Quote Originally Posted by bokuza View Post
Very nice! I am loving the blazed rats.

There you go again SnakesRkewl... impressing me with even cuter stock.

I actually encountered Megacolon in a pinked eyed self rat. (not albino or ruby, pink dilute). It's true high white rats are higher risk but some rats carry it...regardless of color.
A self rat as far as I know cannot create megacolon since they don';t carry the high white gene.
Megacolon is when the fetus doesn't develop it's nervous system far enough around the body to reach the colon, making the colon unable to push food through, making the rattie bloat and die.
When two high white genes meet this is the cause, if there is another cause I'm not privy to the information
Odd-eye, Dalmatians, variegated, head spots, blazes, possum faces, lightning blazes and maybe more are all rats that carry the high white gene.
Maybe your rattie was an odd-eye with a pink and a red eye?

I've had about 60+ litters the last 2 years and have had not one megacolon rat, self to blazes all day long and you'll never make one as long as you remember that rule.

Odd-eye Blue berkshire standard coat.
One Ruby eye one black eye, this rat would definitely need to breed to a self female or pay the price


Black Variegated blazed standard coat


Black Berkshire Blazed standard coat.


Blue Berkshire blaze standard coat.