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Wanted looking to buy hairless(naked) mice, with white skin

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I'm looking to buy hairless(naked) mice, with white skin. Any help would be appreciated.

All the best,
Robert
Long Island, NY
 
StinaUIUC said:
Have you had any luck?.....I'm looking for hairless mice myself!UOTE]
Not in the least StinaUIUC...This is frustrating that hairless mice would be so difficult to find. But I will inform you of my source if and when i find a breeder. Thanks for asking.
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Thank you! :) I know a couple other people looking as well! We're not even looking for them as feeders...we want them as pets and to breed....but its seems like no one has them anymore!
 
I will most likely have some hairless mice for sale at the next Hamburg PA reptile show, feb. 26, 2011 http://www.hamburgreptileshow.com/

These are out of a line of rex mice, they have a "double dose" of the rex gene and are essentially hairless like a hairless rat. They are not the "rhino" hairless variety, I used to have those but as they age they get so gross and wrinkled to the point they can't eat or move right. These do not have that problem!
 

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Thanks dzoo for your post and the pictures are great. How many do you have, how much do you want for them and how do a receive them?
 
dzoo...those aren't hairless. Those are fuzzy hairless and it is not like double rex rats. Rex in mice is a simple dominant gene and heterozygous and homozygous rex are both identical with way coats as adults. Fuzzy is a recessive gene requiring 2 copies of the gene to produce a fuzzy mouse...fuzzy mice have a coat like the soft side of velcro. Fuzzy is very variable and can produce a very thin (almost hairless) coat or a thick coat. Fuzzy hairless can be just the fuzzy gene, or a combination of fuzzy and rex.
 
...sorry I misread the fuzzy hairless post....it's not like double rex or true hairless in rats. Hairless in mice and rats is the same gene (recessive hr) and normally produces an essentially completely hairless animal with no skin pigment...they may or may not have whiskers as adults. They grow hair normally and then lose it as they grow.
 
Thanks for the info and I apologize if I explained the genetics incorrectly :dunce: - Whatever they are, people can look at the pics and decide if they suit them or not, I think most people looking at them with an untrained eye would describe them as essentially hairless when compared to a normal mouse, even though some do have fuzz. But again, thanks for the technical info.

rdcast- sent you a PM
 
StinaUIUC said:
...sorry I misread the fuzzy hairless post....it's not like double rex or true hairless in rats. Hairless in mice and rats is the same gene (recessive hr) and normally produces an essentially completely hairless animal with no skin pigment...they may or may not have whiskers as adults. They grow hair normally and then lose it as they grow.
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Christina,
Would you have any suggestions for how I might go about finding for purchase, such naked mice?
 
StinaUIUC said:
Some labs will sell true hairless. I am hoping to get some in the near future myself.
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When you say “some labs” could you be a little more specific? I have no experience in this sort of acquisition. Also, being as they are, living creatures, is it always required to pick them up personally?
 
I hope to get mine from Simonsen Labs (www.simlab.com). They will ship them, but they have to be picked up from an airport (there are very specific shipping requirements for mammals).
 
StinaUIUC said:
I hope to get mine from Simonsen Labs (www.simlab.com). They will ship them, but they have to be picked up from an airport (there are very specific shipping requirements for mammals).
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There’s a private lab somewhere in Manhattan that sold a bunch of naked mice to a research hospital. Just don’t know how to find it yet.
 
it is very hard to breed true hairless mice. they tend to have nursing problems. so well i guess they get pregnant just a easy as other mice but they make horrible mothers. If you want to breed them it is best to get hairless males. breed to normal females then breed male to those offspring to create more hairless.
plus hairless x hairless produces less offspring
 
radjess331 said:
it is very hard to breed true hairless mice. they tend to have nursing problems. so well i guess they get pregnant just a easy as other mice but they make horrible mothers. If you want to breed them it is best to get hairless males. breed to normal females then breed male to those offspring to create more hairless.
plus hairless x hairless produces less offspring
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Thank you, tho I’m not interested in becoming a breeder. I’m using white skinned, naked mice to test causes of Argyria, a relatively harmless, cosmetic condition, thought to be induced by too much silver chloride that is left in the skin, then turning blue with enough exposure to ultraviolet light over time. I have one lab on the west coast willing to sell me a half dozen or so, but the winter time shipping cost for live critters is about $600 alone. Warmer weather will bring that expense down precipitously.
 
dzoo said:
Thanks for the info and I apologize if I explained the genetics incorrectly :dunce: - Whatever they are, people can look at the pics and decide if they suit them or not, I think most people looking at them with an untrained eye would describe them as essentially hairless when compared to a normal mouse, even though some do have fuzz. But again, thanks for the technical info.

rdcast- sent you a PM
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You explained it completely wrong. The reason it's an issue is hairless mice are much more valuable than fuzzy hairless mice (about 20x more valuable in some cases) and mislabling your mice could cause you to scam someone.

Please check your information before selling mice under any name other than plain old 'fancy'.
 
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