![]() If you are instead out to purchase a big name brand, then you might want to go with a label like Johnson & Johnson. Generally, off brands are simply the same ingredients made by a different manufacturer and this is true with many baby shampoos. I have even used the cheaper store brand baby shampoos for my rats with positive results. You can buy wonderful name brand baby shampoos for much less than you would “special small pet shampoos”, and they will ultimately be better for your hairless rat’s sensitive skin. It will also keep the rat’s skin hydrated and healthy. ![]() ![]() This will keep the skin clear and clean, reducing build up. You will need to wash the ratty in a mild, tear free, non toxic baby shampoo once every week or two. This then takes the rat from a patchwork to a patchwork hairless.īaby Shampoo is the perfect shampoo for hairless and furry rats as it is gentle, tear free, and non toxic! Photo Credit: Stephanie-inlove via Flickrĭue to the nature of a hairless rat’s skin, it is necessary to take extra care of your hairless rats over your furred babies. The first stop between rex and hairless is a rat with some thinning and balding known as a patchwork rat.Īs the hair loss becomes more obvious (not in age, but in strength of the rexing gene), the rat will become over 50 percent bald with patches of fur. It is simply a mutation known as the rexing gene, which simply strengthens to the point of lost hair.Īs rexes are bred and the gene is strengthened, there will be a noticeable hair thinning among the offspring. They are in fact not hairless, and it is not a genetic mutation that produces no hair at all. Of all of the hairless rats out there, these are the most common and are usually the rats that people refer to as hairless. This is not true for the faux hairless double rex rats they do produce whiskers and eyebrows, at the very minimum. In true sphynx rats, the genetic makeup results in absolutely no fur at all the rat won’t even have whiskers as long as the genes that produce this trait are decently concentrated within the rat’s bloodline. Their genetics are actually very different from those faux hairless rats, as well. These rats are actually quite rare as opposed to the normal “hairless” rat that you tend to see in the homes of rat enthusiasts. Photo Credit: Winona Morris via FlickrĪ true hairless rat has no fur on their bodies at all no whiskers, no brow lashes, no body fuzz. However, you can see how clean the body is on this specific specimen, giving you a good idea of what a true hairless would look like. This rat has whiskers, which means it is not a true hairless.
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