Hi, I have a very unusual-looking gerbil born August 27 in my latest litter, and I was wondering if any of the breeders on this list might know what gene could be responsible for his appearance. There is a family history: Father: Birch, spotted red eyed schimmel, **C*e(f)e(f)G*ppSp+ (Alaskan origin) Mother: Kiche, polar fox, AaC*e(f)e(f)ggPp (bred by me) Kiche is the daughter of Daisy, a female spotted red eyed schimmel, AaC*e(f)e(f)GgppSp+ (from Meg Hurley's stock) and Joto, a male spotted silver nutmeg, aaCCeeggPPSp+ (Kelly Christenson's stock). Both Daisy and Joto produced pups with DPP characteristics with other partners. The pair produced several distinctive DPP pups together. (There is a chance that Daisy carries c(b), as her parents were reported to have produced a colorpoint of some variety.) Pups: This is the first litter, 5 total, 4 surviving. 1 spotted schimmel, one spotted red eyed schimmel, one dark eyed honey/schimmel, and 1 mystery color. Mystery color has red eyes. He has very, very pale orange fur on his body, including his belly. From the top of his forehead back to the end of his rump is an unbroken line of intense orange color. This line is the width of the distance between his ears. His forehead and face are a roaning of the two color intensities. The body fur that covers the very base of his tail is light orange, but his tail is the intense orange color all the way to the tip. He has white front feet, white ends to his rear feet, and a large bib of white on his chin and throat. He has no typical white spot markings on his face, head, neck or tail. My guess is that he is aaC*ee(f)GgppSp+, but I can't account for the pale and intense pattern he has. Is it possible that this is some manifestation of DPP characteristics? If not, any theories as to what is at work here? Thanks, Amy H. aka MScottMGP _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
