So, I started rat breeding a few months ago and I have a colony going with about 4 litters going right now and 2 more suspected pregnant at least. I think it's nice to breed not only because your getting food for your snakes, playing around with the breeding and different genetics is pretty cool to me.
I took interest in one of the litters because the mother is a normal hairless (not albino) and the father was a normal black rat.
She's got 9 babies and they are as follows
3 normal albinos
1 rex albino
1 normal cream hooded
1 rex cream hooded
3 rex blacks
I think the rex gene is pretty interesting and have personally never seen a black rex or a hooded rex so I think they're pretty cool little guys. Heres some pictures just taken tonight.
In case you don't know, from what I understand, the rex gene usually appears as thin curly hair. Less/thinner hair than a normal rat but not hairless. Some have so little of the rex gene the hair isn't thin but just curly. It makes for some cute whiskers.
The 3 blacks together.
A normal black rat (from a separate litter) and a black rex next to each other for comparison.
The hooded rex (getting curious with newly opened eyes)
The hooded rex next to his normal hooded sibling.
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