Greetings Julian
> >I am most curious to hear the verdict on what the animal is. Would
> >the pet shop keeper let you take a snap of it to help identify it?
> As Sue says, Degus are much, much darker than Mongolian Gerbils.
> I have heard of black degu mutations in Belgium, as well grey ones in
> Germany.
I know what a Degu looks like ;) I rescue them and am currently
owned by two (named Degubah and yoda - and don't blame me, I
didn't name them :)). I have only seen one pic of a "blue" and never
seen a melanistic nor a black. I was thinking aloud to my mate
here that if we had such a degu we might be able to start the
diversity of colour we see in the charming gerbil :)!
Sooo...how hard is it to import rodentia from Europe to Canada?
*gryn*. My ears sure perked at the sound of Sundeval's Jird too.
With a smile,
Deborah
