At 02:38 PM 2/19/00 -0500, Elizabeth Heckert wrote:
>>
>> 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?
>
>The UDs (at least in the US) are just gg. This has been verified through
>breeding. I dunno about the British ones...
>
>Since I guess you haven't heard, I'll explain..
<snip>
No, I hadn't heard. =) I've only been on the list since this past November.
SO much to learn. =)
I noticed that the pre-first molt Schimmels I have gotten from Evon (well,
the one I got from Evon was in the process of molting) & from James Starr
(Ridge Road gerbils -- he's not on the list) are much lighter in appearance
than the pictures on Vera Bruckman's pages. Maybe it's the light, or the
difference between cameras (I'm using an Olympus D220L digital camera)? I
have two silver schimmels, which I understand is from gg. Does the c[h] or
c[b] gene have any effect on schimmels that you know of? I was also
wondering if there might be some small difference between A- & aa schimmels?
I put 3 pictures of Asper Gillis up at the bottom of
http://people.tamu.edu/~rda3507/schimmel.html
> it's extra nice because my UD siamese (really LCP slate) boy is
>paired to a LCP nutmeg, so I have plenty of burmese & siamese pups that
>can throw polar fox. (Anyone looking for one?)
Yes, but you won't ship! ;)
>Rebecca are you the one getting some gerbils from Lisa Harrell?
Yes, although I have not been able to reach her by phone (just answ. mach.
& son), and she's been having trouble getting to the computer. I need to
call her again to see when she can ship them.
>As she
>probably told you a lot of her gerbs came primarily from me. Her CP
>slate boy is a full brother to my Ashwin (LCP slate), they were both
>bred by Kate Potter.
Kewl! =)
thanks,
Rebecca...
in Bryan, Texas
