He is sorta cute......... He needs a sweater or he'll catch a chill! I had a hairless mouse once and they feel really cool but not so nice to look at.
Double Rex (Almost Hairless) Rat!
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I guess it's cute in a sort of an E.T. or Yoda kind of way, lol. (Since you described how nice and polite he is it makes him a little less weird to me )
But, Ewwww... though.... I don't know if I could touch him.
But, Ewwww... though.... I don't know if I could touch him.
that is actually a true nakid rat his hair will come thru and drop off every now and again so u will get tufts of hair . they are awsome rats i love then and have 2
a double rex would have a differant type of fur coming thru i think i have some pics of my 2 nakies on my page http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=175481 i think the most recent pics are on page 4 or 5
a double rex would have a differant type of fur coming thru i think i have some pics of my 2 nakies on my page http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=175481 i think the most recent pics are on page 4 or 5
That was my first thought, too! I wanted to get out a tiny pair of knitting needles and make him a little, tiny, ratty sweater!
Enjoy the new addition to your family. Doesn't seem any more unusual to me than a Sphinx cat
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I thought he was a double rex. I read this one page that showed the difference between them, and a lot of the double rexes they showed had very little hair, and others had more. He has long thin hair on his body, but on his arms, legs and face he has short wavey hair. It had said that hairless rats have short whiskers, not long whiskers. I couldn't find very many sites that descibed the difference between them, maybe I just found the wrong one?
This is what Wikipedia said about hairless.
It is my understanding that they can sometimes look like hairless, but hairless will have short peach fuzz or hair around their faces. They also have short whiskers. Double rex can have a variety of different coats, including some that looks really thin like a hairless. Mine has long whiskers, short thick curly hair on his legs, short curly semi-thin hair around his face and long thin hair on the rest of his body. I have seen a lot of pictures of double rexes that looked just like my guy, and I have also seen some patchwork double rexes. I have no doubt that he is a naked, but I don't think he is a hairless.
This is another website the described a double rex rat. http://www.paperheartrats.com/varieties.html (Scroll down a lot!)
It is my understanding that they can sometimes look like hairless, but hairless will have short peach fuzz or hair around their faces. They also have short whiskers. Double rex can have a variety of different coats, including some that looks really thin like a hairless. Mine has long whiskers, short thick curly hair on his legs, short curly semi-thin hair around his face and long thin hair on the rest of his body. I have seen a lot of pictures of double rexes that looked just like my guy, and I have also seen some patchwork double rexes. I have no doubt that he is a naked, but I don't think he is a hairless.
to be completyl honest with out seeing a gene pool of his perents and grand parent u cant be 100% sure
my 2 nakkies are true hailess rats as i have seen the full gene pool of at least 6 generations
mine do get patches of hair thru too . alot of breeders wont breed double rexs as the have problems with there eye lashes ( something for u too keep an eye on ) also it say bout nakies having hair on the heads this is also true with double rexes .
as i said without seeing a gene pool there is no way of telling
my 2 nakkies are true hailess rats as i have seen the full gene pool of at least 6 generations
mine do get patches of hair thru too . alot of breeders wont breed double rexs as the have problems with there eye lashes ( something for u too keep an eye on ) also it say bout nakies having hair on the heads this is also true with double rexes .
as i said without seeing a gene pool there is no way of telling
