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Scott W · Last edited by Scott W on Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:24 pm; edited 1 time in total

The Were-Rat!

This is NOT a skin/hair problem but genetic.
Wink

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Scott W · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 10:53 am Post subject:

And NO I haven't shaved the one in the middle Laughing

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Geordiegirl · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:13 am Post subject:

Is that hairy one just missing fur on what should be white patches?
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lol93 · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:16 am Post subject:

I quite like them! Laughing

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Scott W · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:21 am Post subject:

Scott W · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:25 am Post subject:

We have some great rat projects going now, dumbo's, blue's, siamease, ratsters, baldies, semi balds, some that we call Pieds, a real interesting mix.

We are trying to get the thick Rex hair into some of the more unusual colours.

The only downside to them all is that each week when we cull for the frezer it takes ages to select out all the cute ones, we normally end up keeping 100 new 'fancy' rats each week 'just cause they look nice' Embarassed

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MJ · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:51 pm Post subject:

that were rat is horrid Laughing

Do you have call forwarding from the office mate Laughing

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RonW · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 2:12 pm Post subject:

That wererat is just plain ugly. Shocked

It may be genetic but most people will just think it has some disease Laughing

You do have some interesting rat projects though. Wouldn't mind a ratster, as long as it is really tame since there is no tail to pick it up otheriwse.
I used to have that problem of leaving the cute ones with mice. So now I breed only white labbies, saves me a lot of time Wink

Although that may change now that I have bald mice Confused

BTW Eggman, the bald ones do grow slower, probably because they use more energy to keep themselves warm. But overall its not too bad, I always keep some bald ones in my colony.

Scott W · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:23 pm Post subject:

The wererat is a bit bizarre, if it does breed 'true' would be nice to fix it so it's either furry with a bald head or furry head and bald body Laughing

We do the opposite with my rats Ron, ALL white rats with pink eyes are the first for the freezer retirement home Wink

The reason being is that we have a small number of a true lab strain ticking over, taking AGES to get them resistant to domestic breeding (as opposed to sterile labs) but we are slowly building up the numbers, but obviously don't want our old strain getting mixed in...so all whites from them go straight to sleep.

Here's a few more WereRat pics Wink

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Scott W · Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:35 pm Post subject:

Not really noticed a big difference, we have two litters plus any small litters fostered into each nursing box, so it's hard to tell if any grow quicker than others, plus like I say once they have weaned they go straight to sleep.
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