All gerbil Colors :D

[xkellyxx95]

I Asked a question on answers.com
I Asked basically how many gerbil colors their where
and if they could tell me the rare colors
This is what they awnser'd with credit goes to the original poster
where they correct though?

Here are the many different colours of gerbils, and more.

Name of Color Body Color Belly Color Eye Color Availability

Agouti Brown/black White Black High

Argente Orange White Ruby High

Black Black Black Black High

Lilac Deep grey Grey Ruby High

Dove Light grey Light grey Ruby High

Nutmeg Brown/orange/black cream/black Black High

Black-Eyed White White White Red/Pink High

Dark-eyed honey Gold White Black Mod

Honey cream White Dappled Orange White Black Mod

Red Fox Reddish orange Gold Ruby Mod

Yellow Fox Yellowish gold White Ruby Mod

Himalayan White, dark tail White Ruby Mod

Slate Dark Slate grey Dark slate Black Rare

Chinchilla Silver White Black Rare

Silver nutmeg Silver Light grey Black Rare

Cinnamon Rust White Undercoat Cream Black Rare

Black-eyed White White White Black Rare

Polar Fox White/beige White Black Rare

Apricot Polar Fox Apricot White Ruby Rare

Siamese Tan, brown nose/tail/paws Tan Black Rare

Burmese Chocolate, dark nose/tails paws Chocolate Black Rare

Schimmel White, orange nose/tail White Black Rare

Here are the many different colours of gerbils, and more.

Name of Color Body Color Belly Color Eye Color Availability

Agouti Brown/black White Black High

Argente Orange White Ruby High

Black Black Black Black High

Lilac Deep grey Grey Ruby High

Dove Light grey Light grey Ruby High

Nutmeg Brown/orange/black cream/black Black High

Black-Eyed White White White Red/Pink High

Dark-eyed honey Gold White Black Mod

Honey cream White Dappled Orange White Black Mod

Red Fox Reddish orange Gold Ruby Mod

Yellow Fox Yellowish gold White Ruby Mod

Himalayan White, dark tail White Ruby Mod

Slate Dark Slate grey Dark slate Black Rare

Chinchilla Silver White Black Rare

Silver nutmeg Silver Light grey Black Rare

Cinnamon Rust White Undercoat Cream Black Rare

Black-eyed White White White Black Rare

Polar Fox White/beige White Black Rare

Apricot Polar Fox Apricot White Ruby Rare

Siamese Tan, brown nose/tail/paws Tan Black Rare

Burmese Chocolate, dark nose/tails paws Chocolate Black Rare

Schimmel White, orange nose/tail White Black Rare

[doug]

Many of those colors have the wrong name and wrong info.

You would be better going to egerbil and looking at what Ed has.

Doug

[RitzieAnn]

As I (and many others) have said many times before, the fact of a gerbil color being rare or not depends on the area. Colors I have in my county, are different than the colors I find in stores a few hours south of me.

Then, as far as colors go, it's really hard to count because of all the recessives a gerbil has.

[MoonstoneGerbils]

There are about 70 distinct colors, probably less as many of the dilutes will not be significantly different than the non dilute colors as the only difference may be eye color.
PEW
DTW
PEW
LCPA
D LCPA
LCP GA
D. LCP GA
BEW
CPA
D. CPA
CP GA
D. CP GA
PEW
Agouti
D. Agouti
Gray Agouti
D. Gray Agouti
DEH
D. DEH
Polar Fox
D. Polar Fox
Argente
Argente Cream
Topaz
D. Argente
Ivory Cream
D. Ivory Cream
Yellow Fox
D. Yellow Fox
Apricot
D. Apricot
Schimmel
Silver Schimmel
RE Schimmel
D. RESN
RESN
D. Red Fox
Red Fox
D. REW
REW
D. Lilac
Saphire
Dove
Lilac
D. SN
Silver Nutmeg
D. Nutmeg
Nutmeg
D. Slate
Slate
Blue
Black
D. CP SN
CP SN
D. CPN
CPN
D. CP Slate
CP Slate
D. Burmese
Burmese
PEW
D. LCP SN
LCP SN
D. LCPN
LCPN
D. LCP Slate
LCP Slate
D. Siamese
Siamese

[wizz]

d has little effect on yellows, so things like dilute DEH, dilute REH, dilute Argente Golden are pointless, unless of course you want a DEH with no ticking to its fur.
Then things like d LCP Grey Agouti pretty much produces a slightly off BEW.
Dilute Burmese and Siamese are also somewhat pointless (excuse the pun) as all the dilute does is reduce the points i.e. so the nose isn't as dark. Seems a bit redundant to me, as it's the points on Siamese, Burmese, CP Agouti etc that make them nice!

Reality is, the only worthwhile dilute colours are dilute black (blue) and dilute Nutmeg (looks like a black eyed Saffron) and it can get very messy trying to distinguish dilutes in litters, especially if there's lots of other recessives at play. So although, yes in theory genetically there are all these dilute colours many of them look almost exactly the same as the non-dilute colours to an untrained eye or inexperienced owner.

For extensive photo galleries of the colours including many of the dilutes check Ed's site as mentioned by Doug: www.egerbil.com/colours.html

[SunshineGerbils]

I would say the only one that is rare on that list is Schimmel. All of the other gerbils can be found without much difficulty, depending on where you live and where you get them.