Updates on the rats

Just some updated pics of the rats left over from the hairless litter.
Enjoy
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/DSC00594.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/DSC00595.jpg
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/DSC00589.jpg
And my favorite as of now
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...s/DSC00593.jpg

ohhh there so cute! You did a great job!:rockon:

they're all very nice , but i like that third ones color alot .

Thanks guys and yes, the black and white one is my favorite too

I'm confused. I thought you bred hairless rats!?!?! LOL

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Originally Posted by bpkid

I'm confused. I thought you bred hairless rats!?!?! LOL

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Hairlessness is a recessive trait...so I'm guessing those cute little boogers are het for hairless. ;)

AHH. I thought it was a whole different species!

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Originally Posted by JLC

Hairlessness is a recessive trait...so I'm guessing those cute little boogers are het for hairless. ;)

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Well both parents are hairless so I'm guessing they all will be too. Hairless rats have hair all through their lives. Just a little bit though, expecially as babies

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Originally Posted by Pork Chops N' Corn Bread

Well both parents are hairless so I'm guessing they all will be too. Hairless rats have hair all through their lives. Just a little bit though, expecially as babies

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Well, those look a lot cuter and furrier than any hairless babies I've seen. ;) Whatever they are, they're adorable!

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Originally Posted by JLC

Well, those look a lot cuter and furrier than any hairless babies I've seen. ;) Whatever they are, they're adorable!

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Thanks, I'm hoping to pick up some normal females to breed as well. Have you heard anything about petco female rats being sterile?

Me personally? No....but I haven't ever looked at buying breedable rats from any source, much less Petco. Still...it's hard to imagine why anyone would go to the bother expense of intentionally making a rat sterile....much less multiple rats. I would guess the issue would be more age related...if the rats were too old to reproduce or something.

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Originally Posted by Pork Chops N' Corn Bread

Thanks, I'm hoping to pick up some normal females to breed as well. Have you heard anything about petco female rats being sterile?

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That's a good question, I wonder how they would go about doing this.....my friend breeds rabbits and there housed in her garage and even though they have an a.c in there in gets so hot here in Florida some summers, she has had more then a few males go heat sterile.

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Originally Posted by Pork Chops N' Corn Bread

Thanks, I'm hoping to pick up some normal females to breed as well. Have you heard anything about petco female rats being sterile?

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I bought a pregnant female rat from Petco today! I've also bought pregnant mice, and mice that are now in my breeder colony. But...Petco stores buy their small animals from local vendors. Different vendors may have different policies on that kind of stuff.

Steve

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Originally Posted by hoo-t

I bought a pregnant female rat from Petco today! I've also bought pregnant mice, and mice that are now in my breeder colony. But...Petco stores buy their small animals from local vendors. Different vendors may have different policies on that kind of stuff.

Steve

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Ya, I had a 1.2 trio of mice from petco and they never gave me any babies in the 4 months I had them!!! Always breeding but no babies. They were really young when I got them as well