>>ME is right - it is common. Although, I breed white and multi-colored rats and it's only the albino rats that have tumors. Hmmm.

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>>Jay A. Martin

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Some tumors are genetically predisposed to certain blood/genetic lines. It may be that your particular albino line is one such. Some female rats who develop a series of tumors (i.e. keep coming back after being surgically removed) tend to stop developing them after they were spayed. Most tumors are benign (cysts really). Some however are cancerous. There is no way to really know if a tumor is benign or cancerous without having a biopsy done on them.
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