On Tue, 14 Mar 2000 13:19:26 -0500, Ann-Marie L. Roberts wrote:
(message-ID<025301bf8de1$d5d928c0$59324bcf@oemcomputer> )
>I remember reading a post the other day about moulting gerbils, especially
>the color red fox. Someone had mentioned that red fox colored gerbils do not
>get ticking.
>
>I would like to say that they do develop light ticking. Last fall when my
>red fox male started to develop ticking, I questioned the GML about this. I
>do remember Elizabeth H. telling me that ticking does occur with red fox.
>
>My male that developed this ticking has very light gray ticking, you really
>have to look hard to see it. It didn't even show up on the photo's that I
>took of him.
>http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Reserve/1928/cecil.html
>
You are right. A red fox does have light gray ticking, but most people
won't even notice it, that's why I said red foxes didn't have ticking. It
is hardly visible. A red fox, being a pink eyed nutmeg will get this
ticking at the first mold.
The pink eye dilution dilutes black to lilac, so the black ticking of a
nutmeg will be diluted to lilac in a red fox. Same goes for the golden
argente, they do have slight lilac ticking, which is the diluted ticking of
the agouti colour. That's what makes a golden argente look a little dusty
sometimes.
Karin.
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