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    Re: general questions

    No way to know if they are related unless the person you got them from could tell you.
    You won't know what sort of litter you will get until you do it. It sounds like you've thought through some of the consequences. If you haven't already, do a search on the forum for "FTT" or "fail to thrive" and you'll get an idea as to the moral dilemmas and tough decisions you may face. You'll find a thread from Pinjohn about a litter from an albino female and normal male which is proving to be a struggle, there's others who share their difficult experience, and others I'm sure who go through the same but keep their decisions private.
    I may have a focus on some negatives in breeding, that's because I think albinos are more likely to have problems. There's a lot of positive experience as well.
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    Re: general questions

    yeah i see what you are saying. i have thought it through. i know it would be hard to put the little guys down if need be, but there is also a 50% chance i might have all healthy babies. i will look up the "fail to thrive" though, and look at my situation some more to prepare myself for anything that might go wrong. thanks
    Quote Originally Posted by chris-uk View Post
    No way to know if they are related unless the person you got them from could tell you.
    You won't know what sort of litter you will get until you do it. It sounds like you've thought through some of the consequences. If you haven't already, do a search on the forum for "FTT" or "fail to thrive" and you'll get an idea as to the moral dilemmas and tough decisions you may face. You'll find a thread from Pinjohn about a litter from an albino female and normal male which is proving to be a struggle, there's others who share their difficult experience, and others I'm sure who go through the same but keep their decisions private.
    I may have a focus on some negatives in breeding, that's because I think albinos are more likely to have problems. There's a lot of positive experience as well.

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