Oh my goodness they are huge! So now what happens to these poor babies? Will you just keep them, or will they just be sold for less than your healthy rats?
They are so cute anyway. How about a comparison picture of how big they should be.
Well, at this point they eat a bit more, and are a lot less active. But apparently one can put these guys on a near-starvation diet and they still get fat...
It's probably a recessive genetic trait called "Zucker Fa". These rats are deficient in leptin, so they don't get signals to stop eating. They also have a very slow metabolism...
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Date: 2004-06-09 12:30 pm (UTC)They are so cute anyway. How about a comparison picture of how big they should be.
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Date: 2004-06-09 01:20 pm (UTC)Do they eat more than normal babies or do they just get obese on the same amount that normal babies eat?
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Date: 2004-06-17 10:19 am (UTC)http://www.hgsc.bcm.tmc.edu/projects/rat/
These rats are deficient in leptin, so they don't get signals to stop eating. They also have a very slow metabolism
Those were the same excuses an ex once used...