Karin van Veen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
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>You are right. A red fox does have light gray ticking, but most people
>won't even notice it, that's why I said red foxes didn't have ticking. It
>is hardly visible. A red fox, being a pink eyed nutmeg will get this
>ticking at the first mold.
>The pink eye dilution dilutes black to lilac, so the black ticking of a
>nutmeg will be diluted to lilac in a red fox. Same goes for the golden
>argente, they do have slight lilac ticking, which is the diluted ticking of
>the agouti colour. That's what makes a golden argente look a little dusty
>sometimes.
>
>Karin.
That is why I asked about the colour. I have not noticed the ticking on
the couple of occasions that I have seen this colour, but I would expect
slight silvery ticking.
--
Julian
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