On the first one sounds like a nutmeg. I have two of these one 8 months
and one is 10 weeks. I think they go through a major molt from orange
to ticked (I don't know how long that takes, but I have one now that's
been going through it for a week -- pretty rapidly -- and is ticked on
about 50% of his body (he is a late molter, usually this happens before
10 weeks, I believe. Then they go through a more subtle molting for the
next few months, where the appearance gets more "smoothed out".
Deb Rebel wrote:
> How long does it take for a gerbil to moult out?
>
> I rescued that one golden undercoated one with the black
> ticking; with the 'moustache' of black and the prominent ring
> just where the tail starts, of black that fades off to gold at the
> tip. The top of the head is gold; and the rest of the animal
> has a very heavy ticking....
>
> She looks the same (I sketched where the dark parts
> were and all) as when I got her about six weeks ago.....
>
> Also another query about my mystery little girl....
>
> I matched her color to a blend of DMC floss #'s 453, 648, 842.
>
> The are a light tan grey, a light warm grey (peach beige)
> and a coolish light grey. If one strand of each is mixed
> together and stitched; and this is held up to her, this is
> her color tone exactly. She is very slightly darker along
> the head and along the spine, and very slightly lighter
> on the underside from throat to tail.
>
> The coat is self colored from skin to tip. Skin is pink.
> Nails are 'clear'. Eyes are red.
>
> I am thinking she is either a dove (but that dang beigh-ey
> tan tinge says otherwise) or a sapphire....she definitely
> does not have a lilac tinge; as some have pointed
> out that is a definite lilac flower purple tinge.
