On Sat, 19 Feb 2000 10:25:33 -0600, Rebecca Allbritton wrote:
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>I have been wondering about this, but I just want to confirm: c[h] & c[b]
>are both cold sensitive, right? Like, it's the colder areas of their body
>that get darker, like it is in cats? So theoretically if you weren't sure
>if you had a DTW you could keep it in say a 50F environment & it would
>darken up?
>
Yes. You could probably speaden it up, by shaving the animal. Such
experiments are done in rabbits. The shaven spot will grow new hair
quicker, and it will be darker, especially because the shaven spot will be
cold.
>I had a lynx point (aka tabby point) siamese cat who lived in the garage
>where he could spray and do "guy things" to his heart's content, and after
>he had spent the winter (Houston has mild winters) in there, he had
>fabulous markings, which had been very faint before.
>
That's why it is hard to compare burmese and siamese animals, some people
are talking about ultra dark, etc, but the colour does depend a lot on the
temperature the animals are kept in. You can only really compare animals
that have been kept under similar circomstances.
>I don't have any DTWs, but I was just wondering about that, since so many
>people have mentioned having DTWs with just a few dark hairs on the tail.
>
Well, the genetic make up plays a role as well. A-c[h]c[h]P- animals will
only have a few dark hairs in their tail, whereas aac[h]c[h]P- animals have
a more even dark brown tail. And there is another thing, some DTW's develop
a dark tail only when they are 6 months old, and some develop a dark tail
when they are 3 weeks old.
Some DTW's seem to have pretty bald tails, than you don't have a nice dark
tail either.
Karin.
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