Updated: Dec. 30 (2023)
Naked
Naked, n/n
Two copies of the recessive Naked
Chromosome: Unknown
RVG description:
Naked young, unlike hairless, develop only a scanty first coat and this is lost at about three weeks of age, when the skin acquires a yellowish crusty look and feels rough and dry to the touch. As the animals grow older the skin loses its crusty texture and becomes soft pink (in albinos), and apparently healthy. Fuzzy hair appears at about the beginning of the fourth week and thereafter drops off and redevelops in cycles. In these cycles the new growth is first noticeable and is heaviest on the head. It is also heavier on the legs, under-body, and base of tail, although there is considerable variation in the amount and distribution of the hair in different individuals. With each successive loss of hair, less appears to be regained and after the sixth month some animals remain almost completely bare.
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Two copies of the recessive Naked
Chromosome: Unknown
RVG description:
Naked young, unlike hairless, develop only a scanty first coat and this is lost at about three weeks of age, when the skin acquires a yellowish crusty look and feels rough and dry to the touch. As the animals grow older the skin loses its crusty texture and becomes soft pink (in albinos), and apparently healthy. Fuzzy hair appears at about the beginning of the fourth week and thereafter drops off and redevelops in cycles. In these cycles the new growth is first noticeable and is heaviest on the head. It is also heavier on the legs, under-body, and base of tail, although there is considerable variation in the amount and distribution of the hair in different individuals. With each successive loss of hair, less appears to be regained and after the sixth month some animals remain almost completely bare.
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