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Re: Rat with 2 different eye colors!
 Originally Posted by Coleslaw007
Huh good info. Does this mean I can't breed for blaze?  they're my favorite
Nope, if it's recessive you just breed one of her sons back to her, or siblings together, etc. Do linebreeding/inbreeding to get blazes.
Either way, you can breed for blazes, you just have to be selective in breeding. I have four separate lines of high whites (blazes, dalmatians, black eyed whites, etc). Three are recessive, one is a dominant line that I am still proving out as a non carrier of Megacolon. Five generations in and no megacolon.
Oddly enough, it's one of my recessive lines that produce Odd Eyes. While Odd Eyes are a marker for Megacolon, nothing is for certain unless you prove it out genetically.
I have a suggestion for you. Breed her to a self (solid colored male) or as close to one as possible. If she throws blazes, hold back all of your females. Take half of them and breed them to their brother (as well as breeding him back to his mother). This will be a good step in testing for megacolon. I know megacolon can be devastating, but it's best to find out now. Unless it's late onset (rare) Megacolon, it should show at 4-6 weeks when they are eating solid foods.
The other half of females you hold back, breed them to a self (or as close as you can come) male. I would not breed them to their father because if they do carry megacolon, the less you inbreed the better. With this set of girls, continue out breeding and heavy selective breeding. Avoid inbreeding.
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