> Congratulations! I am awaiting a first gerbil litter and was wondering
how
> you were able to tell the colors of the pups on the day they were born. I
> thought they were all pink/no fur. Is there pigment on the skin? How
> difficult is it to see the colors this early, i.e., does it take an expert
> eye?
>
Hello,
I am able to tell what colors I'm going to have by experience with this
breeding pair. I know that this pair can produce black, golden agouti,
nutmeg and pied Dark eyed Honey colored pups. Usually when a litter of this
size is born, I get just about all 4 colors possible for them to produce.
Knowing what colors this pair produced in the past, makes it easy for me to
figure what the newborns are. The darkest pups are black, the ones a bit
lighter are agouti, and the ones born all pink turn out to be the pied DEH.
Sometimes, the nutmegs are hard to tell at birth.
Ann-Marie L. Roberts
T&T Gerbils
Escanaba, Michigan
Member of the American Gerbil Society
Pup Count Project creator and maintainer
Please visit my website at:
http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Reserve/1928/
> Ann-Marie L. Roberts wrote:
>
> > Hello Everyone!
> >
> > I would like to announce the arrival of 5 new little ones here at T&T
> > Gerbils. Powder (pied golden agouti) and Salty (pied black) are the
proud
> > parents. The pups were born some time today, I wasn't expecting her to
> > deliver for at least another week!
> >
> > It looks like we have a black, golden agouti, pied black, pied DEH, and
> > possibly a nutmeg.
> >
> > Ann-Marie L. Roberts
> > T&T Gerbils
> > Escanaba, Michigan
> > Member of the American Gerbil Society
> > Pup Count Project creator and maintainer
> > Please visit my website at:
> > http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Reserve/1928/
>
