Thanks everyone!
By the time I have this whole genetic thing figured out they will discover a
new gene! :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "R W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 11:20 PM
Subject: argente vs yellow or red fox
> <<I just had her out and checked the undercoat and it
> is grayish. I fluffed the fur against the grain and
> there is definitely a color difference there. Is that
> what you are talking about? Then she is an argente
> golden? Susan>>
>
> I'm pretty sure that's what she meant.
>
> I have an argente cream male and a red fox male
> (prolly light red fox) together and when the lights
> are dim, they look almost identical in coloring. I
> also have a light yellow fox female (in a different
> cage) and a DEH male. the colors are very close. But
> the argentes definitely has a gray undercoat where
> neither the red fox or the yellow fox has that. and
> like Elizbathe said, the yellow fox has white around
> the eyes where an argente doesn't. the colors are
> kinda close though so I can see where it'd be easy to
> confuse them! :) sometimes I get my boys mixed up if
> I'm not right next to the cage with my nose to the
> glass!
>
> i'm assuming that if agrentes and red fox are similar
> in color, if my two are that close and I KNOW that
> ones a cream . . .then the other is prolly a light red
> fox, rather than a red fox. the genes are there for
> it since his mum is the light yellow fox. go figure.
> lean something new every day. :)
>
> RW
>
>
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