What color is Blizzard?

[Crystal]

Hello again, I've supplied many photos but hopefully this won't be another "Won't know til you breed 'em" sort of conclusion, haha!

Blizzard came from my last litter, a spotted Siamese and LCP Golden Agouti.
His siblings are a spotted CP Agouti, and what I am assuming is a PEW (she's 5 months this 8th, doubt she's DTW).

Here he is at 2 months

He was born pure white except for pigment on ears, ankles, and very very light on the tail.

As he aged, it was then certain he is Spotted


3 Months


And here he is at 4, going on 5 months this April 8th:


It's clear he's a spotted light colorpoint, but since he was 2 weeks old I have leaned more on Sp. LCP Nutmeg.
I'd love to hear opinions. His father carries the Ee gene, but since his mother came from an unknown background (pet store; was housed with one 'ee' and a few other colors) and the litter was of only 3 pups, which didn't help much xD

His tail is dirty-grey colored, it is not cinnamon or brown whatsoever. It does not resemble his brother's tail nor his mother's (both are CP Agouti).
He has very subtle and light ticking too. Underfur is white, no brown or gold roots at all.

[betty]

I am not very good at these cc ee colours, however the fact that yours is so white, I might be tempted to assume it is on the A side, so a LCP Honey. I was only on e gerbil a few weeks ago looking to id mine, and happened to notice the cp honeys were much whiter than the cp nutmeg.

[Shooting Star]

I'm on a fairly crap monitor for color rendering right now, but I'd lean towards Sp. LCP Agouti. Sp. LCPN is also possible.

Remember that spotting lightens the base color, especially with ee. A Sp. L/CP DEH would essentially be a CP Honey Cream, and would look almost BEW.

[Crystal]

I recall spotting lightens even more But he looks so pale, closer to white than an off-white like a CP Agouti. In this case the spotting doesn't help xD If I could see his nail color and regular coat then it would be easier to identify...
But even with spotting, if he was the LCP Agouti, wouldn't he have a darker hair roots? His mom and brother both have brown roots, he does not. I mean he lacks any color in his roots. Opal (mother) is a LCP Agouti and has a lighter shade of brown roots whereas his brother has a darker shade of brown, even though he is spotted but is a regular CP Agouti.

I attempted to get more pics, and based on a few he looks to have golden-honey coloring scattered throughout his body. I'm not sure what to think lol


(This one may be too big, so here's a link i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk286/Crystoll/Gerbils/IMG_1234_zpsfaitz1qn.jpg )

I think the golden-yellow patch on his cheeks are from bedding stain. He only has that color in that spot.



These were all taken with flash and/or with a very bright lamp.

[Crystal]

Pardon the double post, but looking back at his mother when she was young, they look similar;
Just he's lighter due to spotting. But that still doesn't explain why she has brown roots and he does not.
@.@ Well, I appreciate the feedback. I did plan on later breeding him as he is my 'heir', so if we are unsure between SpLCP Agouti and SpLCP Nutmeg, or anything else; I suppose breeding may help. I was interested in reviving my ee line, so I intend to seek for a DEH of the sort next year.

[betty]

Have the parents had other litters and if so what was in them?

Do you also have any history on the parents families, it could help us rule out a few things as currently there could be lots in the pot.

[MoonstoneGerbils]

Spot Light Colorpoint Nutmeg

CP DEH and LCP DEH are BOTH white, with no ticking. They may have some orange on tail, but that is difficult to see

[Crystal]

He does have a cream ticking mixed very very light grey tips.

As for his family history, his parents only had the one litter (mom's side is unknown sadly).
His father is the Sp. Siamese, who came from a Sp L Nutmeg(M) and PEW(F). His father's siblings were of seven, 1 sp. black, 4 PEW, 1 sp dove, and of course the Sp Siamese who is his father.

So Sp L CP Nutmeg? Thank you for your input