You've described it very well. There has been some discussion of this on
the list, and you have what we've been calling a DPP or Dark Patched Pied.
It comes from having the gene for Spotting in a Lilac (or other colored)
gerbil, and part of the body doesn't show the lightening effect that Sp
would normally have on the whole body.
I have bred a male DPP to his sapphire daughter, and come up with one baby
out of 4 also carrying this odd dark patch. Does your Dove show any white
on her head or neck? it can be very hard to see. I have pictures of my male
on the web at http://people.tamu.edu/~rda3507/verence.html It still says on
there "Dove", even though I now know he is a Lilac Spotted. Also, his
spotting is more visible in person.
Hope this helps,
Rebecca...
Rainbow Clan Gerbils
At 11:39 AM 5/14/00 -0400, Sarah Vabulas wrote:
>I have a Dove female who has an odd coat. I noticed that on her rear end she
>has a triangle of Lilac colored fur. It looks like someone shaved the hair
>off in the area then it grew back a different color, but I know that never
>happened. It's almost as if that part of her didn't lighten from the Lilac
>color. I don't have any pictures that show what it looks like. Does
>anybody know why this is?
>
>Thanks!
>
>Sarah
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