Ellie my naked rat hed her babies lastnight not sure how many there are yet dont want to desturb the nest. Last time she had a litter of 17.
Im hoping for some nakeds this time as a put her to a mostly bald male, he just has fuzzy bits of hair.
I'll keep you posted.
They will be for sale when ready from 6 weeks so if your interested please do let me no.

They are all doing well, keep you all posted.

Just had a check and count of the babies and she's only had 8 this time and out of that 8 im pretty sure 5 are going to be nakeds as you can see the shadowing of the hair com ing through on the other and 5 i think are going to be bald are still bright pink.

Hairless rats that have pigment still start to show that pigment at the same age as if they would be furry

Oh thanks, never breed nakeds before, mummy rat hasnt got any pigmant to her, neather has dad really although he does have some bits of hair. Mum only has hair on her face and that is it and its dark coloured.
Im hoping that the 5 with no pigmant will be bald, i just thought as they had no pigmant they would be. Fingers croosed.
Mum and dad are both dumbos aswell.

If both parents are hairless, all of the babies SHOULD be hairless, as well... Unless the parents each have a different hairless gene (there are a couple genes that produce hairlessness)

Im not sure on the back ground of the parents as i got the from pet shops.
I have a pic of mum in my pics, but got one of the dad put on here yet.

Pics don't help in determining the different genes for hairlessness... Only breeding two together can prove what the parents are. If it's two different genes, all of the babies would be furry, but carry both gene (unless one of the parents carries both genes, then you could end up with hairless rats that carry another gene for hairlessness). And double rex rats are sometimes hairless, but sometimes completely furred. Just varies.

i would guess that they are all hairless from the two you have , i mainly have pink eyed pink body (white hair) hairless but you can get any colour hairless come through and this is problery what your seeing
i am sure you will find homes for them very quickly

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Sadly I only have 5 left, i think mum has eaten the others for some reason, she raised her last litter of 17 really well and they all survived. These things happen though i supose.
So i now have 3 of the ones i think will be bald and 2 of the others.