> Hi,
>
> I just got back from a pet store where I saw markings on a gerbil I have
not
> seen before. It was a lilac or sapphire self colored (probably Lilac
Spsp)
> but it had a white mask, like zorro. There was only one white spot on it
and
> it just covered the area around and between it's eyes (just imagine a
gerbil
> with a white zorro mask and you have it :) ANyway I was just wondering if
> anyone has seen a gerbil marked like this before? She had a litter of
pups
> (probably about 10 days old) and was not for sale but I'm thinking about
> trying to reserve her :) If anyone has seen a gerb like this please let
me
> know :)
> ~Iva
> See my Jumping Gerbils at.... www.geocities.com/keeper282
>
HI,
I have a lilac gerbil that had that same pattern on her face. It turned out
to be the result of her molting. She was like this for several months, then
finally it changed color. That area on her face eventually darkened up to
the same color as the rest of body.
Ann-Marie Roberts
T&T Gerbils, member of the AGS
Pup Count Project creator and maintainer
Please visit my website and pup count project at:
http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Reserve/1928/
