Re: Look what I got out of a black and an agouti hooded rat!
Originally Posted by littleindiangirl
Yep, the complete expression of the albino gene will always override whatever colors the animal is expressing just because it stops the production of melanin. (except for siamese)
Also, albino is recessive, so both parents are hets if the offspring are albino.
Now that my head is clearer, I'm convinced they are albinos.
If they were champagne (PED on self), then you would have also gotten some ambers, which is the PED on agouti in your litter.
Because Agouti is dominant to self (or black as you call it) then chances are very good you would have gotten agouti PED's, or rather ambers.
So yes, I do believe those are albinos.
Thanks for all the info! Maybe I wasn't clear... the mom is a black hooded and the dad an agouti hooded. If any of them where ambers they would have been selfs right? The rest of the litter were all dark hoodeds.