Interesting babies

[Awaiting Abyss]

They are double rex. That causes them to be thin/hairless. It is a result of breeding two rats that both carry the rex gene and the kittens get both rex genes from their parents.

I'm not as familiar with rat genetics as gerbil genetics, but I do know a small bit.

[Abraxxos]

Originally Posted by Awaiting Abyss

They are double rex. That causes them to be thin/hairless. It is a result of breeding two rats that both carry the rex gene and the kittens get both rex genes from their parents.

I'm not as familiar with rat genetics as gerbil genetics, but I do know a small bit.

Oooh, very cool. If my male throws rexs I won't feel guilty in the slightest about feeding off this hairless. She's mean to the other rats (surprised she bred at all) bites humans and ate 4 of her babies (she originally had 13 not 9) My other rats are great through. At least 2 are willing to surrogate.

[Awaiting Abyss]

Originally Posted by Abraxxos

Oooh, very cool. If my male throws rexs I won't feel guilty in the slightest about feeding off this hairless. She's mean to the other rats (surprised she bred at all) bites humans and ate 4 of her babies (she originally had 13 not 9) My other rats are great through. At least 2 are willing to surrogate.

Hairless rats don't make good mothers most of the time. Many times they do not produce milk to feed their babies (or they do not produce enough milk, or milk with the right nutrients in it), so its always good when breeding a hairless female to have a furred female available that can foster the babies if she is unable to care for them. Your hairless might not have been able to produce enough milk for all of her babies so she culled some.