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    Re: Rat condo ready to go, critiques?

    Quote Originally Posted by tomfromtheshade View Post
    I do enjoy the dumbo rats, and I recommend them. The rex rats are not great for feeder production. You will always have to make sure that you're not breeding a rex male to a rex female. Rex is a co dominant trait. A rex male will produce some rex babies in every litter when bred to a normal female. When bred to a rex female he will produce some rex and some hairless (double rex). Some people love hairless. Some don't. Historically my hairless moms were never great.

    I would avoid rex animals in my feeder breeding. Thats just my two cents. Your mileage may vary.
    Double rex and hairless are separate genes, please do not refer to them interchangeably.

    Hairless (a recessive) is associated with some visual females having milk issues, problems can be avoided by breeding carrier females to visual males. These are not among the rats OP has.

    Rex and double rex (aka drex) are generally not an issue for feeders or breeding and have no milk issues as a general rule. (Any individual rat of any genetics could potentially have milk issues, but it would not be rex causing it in this case)

    Drex and hairless do both result in rats with little to no hair, but the genetics behind it do make a big difference for the issues you bring up.

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    Last edited by pretends2bnormal; 06-12-2019 at 03:28 PM.

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