This guy, http://i41.tinypic.com/2h5vepv.jpg
has been a father of 2 litters. Not a single baby had his colors. Are his color traits recessive or is this just a really unlikely outcome?
has been a father of 2 litters. Not a single baby had his colors. Are his color traits recessive or is this just a really unlikely outcome?
I second that he is a dove hood.
Dove is a recessive colour, but it depends what it is up against.
Agouti is a very common colour and is a very dominant gene, the same with black.
Its hard to say but the darker colours usually override the paler colours.
That being said its not always easy to predict. My friend bred two agouti hoods and got primarily agouti but also managed to get one dove - so who knows - but nothing was known of the grandparents of that litter.
If you want his colour breed him with a light colour.
Dove is a recessive colour, but it depends what it is up against.
Agouti is a very common colour and is a very dominant gene, the same with black.
Its hard to say but the darker colours usually override the paler colours.
That being said its not always easy to predict. My friend bred two agouti hoods and got primarily agouti but also managed to get one dove - so who knows - but nothing was known of the grandparents of that litter.
If you want his colour breed him with a light colour.
I'm not sure actually. I *think* it's not a dominant trait. So if the mother was a more dominant color and he's also a carrier for another color then the babies probably wouldn't be his color at all.
Also, is he yours? I wouldn't let him with the rabbit and piggie. You or whoever risks serious harm to all those animals by doing this.
He's a gorgeous fellow! Looks a lot like my big male.
Also, is he yours? I wouldn't let him with the rabbit and piggie. You or whoever risks serious harm to all those animals by doing this.
He's a gorgeous fellow! Looks a lot like my big male.
Rat owner for 8 years now.
The color is called fawn, according to ARFMA (American Rat Fancier's Association). And yes, it is considered a recessive trait. Here's a webpage set up to teach about genetics.
http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/7989/...
http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/7989/...
That picture goes against everything I have ever heard for those animals' safety..They shouldn't be together like that..
I don't know how to tell if an animals' colors are dominant or recessive.. :/
It's an interesting question, though..
I don't know how to tell if an animals' colors are dominant or recessive.. :/
It's an interesting question, though..
your rat is actully a dove hooded,
and actully it is colors, are in the geane pools like us or any other animal depending on who you put him with u may get difrent colors, depending on there geanes,
i've noticed that rabbits dont honeslty care about mice or rats, some rabbits are nasty and may kill,
but i've never had this issue as i carefully select my animals,
i own a mousery and rattery we have 3 male rabbtis runing around on the floor of our shed for winter as its nice and warm in there and we have escaped mice and sometimes investagative rats that we let run around on the top of the cages during feeding, who jump onto the floor,
they get a bit of a fright about there size but they dont really give a hoot!
we evan have a mosue in with two female rats [rescue we dont tend to do this] but they were introduced at a young age adult animals are difrent speacily if theve been kept seprate from anyother animal as they get use to there space and they dont like other animals invading there space
and actully it is colors, are in the geane pools like us or any other animal depending on who you put him with u may get difrent colors, depending on there geanes,
i've noticed that rabbits dont honeslty care about mice or rats, some rabbits are nasty and may kill,
but i've never had this issue as i carefully select my animals,
i own a mousery and rattery we have 3 male rabbtis runing around on the floor of our shed for winter as its nice and warm in there and we have escaped mice and sometimes investagative rats that we let run around on the top of the cages during feeding, who jump onto the floor,
they get a bit of a fright about there size but they dont really give a hoot!
we evan have a mosue in with two female rats [rescue we dont tend to do this] but they were introduced at a young age adult animals are difrent speacily if theve been kept seprate from anyother animal as they get use to there space and they dont like other animals invading there space