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Post by MojoMouse on Jul 12, 2013 18:17:08 GMT 10
I have a litter from one of my conformation mice and a new mouse I got recently. There were only two babies in the litter, unless there was more and the mother culled them. The issue is that both mice have started losing their fur. There's no hairless genes at all in the background of my mice, and I've been reliably told that the new mouse I paired with mine was definitely not a hairless carrier. The odd thing is that the hair loss has started from their rumps, and increasing from there. As far as I know, hairless mice lose fur from the head first in a moult. The young mice are also really small. This makes me thing the hair loss may be congenital. This pic shows them with two mice from another litter that are 5 days younger, but larger. Any ideas? I'm concerned.
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Post by andy on Jul 12, 2013 19:07:51 GMT 10
It may be congenital. Is she a first time mum? Is she in with a nanny? I have had a new mother or the nanny really over groom the litter to the point they had bald spots but seeing as it's the same location on both babies I'm guessing that's not it. Sorry I cant help more.
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Post by andy on Jul 15, 2013 20:38:47 GMT 10
How are the babies going Cathy any progress?
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Post by MojoMouse on Jul 16, 2013 15:01:05 GMT 10
They are still losing fur, but are active, and eating normally.
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Post by mousekateers on Jul 16, 2013 19:43:53 GMT 10
these are just long coats aren't they? So no fear of it being something to do with double rex. It may just be something related to that particular line. Let us know how they go.
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Post by MojoMouse on Jul 16, 2013 22:20:02 GMT 10
Yes, they're long coats. This moulting is something I've never come across before. I'll update this thread with any developments.
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Post by anielka on Jul 28, 2013 23:57:28 GMT 10
Fascinating if genetic. If they kept long fur at front would look like small lions. How are they?
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Post by MojoMouse on Jul 29, 2013 9:39:35 GMT 10
They're getting their fur back, after losing all but a few tufts on their faces. I have no idea why they lost it. They've filled out as well, though are still very small. Otherwise, they're healthy and active.
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Post by anielka on Jul 29, 2013 14:39:57 GMT 10
Glad they are better. We had similar thing with one mouse once- he was never very big. Interestingly if it is genetic your mice might have some valuable genes for baldness research laboratories......not that I think it would be ethical to sell your mice for thousands of dollars to become lab mice, of course......
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