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21-12-2007, 06:47 PM
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I've had a blind rat before... But he was fully furred. Was born with no eyes. My female nekkid rat has a couple lumps. Never bred her as she was a pet only, but obviously they are prone to them... Her sister has several, as well. Shame.
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21-12-2007, 11:37 PM
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I've heard about the tumours etc.
I'm hoping to breed 'out' to at least two totally unrelated haired rats and then breed back into to the line, cousins, for less 'inbred' nakeds. I will then try putting naked females from the F2 to the Grandfather. I intend to 'line breed' rather than inbreed if I can get a line going. I don't mind if it takes me a good few litters before I start getting regular nakeds. Mind you anything ends up with problems if inbred too much. You just have to look at the state of some breeds of dogs!!!!!
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22-12-2007, 07:13 PM
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definately my fave type of rat.
We call them Rasticles in my house 
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22-12-2007, 09:21 PM
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lol well when you think about all dogs coming from one common ancestor, the grey wolf, it's insane to then look at some of the breeds we have nowadays, it's no surprise they all suffer with many hereditary diseases too. Damn humans and their artificial selection bastardry eh?
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23-12-2007, 01:07 AM
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 As long as we are trying to better the chances of a healthy life then I don't think we're doing much wrong. It p's me off when people just inbreed constantly. I've not long been 'into' rodents this time around but as when I had them years ago, almost 20yrs, I'm tryng to breed a healthy line up.
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24-12-2007, 07:53 PM
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I paid 25 pounds for a naked rat and 7 for a dumbo, tho these were shop prices so you should be able to get them slightly cheaper from a breeder/ private sale. I have heard they have the same breeding probs as the mice, tho never having bred them myself, I can't be 100% this is right
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24-12-2007, 11:56 PM
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They are really friendly as well. I've been told that 'some' females are fine with feeding litters. The mother to these two has reared 3 litters but only ever managed to feed 5-6 in each litter. She has only ever reared one female and the rest were males. I htink the guy said she usually only had about 8 in a litter though.
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