my new momma

[oliverstwist]

found her in the bin of 200 other mice a little long haired black and white beauty

any one else have medium or long haired ones?

i hope it throws

[kc261]

I had a long haired male that I was able to prove out as a recessive trait by breeding him back to his daughters.

Unless you do some selective breeding, the "long" hair won't be more than just a little extra fluffier. It is still cute though.

[oliverstwist]

yeah i saw it and loved it, so more than not babys will have short hair huh

[Turbo Serpent]

We had a long haired mouse we called flufferbutt. She died a week or two after her 3rd litter. We have since had many different long haired mice. Our most recent is very long, I'll have to get a picture of him.

Here is the female we had to start off the long haired: