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Hair Types

 

Hair Types

 Standard - standard is recessive to Rex, Double Rex, Velveteen, and Double Velveteen

 

 Rex  [Re/re] - should have nice curles like a sheep.

*[re/re] = standard coat

*[Re/Re] = Double Rex

 

 Velveteen - [Cu/cu] -also known as Valour- the look should be plush

*[cu/cu] = standard coat

*[Cu/Cu] = Double Velveteen

 

 Satin  
 Harley  

 Double Rex [Re/Re] The fuzziness of Double Rex varies a great deal. 'Hodge Podge' has so little fuzz that he nearly looks hairless.

*Homozygous Rex, known as Double Rex, will result in the hair breaking off resulting in varying degrees of baldness. Most breeders find this look very undesirable and choose not to breed for them. Other breeders claim that breeding a Double Rex [Re/Re] to a standard haired rat [re/re] result in favorable rex coated offspring.

*Many pet stores and commercial breeders pass off Double Rex rats as Hairless.

 

 Double Velveteen [CuCu] Same effect as Double Rex  

 Hairless (hr/hr) there are several genes that can cause hairlessness. 'Skinny' is hr/hr

*[Hr/hr] = Standard hair carrying hairless

*[Hr/Hr] = Homozygous Standard Hair

 






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