I got a variegated/dalmatian!!!

[tomfromtheshade]

I'm sure he appreciates the promotion!!!



Oh my bad, I missed the het part. He sort of looks like a dumbo even though he's a het! I would love to have a dumbo, but all our fancy rat breeders in the area quit breeding Good luck with him! Be sure to post the pictures of his pretty babies! Do you know if variegated is recessive? I'm guessing that it is since I've never had a variegated before

Variegated in my experience seems to be co-dominant. All of my variegated animals produce some variegated animals no matter who I pair them with.

As for that male, I'm not breeding him. I am trying to find a home for him actually. So, he won't be making any babies for me. His sister will, LOL, but not him. I really can't use a rex male in my breeding program. His genes spread too fast and I just can't use that many rex animals. So, I only breed rex females.

[suzuki4life]

man you people should stop playing with your food.

Dumbos, naked,dalmatian, siamese.....

what morphs ya'll want? I breed them accidentally.

[tomfromtheshade]

I need some high quality recessive hairless.

You have any of those?

It seems that everyone around here has the co-dom hairless. I could have those coming out of my rear end if I let them breed.

man you people should stop playing with your food.

Dumbos, naked,dalmatian, siamese.....

what morphs ya'll want? I breed them accidentally.

[dr del]

Guys,

Just a reminder we do not allow sales discussions outside the for sale section or the PM system - this includes adoptions and animal exchanges.


dr del

[alohareptiles]

man you people should stop playing with your food.

Dumbos, naked,dalmatian, siamese.....

what morphs ya'll want? I breed them accidentally.

LOL...I'm totally with you there...I started very focused...Now I have so many mixed I don't know what's coming out...But I do know that all make great food for the ones they were created for...

[suzuki4life]

LOL...I'm totally with you there...I started very focused...Now I have so many mixed I don't know what's coming out...But I do know that all make great food for the ones they were created for...

I try to avoid breeding "morphs". I am doing my best to weed out the albino genes from my stock. However, many areas it is actually illegal to own colored rats....I was shocked to hear such a thing. So a few tubs of albinos still exist in my building.

[BAMReptiles]

huh, i get those spotty ones all the time weird

[Michelle.C]

Looks like a fawn, possibly a beige. It's hard to tell before they molt.

Keep in mind that high whites are at risk for megacolon. I'd breed him/her to selfs, hoodeds, etc. It's a horrifying experience dealing with an entire litter of megacolon babies. They aren't even worth feeding off as they aren't digesting their foods correctly.

Either way, very cute little guy. I've been working with masked rats lately, and I'd love a fawn masked rattie. I've never actually seen one before.

[tomfromtheshade]

The variegated aren't really in the same boat as other "high whites".

They're more of an expansion of the hooded gene and not so much of a high white berk or berk blaze.

They're usually just as healthy/hardy as regular hoodeds.

Looks like a fawn, possibly a beige. It's hard to tell before they molt.

Keep in mind that high whites are at risk for megacolon. I'd breed him/her to selfs, hoodeds, etc. It's a horrifying experience dealing with an entire litter of megacolon babies. They aren't even worth feeding off as they aren't digesting their foods correctly.

Either way, very cute little guy. I've been working with masked rats lately, and I'd love a fawn masked rattie. I've never actually seen one before.

[Michelle.C]

The variegated aren't really in the same boat as other "high whites".

They're more of an expansion of the hooded gene and not so much of a high white berk or berk blaze.

They're usually just as healthy/hardy as regular hoodeds.

I'll have to respectfully disagree.

Variegated can be variegated hooded, variegated masked, variegated dalmatian, etc. Each line comes with or without it's risks of a genetic flaw (megacolon, etc.).

Dangerous high white genes usually are just white markings where there shouldn't be white. Not saying her line or your line carry the genes, just saying they are something to watch out for.

I wouldn't really refer to them as an expansion of the hooded gene either. The genetics are quite different.

While I agree SOME lines are just as healthy, not all are. The safe step with breeding any high white, odd eyed or variegated line is to breed them back to a self. Or if you are trying to prove your line out as a safe, megacolon free line, inbred high white father to high white daughter. It will bring out any genetic flaws that might me lurking in the background.