Albino Rats

[garthy]

I started with only hooded rats. 1 male (grey/tan colour and white) and two female (both black and white).
I am now regularly producing pure white with pink eyes and breeding these females.
Is this normal? Given I haven't introduced any new blood?
They are very healthy and regularly raising litters of 15/16/17 pups.

 

[jham66]

If one of the parents was het for albinism and you bred one of the offspring back to the mother and that off spring was het, then yes... it is normal.

 

[K3nny]

both pairs are hets?

either that or spontaneous gene mutation is all i could think of

 

[garthy]

If one of the parents was het for albinism and you bred one of the offspring back to the mother and that off spring was het, then yes... it is normal.

I know nothing, but they are pretty rats, it's a shame they will not make thesnake poo any prettier