At 07:12 PM 2/19/00 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>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.
What do you think is going on with ultra dark animals? Do you think it
likely that there is a genetic component involved, or do you think it might
be more of an environmental cause?
>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.
Ah, that is very interesting. I can't wait (but I guess I will have to) for
mine to have babies. I should have many babies around the first of March,
because everyone at my house seemed to be mating a couple of weeks ago,
right around the same time. =)
Thanks!
