At 07:17 PM 8/13/00 -0400, Paige McDonald wrote:
>My DEH, Linsee, is turning out odd. His undercoat is about the
>color that a true DEH should look like, but the top coat is a
>very light, cinnamony color. The undercoat shows through easily
>so it looks like he's a white/cinnamon/brown striped gerbil. It's
>peculiar. He started out, when he was young, looking just like
>regular DEHs. Then he went through a molting process where the
>light color came in, leaving patched of DEH on his head, base of
>the tail, etc. and now it's just all one color. I was thinking
>LDEH, but he looks quite different in coloring than my old LCEH
>pied.
How old is he now? Sharon Kahn noted that her Nutmegs all had
their ticking fade when they were about two years old. Could
be similar.
Michelle
Flutist