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History on albino grey rats?

MurphysLaw Aug 03, 2006 12:32 AM

Is this a crossbreed,or a natural rare find?
thanks Murph

Replies (7)

MurphysLaw Aug 04, 2006 11:36 PM

Or one that I can find online?

draybar Aug 05, 2006 09:01 AM

>>Or one that I can find online?

sorry, don't know anything to tell you....lol
never had an albino grey rat.
Actually I don't remember ever seeing an albino grey rat.
Closest I have seen are the grey rat/corn crosses expressing amelanism.
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Corn snakes and rat snakes..No one can have just one.
"resistance is futile"
Jimmy (draybar)

Draybars Snakes

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Dwight Good Aug 05, 2006 10:01 AM

The archives are your friend! Albino grey rats have been around awhile and aren't that rare.

Here are a couple of old posts, the second one has pics.

http://forum.kingsnake.com/rat/messages/11561.html

http://forum.kingsnake.com/rat/messages/12020.html

Good luck,
dg

Dewey Aug 06, 2006 12:15 AM

Good to see you still pokin around KS! Hope all is well with you and the family.

Dewey and Jason

chrish Aug 06, 2006 03:56 AM

Troy Hibbits used to have a photo of one that I believe was wild caught.
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Chris Harrison
San Antonio, Texas

BillMcgElaphe Aug 06, 2006 06:28 AM

Murph,
If you can find some from the Hibbits line, I would not doubt it's authenticity for a moment.

However,
I picked up a CB hatchling in '97 from a breeder in Florida (no name here) that looked like a "Perry Florida" hatchling gray and turned half yellow as an adult...... Pretty obviously a man-made cross - still was a beautiful animal.
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Regards, Bill McGighan

MurphysLaw Aug 06, 2006 05:59 PM

np

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