv never had anything but a white rat come from them.

http://www.redtailboas.com/blogs/boa...rat-issue.html

"All the Rats that appeared to cause the main and most serious problems were all Black or Black and white and larges except 1 case of a medium white rat that was a very thick medium. "

"So from talking with Steph at Tinley Park they will not order anything that's not pure white.With another guy won't mention his name haven't cleared it with him.He will not use anything black or black and white this also includes his mice."

"So I will never order anything but pure white rats and mice from now on."

This is coming from Larry who lost many boas to this kind of thing. Me i keep quite a few boas. So hmm?

Im still not sure how high white rats cause this? And what exactly is high white? Am i looking to breed something with little to no white in them what so ever?