What colors do I have? (Pic heavy)

[Sunny&Sandy]

These gerbils were some of my first gerbils. Yes, I know now that they shouldn't have plastic. They've since passed on, but I'm curious about their colors. They were about 6-7 weeks old. I added adult pics in another post.









They were in the same litter with these guys if that makes any difference. I don't know anything about the parents.

[alysalouise]

I am not sure about the first one, but the other white one looks like he/she could have been a DTW, and i cant remember the name for the last one, but the other one is just a black Beautiful little ones you had, sorry about your loss

[Sunny&Sandy]

Just wanted to add another pup picture:



And some grown up pics...as you can see, the dark tailed one had some dark ticking throughout as an adult:





And another grown up pic:
The one with the dark tail had passed on by this time, and the cream colored one was paired with an agouti.

[alysalouise]

Well looking at the second picture of the one with the dark tail, I am wrong about being a DTW. I do know that color, but the name has been lost lol. Maybe one of the other members that know more about colors [like shootingstar, ritzie, or doug] can help out a lot more than me on your gerbils colors

[Awaiting Abyss]

Light colorpoint agouti.

The one next to the black looks like a pied argente cream.

[Sunny&Sandy]

Thanks! So does anyone have any thoughts on the cream colored one? :-)

[Shooting Star]

The "dark-tailed" one is a Silver Nutmeg. Next to the Black is what looks like a Pied Argente. The cream one is either a White-Bellied Cream (Ivory), Apricot, or Cream Self (Red-Eyed Silver Nutmeg). Depending on carried recessives, those three can be hard to tell apart from photos.

[Sunny&Sandy]

Feb 24, 2013 8:46:55 GMT -8 Shooting Star said:

The cream one is either a White-Bellied Cream (Ivory), Apricot, or Cream Self (Red-Eyed Silver Nutmeg). Depending on carried recessives, those three can be hard to tell apart from photos.

Once I had narrowed it down to the colors you mentioned, I was able to find this thread (http://gerbilforum.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=colours&action=display&thread=20981) and this picture (http://shootingstargerbils.com/colors/aaeeggpp.html). Comparing my memory and other photos/video of him, I'm 95% sure he was either Ivory or Cream Self. I can't decide between those two. Since his littermates were Argente Cream, Black, and Silver Nutmeg, would he be more likely to be one or the other, or is it impossible to know?

[Shooting Star]

His littermates show there's recessives and dominants in the mix at A, E, Uw, and P, so it could be either one. But looking at the first picture in your second post, I see cream down to the belly with no sign of a demarcation line, so I'd lean towards Cream Self.

[ademsafary]

Such nice gerbil and sorry you lost them I like the white gerbil I have 3 white gerbils at may home. I taking care of then in couple of week I take them to vet and show them to doctor.