Re: Birth announcement--umbilical cord!!!?,color?,and avail.pups:O)

[Rick Stidham]

Julian pointed out that the nails of slate gerbils are most likely to be
greyish-brown; black gerbils usually have black nails.  This was the
thing that most helped me distinguish the two colors.

Rick

Douglas White wrote:
>
> They look like black gerbils to me. One thing that I have noticed with my
> slates is that they have a lighter colored fur around their eye, this might
> help you out.
>
>                                 Doug