I have a nice sub adult male and have never seen anything like him and have no pic's worth posting that can accurately convey his coloration...also I have not seen them at any reptile shows or for sale online either....very rare to see them offered for sale....mine came from byrond who got it from Bell I believe...it was a highly aggressive poor feeding neonate which is why I think it was sold...a few months with me and he eats dead off the paper and "tolerates" being handled....but even what he considers the slightest provocation on my part sends him into defensive mode. His head is slate grey and the oranges and greens and other colors he displays are not even explainable..you would have to see him in person to believe it. I see albino and lavender black rats all the time at shows and bubblegum's and mixes as well. I do not think the Lavender Texas has been bred into either line due to their scarce availability...but I have been hard pressed to get any info on the actual lineage except that Mike (or Mark ?) Bell is where they are coming from. I have a lone male and was considering breeding him to my female Lucy Texas Rat but changed my mind even though I think they are both Texas Rats I didn't want to breed the possibility of the "bug eyed" anomaly into the Lavender Texas Rat lineage, so I will have to wait patiently for a female.
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Thanks,

Frank Roberts

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