In my last litter I had a spotted black pup and a
spotted slate pup. You can see their picture and the
difference in color on the AGS Color Strip:
http://www.AGSgerbils.org/Color_Strip/slate.html
The spotted slate is a duller and lighter hue than the
black. A deep gray, but definately a shade of grey.
Really pretty.
Donna
ABC Gerbils
www.abcgerbils.com
--- Elizabeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> CWS probably stands for Canadian White Spot a kind
> of out of date name for the white spotting in
> gerbils. More likely she is a black spot than a
> slate spot, since the gene for slate is stilly
> pretty rare in the US, altho it's not entirely
> impossible. (Tho unless you have a black spot to
> compare with I would go with black.)
>
> Elizabeth
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Lauren Bowman
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 5:27 PM
> Subject: Slate CWS?????
>
>
> One of my gerbils, Matilda or Tilly is slate and
> white. On a website i read
> and saw a picture and it fits her discription as a
> Slate CWS? What does CWS
> stand for? She has a white star on her head...and
> white band along her
> chest, Thanks for your help.
>
>
>
>
> Lauren
> "I'm an angel, honest! The horns just hold up my
> halo."
>
>
>
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