Naked rat ♀ ....

I would love to breed her to another naked rat. Dont know how to go about this or if this is smart. Just need facts if someone has done this.

I believe the hairless trait is recessive in rats, so you could produce hets and breed them to the parents or eachother, or just get another hairless rat

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Originally Posted by Hulihzack

I believe the hairless trait is recessive in rats, so you could produce hets and breed them to the parents or eachother, or just get another hairless rat

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Well I wonna get a hairless male BUT im just scared things might go wrong ...
They say mothers dont produce milk for young. Also that they have birth problems I just wonder whats the chances of me running into this?

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Originally Posted by harm286

Well I wonna get a hairless male BUT im just scared things might go wrong ...
They say mothers dont produce milk for young. Also that they have birth problems I just wonder whats the chances of me running into this?

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Pretty high. Keep her as a pet, but don't breed her.

I just produced my first hairless (a dumbo boy). He's awfully cute, but he's going to have to be food, unfortunately.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

Pretty high. Keep her as a pet, but don't breed her.

I just produced my first hairless (a dumbo boy). He's awfully cute, but he's going to have to be food, unfortunately.

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well thats the only reason why I wanted to breed her, just for food.
Mayb keep one of her youngins. But what if I got a hairless male and breed him to a fancy rat would things go wrong then?

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Originally Posted by harm286

well thats the only reason why I wanted to breed her, just for food.
Mayb keep one of her youngins. But what if I got a hairless male and breed him to a fancy rat would things go wrong then?

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No, it's recessive, so unless the female also carries the hairless gene, then all the babies would be furred.

Is the hairless a double rex or a full on hairless(recessive)?

Double rex hairless(patchwork) can breed together and the females can lactate.

I'm breeding double rex groups and doubles to single rex and doubles to regular hair.

The killer thing about double rex's are they look different about every molt they have.

This is one of my males...
http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/s...30023Small.jpg
And the following week, lol.
http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/s...T0210Small.jpg
And now he looks like a Siamese, crazy! lol
http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/s...30230Small.jpg

Definately need to determine if its a double rex hairless that loses its hair after a few weeks or if its the recessive hairless. If I forget to check back on this thread, feel free to pm me, I am not extremely far from you and have quite a few male double rex hairless dumbo rats that I really don't know what to do with.

I breeed alot of hairless rats-some double rex some true hairless. I;ve never had a problem with the mothers not having enough milk or such. I do however notice that the babies are a little smaller than standards.

Hew is a mismarked siamese (blazed on nose).... note the tan color as a baby

There are like 9 different varieties of rex that go from looking much like a standard, to short coat, patched, naked, curly, whispy, etc


Back to the OP: The trouble with breeding a pet store or feeder bin found "hairless" variety is not knowing the genetics & not knowing if you would run into lactation issues.

I'm not real sure why you are seeking to bred the hairless as feeders outside of just having a naked rat rather than a haired one, but I would laike to add to the already good chance of finding lactation issues, the hairless are notorious for having small litters.

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

Is the hairless a double rex or a full on hairless(recessive)?

Double rex hairless(patchwork) can breed together and the females can lactate.

I'm breeding double rex groups and doubles to single rex and doubles to regular hair.

The killer thing about double rex's are they look different about every molt they have.

This is one of my males...
http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/s...30023Small.jpg
And the following week, lol.
http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/s...T0210Small.jpg
And now he looks like a Siamese, crazy! lol
http://i569.photobucket.com/albums/s...30230Small.jpg

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Originally Posted by SlitherSister

There are like 9 different varieties of rex that go from looking much like a standard, to short coat, patched, naked, curly, whispy, etc

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Where did you find this info?
I like to read anything I can on rex/double rex.
I know there is loose rex's, rex and double rex, but 9 types?

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Originally Posted by SlitherSister

the hairless are notorious for having small litters.

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Recessive hairless correct?

9 was just a number... but as you will see there are many varieties named & there is also mentions of some not specifically named as they are not found in general population

check maplewood rattery for a simple easy to read chart.

http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/7...varieties.html

hairless: hr, fz, nu
Depending on the gene responsible for the hairlessness, there may be a complete absence of hair, a few thin fuzzy hairs, or a patchy bald appearance. If whiskers are present, they shoud be curled, kinked, or bent. Skin should be pink for show varieties, but there are hairless rats with dark skin and a very new variety with markings that resemble that of chinese hairless dogs w/ spots. The hairless genes affect the milk glands so most females will not be able to nurse. Hairlessness is also a result of a the rexing gene in homozygous form, better known as "double-rex". I still have not found a gene responcible for my velour rats.

rex: Cu1, Cu2, Re, Sh, k, wv
Hairs are curled/waved including whiskers. Few to no guard hairs. The degree of curl will depend on the gene. (Cu1, Cu2, Re, and Sh are dominant traits) Some rexing genes in homozygous form (also known as "double-rex") will cause hairlessness.


I have seen rnu, shn, Whn used as well

Then there is Harley


http://www.afrma.org/rexrat.htm
mentions 5 identified genes


I'm not sure were the patchwork is going to be catagorized. One group that I from that was working on isolating the gene for this stopped the line due to undesired physical conditions, namely the eyes.


http://www.boardmanweb.com/rattery/geneticbasics.htm
mentions several


http://www.ratz.co.uk/genetics.html



enjoy

Well I have some one in coolorado that is lookin for some one to breed naked rats for a lizard or bearded dragon I think he said, I dont kno exactly. But he said naked rats would b great the wouldn't get pluged up. Just thought I'd make some money where I can. I think she's pregnant !! She wont let me pick her up and n tummy looks big. Do I keep the male in with her or do they eat the young??