[geordiesmice]

I have a pair of hairless Mice the female has no hair , the male has no hair.The first litter they have had was eight babies. Six are white with a brown band, one is hairless, one is a fuzzy white which I think will turn hairless. Can someone explain how I can get pure hairless babies?, and how I managed to get six which are banded? please and thank you.

 

[moustress]

Don't they lose their fur in patches or something? I think I remember that there are a couple of different types of hairless, one of which really isn't hairless, or is related to fuzzy.

 

[m137b]

Can you post pictures of the parents, and the offspring?

 

[WNTMousery]

If you have some that never grew fur, they are not true hairless hr/hr. They would be fuzzy hairless which is an entirely different gene. True hairless grows their hair fully in and around the age of 2 weeks starts to lose it around the face-- the hairless slowly progresses from the head to the shoulder, down the back and the rump is the last place to lose the hair. They are quite fascinating to observe in this silly process. haha

 

[geordiesmice]

Hi here are some pics
This is the male

The Litter

The Nursing Female

 

[geordiesmice]

I have another litter where one has a fine fuzz of hair the other two brothers have no hair at all lol could the Male or the Female be Fuzzy?The litter in the picture are a very light brown with a white band.

 

[Bella]

I have a hairless rat, so not exactly the same, but somewhat similar. I got him very young and he still had a lot of the fur on his face - it was so cute to watch it shed off.

I would love to get my hands on some hairless mice. They are so intriguing!

 

[geordiesmice]

I bought A male from Cambridgeshire and a female from Darlington.All the fur has dropped off them now there completely naked I love them .

 

[The Village Mousery]

i heard some hairless have trouble feeding litters, you had that problem? something about the does dont produce much milk so a standard doe is used as a nanny

 

[geordiesmice]

Hi Artunature,
No problems at all , She has had two litters all survived I gave her plenty protein before and when nursing them .Scrambled egg Mealworms were given and dog kibble.The thing is if these have the fuzzy gene they wont have the lactating problem that true hairless have.Out of the litters I have had, over half have been born true hairless .She is a fantastic Mum .