Kathwynn Sunfire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>MM all:
>
>I hope none will think us stupid but...
>
>We have two grey females that we first thought were doves. Then, after
>reading and writing to this list, decided were lilacs. Recently one of them
>had a litter in witch one of the little ones is slightly, but distinctly
>darker than her mother. This pup is not dark enough to be a slate. Her eyes
>are opening so she does have at least her first baby fur.
>
>By the way - ignore the genetics question in a previous post until we all
>decide what color the mother really is. She [and our other grey female] are
>both from pet stores and were just refered to as 'grey female gerbil' by the
>attendants at both stores <sigh>.
>
>Thanks and BB
>Kathwynn, Cecelia and the Mossflower clan
>
If you breed two doves together you should get doves, lilacs and PEWs in
the ratio - 2,1,1. Of course you will need to breed a few pups to see if
these ratios bear out.
--
Julian
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