Kanayla Tyler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>I recently bought some new gerbs from the store and
>one of them is purely grey, medium grey. not a white
>spot on him. Anyway I went to the site that talks
>about the genes and I did not see one gerb the color
>he is. Could he be a lilac or a mutt of a lilac? I
>am not really sure about this gene stuff anyway. I am
>used to rats, and they are really easy in comparisson
>to a gerbils... HELP!!
If your gerbil has red eyes, no white belly, and is a solid medium grey
with airs that when you blow at the fur are only grey, you have Lilac.
Sapphires are lighter, and Doves are lighter still. All other greys have
bands of white or black on the hairs of their fur.
--
Julian
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