ABCgerbils wrote:
> Hi Karin -- I am so excited about the color
> possibilities of my newest litter (6 days).
>
> Are four? any? of them colorpoint?
> http://www.geocities.com/abcgerbils/0101pups.jpg
>
> Parents are AaCcbEeGgP*Spsp (spotted light DEH)
> and aaC*eeGgP*Spsp (spotted nutmeg, w/ 50% chance cb)
I'm not Karin--but it looks to me like they are all ee. The 4th from the
left is either an ee colorpoint or a polar fox/silver nutmeg, due to its
pale color. The 3 on the left are probably DEH or nutmeg, the two on the
other side I'm not sure. Not DEH/nutmeg, maybe silver nutmeg / polar
fox? The dark pigment you're seeing on their extremities is definitely
not from c(b) tho--the darker fur doesn't appear until later. It could
be none of them are colorpoints. The left 3 definitely aren't; the other
3, I could only guess. I have pics on my site
(http://www.geocities.com/danigerb/) of a polar fox baby... I think if
you go to the "Family" page and then to Mary-Eben's, there's a link off
her page for baby pics of her. Or you can look at my past litters for
Danziger Litter #1 and Elan Litter #1 and there are some pics there as
well. I had one LCPN baby once; he might have looked like the whitish
one, may not have--can't recall if he had darkish points or not. I think
my PF babies may have had lighter dark pointing though due to being gg
as well as ee so that's a definite possibility too. Hope you follow!
In any case you'll know as they grow up what they are as the differences
will emerge. For example if the whitish one is a polar fox or silver
nutmeg it will get light (or heavy) ticking, wheras if it's a CPN it
will remain mostly white until after it's a bit older, when it will
develop a grey tail and smokey points on its nose with a creamish cast
to the coat. I have a pic of a CPN too, go to Lilith & Ashwin's page off
of my "Family Page"
Elizabeth
