At 04:14 PM 5/20/00 -0400, Mary McDermott wrote:
>I have a gray spot baby that I thought might be a lilac spot, but she is WAY
>too light to be a lilac, so I thought she might be a sapphire spot or a dove
>spot, but I don't know witch. Is there any difference between Doves and
>Sapphires that you know of (so I can find out what my pups color is). I wish
>I could get a picture of her but our scanner isn't working.
I have a hard time with this color group, too, but the genetics can help
you out if you know anything about the parents. Lilac is aa CC E- G- pp,
Sapphire is aa Cc[b] E- G- pp, Dove is aa Cc[h] E- G- pp. A spotted Lilac
is as light as a Dove.
If all else fails, go to the Gerbil Colour Pallate web site
http://home.wtal.de/ehr/gerbils/colors.htm or one of the others with gerbil
pictures.
Hope this helps,
Rebecca...
