On Sun, 12 Mar 2000 16:10:03 -0600, Rebecca Allbritton wrote:
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>I have two orange colored gerbil babies: one is spotted & has a white belly
>-DEH?,
Spotted animals always have spots on head/neck area, sometimes more
sometimes less extended, they usually have a white tail tip, they have
white feet and a white belly! So the white belly might also be because of
the spotting gene.
> and one is solid orange (a little lighter on the belly.) Is the
>solid one Saffron/Red Fox if it doesn't get ticking? If it does, will it be
>Nutmeg? The ticking comes with first molt, correct?
>
The red fox has red eyes, the nutmeg has black eyes. A red fox doesn't have
ticking, a nutmeg gets heavy ticking after the first molt (about 6-8
weeks).
What is the eye colour of both pups?
>These are the offspring of a PEW (-ac[h]c[h]eeG-pp) and DEH Spot
>(AaC-eeG-Pp Sp).
>
Be aware that the one c[h] of the PEW does lighten the colour of the ee
gerbils.
The spotting gene will add another dilution to that, making the animal even
lighter.
>I put up some pictures at http://people.tamu.edu/~rda3507/mystery.html Any
>help figuring out colors is most appreciated. I still can't tell what sex
>they are. They have a PEW sibling.
OK, so they are both red eyed. They both look like red foxes
(aaCc[h]eeG-pp) to me. Except that one is spotted, off course!
>
Karin.
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