Tonight I was seperating out pregnant female rats and I'm a bit confused by this one female. She's a mink that was originally slated to be fed off with the rest of her litter but since she has the same odd two toned coat as her mother, Patches, I kept her back. She's heavily preggo with her first litter so was popped into a 10 gallon maternity tank. That's when I noticed she doesn't look like my other females. Her ears are just...off...not set like the regular top ears I have. Is she a dumbo or what? Her ears are sort of bigger and sort of floopy looking (okay is that a technical term or what LOL) and set down low like a dumbo a bit.

How in heck did I get a single dumbo though? I guess Patches may have produced others that were fed off young and perhaps I just never noticed she throws the occasional dumbo or whatever this female is. I have kept one other daughter of Patches and she has quite normal ears (though is a solid mink, not two toned liked Patches and this female pictured).







Just for reference this is this rat's mother, Patches, with her oddly colored coat.