It sounds as though you have the same color problem I had. My Raspberry
Cream started out white. Then she got a light tan color in her fur. She was
two months old when she finally developed the SLIGHTEST bit of dark ticking.
I have concluded that she is a Light DEH Whit Spot. I think you may have
the same.
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From: Evergreen Gerbils Ltd. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, June 02, 2000 10:43 PM
Subject: Update on Color Help
>Hello again all,
>
>I just took a REAL close look at Daphne under three different types of
>light, incandescent, halogen, and fluorescent; here are the results:
>
>Under the incandescent light which I have over her cage, just looking at
>her, she seems to match the color of the aspen I have her on, with dark
>ticking, but she looks more tan than anything, which is why I originally
>thought she was a CP Nutmeg.
>
>Under the halogen light, she still looks rather tan, but her ticking looks
>more like a black than a brown, but it's still a very close call.
>
>Under the fluorescent light, I think I got the best view. It appears that
>her coat is white at the base, with a thin strip of a very pale yellowish
in
>the middle of the hair, with apparently black ticking at the ends, though
>it's not a very thick band of ticking.
>
>Originally, it was this tan tint that made me believe that she was a CP
>Nutmeg, but now I may have to agree with Linda (whom I got her from) in
>thinking she's a Silver Nutmeg, but are SN's known to have a bit of
>yellowish in their hairs? I'd really like to get this figured out, because
>I'm going to breed her in the next couple weeks. Also, according to the
>Color Palette, SN's carry C-, but another source I recall seeing says that
>SN's carry CC, so is it possible for a SN to carry Cc(b), since her father
>is a Burmese?
>
>-Will
>
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