WILF 44,255 Posted September 21, 2021 Report Share Posted September 21, 2021 May be a really stupid question but how common are white rats ? I have genuinely never seen one Just killed a couple in the barn with the Mk4s and one of them was Snow White. Clean as well, looked like it had just been in a cage, spotless. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,189 Posted September 21, 2021 Report Share Posted September 21, 2021 Dumped pet ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,255 Posted September 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2021 Just now, forest of dean redneck said: Dumped pet ? No mate, not a chance where I live. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ken's Deputy 4,456 Posted September 21, 2021 Report Share Posted September 21, 2021 Pet rats, as we know them today, started off as wild colour mutations, caught and kept by old time rat catchers. Not an every day occurrence then. But enough out there that a man exposed to enough rats could make a collection. Your white one would look so clean simply because it's white. Fact is, practically all wild rats are clean. They're scrupulously fastidious creatures. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,255 Posted September 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2021 And his common cousin 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,255 Posted September 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2021 4 minutes ago, sid g said: never seen a full white in the wild but the odd one with a lot of white in them ,,, pink eyes wilf ? Yes mate 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,255 Posted September 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2021 My boy said to me the other day, I’ve just seen a white rat and I said “Nah, must have been a stoat…..bit early mind you” I have just had to listen to the “I f***ing told you !” Lol 1 12 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BobDown 581 Posted September 21, 2021 Report Share Posted September 21, 2021 I have had one with a white head, the only one I’ve ever caught and sin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jukel123 6,570 Posted September 21, 2021 Report Share Posted September 21, 2021 I saw an albino rat climb out of a broken sewer pipe when I was a kid in the fifties. I was declared delusional, so I'm glad you posted the evidence Wilf. I've seen the corpse of an albino badger, a live albino,grey squirrel and a live albino blackbird. It's not that unusual. I remember reading about a tribe of native American indians which had a very high proportion of albinos amongst them. Geneticists were sent to study the tribe. They found that albino males were spared outdoor work because they found the sun's glare unbearable. They were allowed to stay home with the women. The study was cut short. No DNA sequencing necessary. Think about it. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel cain 42,835 Posted September 21, 2021 Report Share Posted September 21, 2021 There's s few on the ratting with dogs thread 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ratmanwan3 85 Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 One of the waste sites I go to had alot, if we shot 100 on a night, 10 would be albino. Filthy environment but they all looked snowy white. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 24,847 Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 got to be honest I saw the thread title....saw wilf had started it....and immediately came to the conclusion it was another race type thread...lol..sorry wilf.. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wildman 374 Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 Once caught a pure white mink on the river esk, with northern county mink hounds. One of the huntsmen said that's the first one in 25 years 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,255 Posted September 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 1 minute ago, wildman said: Once caught a pure white mink on the river esk, with northern county mink hounds. One of the huntsmen said that's the first one in 25 years We get a lot of stoats, Mink and Marten round here. I used to go up and visit my pal and have hunted a bit around the North Esk, fantastic country round there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,255 Posted September 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 30 minutes ago, TOMO said: got to be honest I saw the thread title....saw wilf had started it....and immediately came to the conclusion it was another race type thread...lol..sorry wilf.. No apology needed mate, when someone is as boring and predictable as me it’s only to be expected 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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