I love the hairless and rexes.


The question is..... are they hairless, rex or double rex?

Hairless is pretty self explanitory.. I think a true hairless (hairlessxhairless breeding) is born hairless and never gets hair...... not too sure, never tried breeding them... someone told me once that a hairless is product of a DRxDR breeding, then offspring is bred to continue to produce animals with no hair.

Rex gene will give a rat with short hair- can be very close to the skin or not, it is usually kinky or wavey looking a bit. Thier whiskers have a curl, or slight curl to them. They do not lose hair in patches, they keep thier hair.

Double Rex gives you a rat that has hair and whiskers much like a rex, but it usually is patchy, leaving them bald in spots. Thier hair often regrows and falls out in patches a few times a year- due to weather I think.....

I have worked with rats that carry the rex type genes, just never the hairless due to them not being great mothers.