When I first started breeding I bought a silver
nutmeg. As you said ther must be a GREAT degree of
varition because my is sold white (she was born in
SEPT 2000). I got her from a breeder and because of
her parents genes I really doubt ther was a color
mistake. What do you guys think?
Jocie Kessinger
The Titan Clan
--- Sondra Dorsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi Lisa,
>
> I have a silver nutmeg too, and based on his
> coloring,
> other sn gerbs I've seen, and pics on the Net, there
> is a good degree of variation between silver
> nutmegs.
> Mine has a grayish streak from the tip of his nose,
> along his back, to the tip of his tail that gets a
> bit
> darker everyday, it seems. You can still see the
> white mixed in though. His belly is still more or
> less white, though the gray is spreading a little
> down
> there. He was creamy white as a pup, with a smudge
> of
> pale honey color on his head. We thought he might
> be
> a champagne at first, then did our homework. Alas,
> I
> don't know what his parents were, though his brother
> is a DEH.
>
> My sn is about 9 weeks old and still molting, so
> maybe
> yours are still only at the beginning of the molting
> process and they have a ways to go.
>
> I don't know anything about polar foxes though, but
> just thought I would share my bit of sn wisdom. :)
>
> Sondra
> --- Lisa Hawkes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > hello list,
> > i am hoping someone out there has experience with
> > polar foxes...
> > I have a sn & a grey agouti pair that had two
> creamy
> > white babies. When
> > compared to the german site and photo's on the
> color
> > palette they looked
> > like polars. Well as they get older they are
> > getting more and more greyish
> > but not dark like my silver nutmegs.
> >
> > Elizabeth's pictures show her mary-eben to be
> > lighter than my babies but
> > they dont look real dark...
> >
> > they seem to have moulted a bit once already. But
> > now they are a light
> > greyish. They could almost look like a very pale
> > smokey grey agouti.
> >
> > What i am wondering is what color variations have
> > people seen. I know noone
> > who has or has seen a polar except in pictures.
> >
> > I know that the colors can really vary- I have a
> > silver nutmeg spot who is
> > practically white! yet his offspring look like
> > normal sn and sn spots....
> > incidentally this is the polar foxes daddy.
> >
> > any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > lisa
> >
> > gerbil topia
> >
> >
>
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