On Sun, 22 October 2000, "<Kaitlynn> <Klug>" wrote:
>
> A question for anyone who's good with colorpoints and slates.. (:
>
> China, a young female (whom i purchased from Paige, and is quite healthy!) I
> have, is a slate. However, although she's got all characteristics of a
> slate, there are definate dark points on her coat. Like how a burmese has a
> darker tail, ears, nose and feet, China's light charcoal body is developing
> these darker areas as well.. as if she were a colorpoint. Her entire tail is
> almost jet black, as are the tips of her ears, nose, and mostly legs- but not
> toes. She wasn't like that when she first arrived.. (or if she was, it was
> too slight a difference for me to have noticed), but now I can definitely see
> a difference. Is this just a type of moulting they go through? I've never
> owned a slate before, and I know lilacs can go through something similar.. or
> does she have colorpointed areas? Thanks in advance..
>
Sounds like she could be a colorpoint slate to me. Any chance of getting pictures?
If you don't have a place to put them up where we can see them I can volunteer web
space.
--Tana and The Little Rascals
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