On Fri, 29 Sep 2000 23:21:29 -0400, Ann-Marie L. Roberts wrote:
(message-ID<008e01c02a8d$8a0f7cc0$a3324bcf@oemcomputer> )
>> I just got back from a pet store where I saw markings on a gerbil I have
>not
>> seen before. It was a lilac or sapphire self colored (probably Lilac
>Spsp)
>> but it had a white mask, like zorro.
>I have a lilac gerbil that had that same pattern on her face. It turned out
>to be the result of her molting. She was like this for several months, then
>finally it changed color. That area on her face eventually darkened up to
>the same color as the rest of body.
>
Yep, I have seen gerbils with masks like that, especially lilacs (or
argente)! Was always a molting effect.
Karin.
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