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[crazy cranky critter]

Luckily he was ok and is now happy at home with antibiotics and some other medication from the vet :)
They gave him stitches but the vet said that because of the area it's in he probably won't chew them. Either way I'll be keeping a close eye on the little rascal :P

[heartleafed]

I think my mom might let me adopt two boy rats. I'm so happy. The youngest one's name is Gus, and he's actually a wild rat, but he was brought to his owner by a cat at two weeks old and has lived with people all his life, so he's really tamed. The other boy is a rescued feeder rat.


Now, as far as the ear thing goes, it is true that a dominant allele will mask a recessive, and it takes two recessive alleles to make certain features, but, there are cases of incomplete dominance, where it will take on characteristics of both, creating a mix (i.e.: a mixture of a red flower and white flower will create heterozygous red flowers with recessive white genes. In some cases, there will be pink flowers created due to the alleles not separating correctly). This occasions are not common, and are mutations that can occur regardless. You must also take into consideration all of the other genes affecting the ears in general, as well as their placement, shape, size, etc. I'm not sure how it works with rats though.
Even so, there are only two recognized ear types.

I'm not exactly an expert, but from my knowlege that's how it works.

[MoonfallTheFox]

I believe that dumbo ears are true recessive, and standard ears dominant. I believe the different shapes are linked to something else, because the huge variation in ear shapes among the two ear types has to be influenced by something.

[ru.]

I'm getting 2 boys on Friday from a breeder. They have fancy-eared, dumbos, rex, and hairless in various colors. I'm so excited. I think I'm going to get a rex for sure, but I don't know about what else, haha. Does anyone else have a rex rat?

[Hoofbeats]

I'm getting 2 boys on Friday from a breeder. They have fancy-eared, dumbos, rex, and hairless in various colors. I'm so excited. I think I'm going to get a rex for sure, but I don't know about what else, haha. Does anyone else have a rex rat?

I do! My rat Pusha is a double rex!
My friend also had one.... both are/were very cuddly and licky, their actually pretty gentle.
Here's a picture of my rat when she was a baby: Licking Time!

[MoonfallTheFox]

I have a rex as well. My first rat and the one I am most bonded to.



He's almost 3!

[heartleafed]

My Annabel is a Rex, not a particularly good one, but shes extremely sweet and very licky.

[Junsui]

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Have you ever had a rat?: :3
No, but I want one and will get one some day. I love rodents<3

[izzy <3]

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Have you ever had a rat?:yes o had 5 but only have 1 left (o ne died on mew years day) D-=

[Kiliann]

Yay, new members!!

Okay, I have a new addiction- Mice!! And the Hunger Games...
I love my rats and give them attention and play with them- but my school recently
had a Science Fair. With mice. Those of you who know me really well know that I'm
too nice for my own good, and so I just HAD to take in 5 poor dears. I now have
2 pregnant females (due to not being separated from two males) and three males.
Oh joy.