::sigh:: Okay, I know for a *fact* they've had colorpoints. But one of the
parents HAS to be CC, or both of them C, because they've produced a genuine,
no-mistake argente golden which is CC. Soo if you all want to figure that out
for me, I'd be very happy if you could, because I'm confused :)
Paige
Emily Forrester wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> My DEH, Linsee, is turning out odd. His undercoat is about the
> color that a true DEH should look like, but the top coat is a
> very light, cinnamony color. The undercoat shows through easily
> so it looks like he's a white/cinnamon/brown striped gerbil. It's
> peculiar. He started out, when he was young, looking just like
> regular DEHs. Then he went through a molting process where the
> light color came in, leaving patched of DEH on his head, base of
> the tail, etc. and now it's just all one color. I was thinking
> LDEH, but he looks quite different in coloring than my old LCEH
> pied.
>
> (another message on parents)
>
> Agouti A*PpCCGgEe
> PEW *appchchGgEe
>
> He's expecting a litter on the 1st of Sept, so maybe his kids will give me
> some idea of what he is. His siblings to date have been several various
> colorpoints, argente golden, agouti, PEW, and grey agouti.
>
> -----------------------------
>
> Sorry for the cut-and-paste on two messages ... I'm working from the archive
> and trying to get two things at once.
>
> He sounds exactly like a schimmel. Is his tail still more DEH-ish/orangish?
> Take a look at my gerbil color page for a premolt and soon-after-molting
> young schimmel.
>
> The agouti has to be carrying Ccb or Cch to make a form of PEW, and the "PEW"
> either cbcb, chcb (agouti either Ccb or Cch), or chch (agouti Ccb). Plus, if
> he is a schimmel, that makes the parents Eef x Eef ... or possibly Eef x eef.
> Maybe tracing the line as far back as possible will help in this mystery.
> Those recessive genes can "pop" out of seemingly nowhere.
>
> Emily
>
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