The eyes appear to be red under the lids.
Jill
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> Subject: Re: color question
> Date: Friday, October 27, 2000 8:28 AM
>
> On Fri, 27 Oct 2000 01:22:13 -0400, Jill wrote:
> (message-ID<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> )
>
> > Can anyone tell me where to find pictures of babies of known
color? In my
> >surprise litter of 5 (4 girls, 1 boy!) there appear to be 4 black and
one
> >light color, looking kind of silvery-gray. They are 8 days old right
now. I
> >know nothing about genetics, but someone mentioned the possibility of
PEW,
> >and I'm also wondering about lilac (the parents are rescues, both black,
so
> >I don't know their background).
> >
> Since the parents are both black, the pup must be aa (non-agouti), so PEW
> is not possible, maybe DTW. Now do PEW and DTW the same as pups, they are
> pink, and later when hairs start growing, they are white.
> Silvery grey does sound like lilac to me. What about the eyes, you can
see
> through the eyelids, and see if they are dark (black) or light (red)
> coloured. My guess is that it is lilac.
> I don't have a picture of a young lilac on my pages, but they are not
that
> different from an adult lilac.
>
> Karin.
>
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