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Molly asked in PetsRodents · 8 years ago

genetics Q for rats. My doe is albino, she was in a cage with mostly albino males one big male with grey?

I don't know anything about rat genetics or breeding but about two weeks after I bought my rat I realized she was pregnant. The full realization of how stressful it must have been for her to live in a cage with all those males just hit me and actually makes me mad at the pet store for being irresponsible and not sorting out their males and females. I almost never buy anything from that pet store but I fell in love with Selena that day and had to take her home. Now she is so young and just had a litter of at least 15 by my count. Anyway I was wondering if all her babies will be albino since the father(s) were albino too like Selena is? There was the one with the grey on him and he was big. She is feeder rat stock, but has a great personality. Aside from being hormonal the last week. I'm just doing my best to do as much research as I can right now but genetics is confusing. No bashing. I bought her pregnant unknowingly, I thought she was too young to get preggo. She's a great pet and I'm going to make sure her babies go to homes as pets. Also I know it's hard to tell much with out knowing her full pedigree. All I know is there were albino males and one large male with grey markings in the cage. it's been maybe 12 hours since they were born (they were born sometime last night) and they do seem to be darkening up a little already. hard to tell tho.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    I'm not that up on genetics with rats, but I think Albino is recessive.

    but even before the fur comes in, at coming up for two weeks, you should see if they have markings just from their skin. some lighter markings aren't visible at this stage, but you'll be able to pick out darker hoods and so on.

    you might find this useful. there's pics of different stages, day by day so you can see what to expect with their development.

    http://ratgrowth.homestead.com/week1.html

  • Erika
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Albino is a condition the place the exterior and coat lack pigmentation. It oftentimes has no result on reproduction, in spite of the undeniable fact that for sure there is an threat that (till the mate is examined homozygous dominant for a definite colour) that some puppies is often albino. oftentimes coloring won't influence your canine breeding skill, yet you are able to continuously communicate breeding with your veterinarian and native breeder to confirm risk-free practices, well-being and high quality of the puppies.

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