First Dumbos and a weird looking male

I finally got my own litter of Dumbo/het Dumbo rats. Here is a pick of the male

http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/.../Dumbomale.jpg

I also produced this strange looking male, anyone have any ideas of what he may be? I do not have any rats in my colony that look like this one

http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/...okingmale2.jpg

Another pic of him

http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/...ookingmale.jpg

Im a rat breeder and i specialize in the exotic kinds (dumbo, odd eyed, blaze, hairless etc) and to me it looks like you bred a PEW (pink eyed white)

If it ends up getting a faint silver hood as it ages then it would most likely be a champane rat because i had that happen to me one time

He looks like an albino? White coat red eyes

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Originally Posted by ss10gotanks

He looks like an albino? White coat red eyes

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I know he has albino traits, but he has a skinny neck, and his face is squared off in the front. Also the ears do not sit like a normal rats. I just thought he looked odd as none of his litter mates look like him..other than color.

well he is definantly a standard but if he came from a dumbo litter then he carries a dumbo gene and could also have a slight misplacement of neck or facial bones.

Dumbos tend to have bones positioned differently than standard eared rats and it can either affect their neck creating a hump behind the head or the face could be shaped slightly different but in most cases a slight facial bone difference goes unnoticed

He is a PEW AKA Pink Eyed White AKA Albino

They are all the same ;)

His head is a bit misshapen :confused:

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

He is a PEW AKA Pink Eyed White AKA Albino

They are all the same ;)

His head is a bit misshapen :confused:

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At first look I thought just an Albino myself, but as he grew, he just looked strange. Haha...well, unfortunately I do not need another male (PEW/Albino, hooded, dumbo etc) so this little guy will be going to the snakes. Thanks.

I thought PEW and albino's were different?

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Originally Posted by Focal X

I thought PEW and albino's were different?

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They are the same thing :)

No, PEW and Albino are different things. ;)
Although PEW can refer to Albino, it can also refer to a white rat with pink eyes not caused by the albino gene.
Example, a pink eye colour such as champagne, with high white piebald spotting that covers all the spots. This animal wouldn't be albino, but it would be PEW. :D

As far as your rats oogly face there. . . LOL.
Dumbo is caused by a skull malformation, which causes the ears to sit differently on the head, so I'd assume that the skull malfomation gene in that rat just got a little too happy, and squished his face in too!

It would be interesting to breed him.