thanks Julian and Jackie, I have looked at the NGS web site. this 'mutation'
if it is one seems to have a lot of potential, when I have more space I will
try to purchase a pair with a view to improving the colouring in much the
same way as breeders have improved the patching on Sp.
two questions:
1, are DPP available in the UK?
2, I keep my gerbils (1m+2fs) in a 36" - 15" - 12" aquarium with a mixture
of Peat moss, fullers earth cat litter and Chinchilla dust, with quite a bit
of sandblasted tree roots as sold for aquariums (they also have a nesting
box with a 12" piece of 2" pipe for an entrance with the open side to the
glass so that I can peek in)....is this OK? (true they're not as
'handleable' as they would be in a more modest set up, but I'm primarily
interested in observing their behaviour rather than petting them)
p.s. I wouldn't try it now but when I kept gerbils as a youngster, we used
to dab 'Vicks' (you know the stuff you use when you have a cold!) on to any
adult gerbils we wanted to introduce to each other and had no problems with
them fighting or excepting each other..........
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian and Jackie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: B: Dark Pied Patched pups
> cj.morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>
> >what's a DPP? I've guessed it stands for Dark Pied Patched but what does
> >this mean?
> >
>
> Dark Pied Patched. it is a gerbil that is pied, but has one or more
> distinct dark markings, usually asymmetrically placed. There is a
> genetic element and the theory is that these gerbils are some sort of
> genetic mosaic where parts of the animal do not carry the gene to be
> pied and therefore are not diluted like heavily pied animals.
>
> It can happen with any colour but is most obvious in pied lilac. There
> are some pictures at:
>
> http://www.gerbils.co.uk/gerbils/pied.htm
>
>
> --
> Julian
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> National Gerbil Society
> http://www.gerbils.co.uk/
>
