At 07:45 PM 3/11/00 -0500, Kathwynn Sunfire wrote:
>MM List:
Howdy,
>Well we just finished dividing 5 aquariums for split tank method
>indroductions. Wish us luck... hoo boy wish us luck.
>
and one Pied Argenti
>[Martin].
>
>We are trying Martin with Tess [argenti cream].
>Pasque is with one of our
>siamese males Tarquin, and Rose is with our other male siamese Tallo. For
>the most part they are more interested in exploring their new environments
>than who/what is on the other side of the fence. The only one that is
>*really* interested in getting to the other side is Tess. A bit of a worry
>there as she was the dominate one when she was with our pied agouti Mattie.
>Our hope is that we can take a male from a litter born to Tess and Martin
>and cross it to Mattie. That way the pied gene will be recessive in the
>male.
I don't follow you here. Do you mean a non-spotted male from Tess & Martin
will be paired with Mattie in 10+ weeks?
Spotted or pied is not recessive. It's dominant. So if it's there, you'll
see it. It's also bad in the sense that if you cross two spotted or pied
individuals they'll have fewer pups surviving to be born than if only one
parent was spotted or pied.
Confussed,
Rebecca...
>We will keep you updated, as I said wish us lots and lots of luck. :-)
>
>By the way we have a little only pup that does not have much in the way of
>fur though she is almost a month old. Is this expected and is there anything
>we should be doing for her? Someone on the list did suggest that we try to
>foster her to another mother or foster another pup in with her but at the
>time this was not possible. She is eating on her own, though I have yet to
>catch her drinking at the water bottle.
>
>
>BB
>Cecelia, Kathwynn and the MossFlower Clan.
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