--- Kathleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi. I am 53 years old and rather new to gerbils.
Welcome to the GML and gerbils!
I've been keeping and breeding them for about a year
and half now and really enjoying these little animals.
I
> have 2 sisters I got from a local pet store with a
> very good reputation. They are black with white
> stripes running from their chin to about the level
> of their front legs. One also has 3 white toes.
> Are they black spotted?
No, this is a black gerbil, in that it does not carry
the Sp (spotting) gene. My first male Alan, is black
with a white chin, and I thought he was spotted and
would produce spotted pups. I found out later that
the chin and toes markings are normal variants of
self-colored gerbils and doesn't indicate Sp
(spotting). White anywhere else at all is spotting.
Donna
ABC Gerbils
www.abcgerbils.com
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