Yeah, I know!..LOL!, who really knows the real deal about them for absolute??. I've heard several stories over the years that involved some pretty credible people in the past, and I could swear that there was at least one, maybe two in the past that were alleged to have been caught in the wild,...maybe Ohio or something like that(can't quite remember now). BUT!! who's to say it wasn't really some guy's leucistic Texas that escaped, and was actually "re-captured" that day, and thought to be a genuine Black Rat?..LOL!



Sort of like the center of a "Tootsie Roll Pop",...the world will never know..LOL!. Heck, people in general can't keep from crossing animal's that are noticeably different, much less two that look virtually identical..LOL!...know what I mean?



Additionally, if there really "is" a true leusistic form of both types, over this long a time period, and all the people that breed stuff, MANY out in the hobby are SURELY going to be of mixed origin anyway. So, like you said, if you like the look, go for it,......they are what they are..LOL!





~Doug


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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

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• 2 Questions..Black rat/Texas Rat related - Lucien, Tue Aug 18 17:34:41 2009
• RE: 2 Questions..Black rat/Texas Rat related - DMong, Tue Aug 18 17:57:03 2009
• leucistic black rats.....???? - JYohe, Wed Aug 19 18:04:45 2009
• RE: leucistic black rats.....???? - DMong, Wed Aug 19 22:38:49 2009
• RE: leucistic black rats.....???? - Lucien, Thu Aug 20 00:51:16 2009
• RE: leucistic black rats.....???? - DMong, Thu Aug 20 02:01:21 2009
• RE: leucistic black rats.....???? - JYohe, Thu Aug 20 17:59:42 2009
• LOL!!,.yep, right on the head! n/p - DMong, Thu Aug 20 22:33:29 2009
• RE: LOL!!,.yep, right on the head! n/p - Lucien, Sat Aug 22 16:27:22 2009