Re: color questions

[Paige McDonald]

Julian and Jackie wrote:

> <Renee> <Braden> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>
> >How do you tell the difference between slate and black?
>
> Slates have brown nails whilst blacks have black nails. This does not
> work if the gerbil has white markings as the nails will then be clear.
>

Do you mean hairs of white like almost all blacks/slates have or do you mean
spotted/pieds? I need the same question answered for my female, but she has white
hairs with no spotting/pied gene so I'd like to know.

Paige