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Post by sweetie on Aug 25, 2004 16:44:42 GMT -8
Thanks Queenie,
I will look it over. I guess I let the EE & pp & deh get the best of me. I really don't know what any of it is about. I have gone to different sites and they all seem to have thier own letters for each category.
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Post by crazycritter on Aug 29, 2004 12:41:03 GMT -8
Guess what everyone! NEW PICTURES! haha.    I'm thinking two agoutis and either a dove/lilac/or argente golden |
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Post by queenofthenile on Aug 29, 2004 17:21:19 GMT -8
Crossing fingers for dove ;D.
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Post by crazycritter on Aug 30, 2004 20:28:37 GMT -8
 Nope, not a dove...definitley a golden argente or Cream |
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Post by queenofthenile on Aug 31, 2004 5:46:24 GMT -8
That's okay, there is still a chance for lilac babies. If Tucker and Grace don't produce black or lilac in two litters, then you are pretty sure that Tucker doesn't carry a. At least you can still get argentes! I think pied argentes are very pretty.
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Post by sweetie on Aug 31, 2004 6:10:34 GMT -8
OMG, How adorable!!!! I can't stand it!!!! ;D How many pups do you currently have?  ? How do you all tell what colors they are going to be before they even have hair??? YOu guys are awesome. |
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Post by queenofthenile on Aug 31, 2004 6:40:13 GMT -8
Crazycritter has bred agoutis, argentes, blacks and lilacs before. After awhile you can tell whether a pup is black or agouti right after the first fuzz comes in. I can't tell the difference between agouti and black pups because I've never bred them. But give me cp slate, burmese and siamese pups, and I can tell the difference  . It just comes with experience and knowing what colours your gerbils can produce. |
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Post by sweetie on Aug 31, 2004 6:47:02 GMT -8
Well, with your help, and lots of pictures and computer time, When I breed my agouti & blacks, you will have the experience You are right, after doing it for a while you get the hang of it. How long did you breed? Why did you stop if I may ask? Do you have plans on doing it again? |
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Post by queenofthenile on Aug 31, 2004 6:52:19 GMT -8
I actually only bred for about 9 months. I decided to stop breeding because I was hoping to move to Saskatoon for vet school. There is already a gerbil breeder in Saskatoon that breeds *all* colours and she sells some for feeders  . So the gerbil market in Saskatoon is all taken up. I didn't want to produce fuzzies with no homes. After Aris was neutered, I found out that I didn't get into school. It was a good decision anyway, because Indira was getting a bit tired of having litters. She is enjoying her early retirement now . I hope to breed gerbils later, but not in the next 5 years or so because I plan on living in Saskatoon. If I move to a place with few gerbil breeders, then I might have 1-2 breeding pairs. I'd love to breed DEH, polar fox and grey agouti, or maybe schimmel. The siamese are very popular, however, so I may stick to what I know. |
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Nope, not a dove...definitley a golden argente or Cream
? How do you all tell what colors they are going to be before they even have hair??? YOu guys are awesome.
. It just comes with experience and knowing what colours your gerbils can produce.
. So the gerbil market in Saskatoon is all taken up. I didn't want to produce fuzzies with no homes.